"The Wrong Trousers" at the Cartoon Museum

"Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers Turns 30"

Opening on the 12th of September, "Wallace &Gromit: The Wrong Trousers Turns 30" will arrive at London's Cartoon Museum just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of Aardman Animation's classic animated film. 

The Wrong Trousers - 1993

Released in 1993, The Wrong Trousers introduced Wallace & Gromit to the dangerous foe Feathers McGraw, a villainous penguin with ambitions to put Wallace’s ingenious inventions to criminal use.  The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short; becoming part of a long legacy for the company as the home of British animation.  

The Cartoon Museum and Aardman Animation

For the film’s 30th anniversary, The Cartoon Museum and Aardman are collaborating to celebrate the film's legacy. The Cartoon Museum will showcasing original artwork, including original sets and models seen for the first time in London.

Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers turns 30!

Opens Tuesday, 12 September 2023 10:00am 
Until Tuesday, 16 April 2024

Aardman Animation and Pop Paper City

Here at Escape Studios we are big fans of both Aardman Animation and also London's Cartoon Museum.  Many of our animation graduates have joined Aardman Animation's TV Series "Pop Paper City", a preschool craft TV show.  The series focuses on a group of paper friends as they find ways to have fun together by creating new parts of their paper world. 

Escapees at Pop Paper City

Many Escapees have recently joined Aardman's Pop Paper City:

• Ben Swallow Joins Pop Paper City
• Alex Maynard Animator at Pop Paper City
• Molly McCabe animator at Pop Paper City
• Shauna Ludgate Animator at Pop Paper City
• Gary Roche Animator at Pop Paper City
• Louis Chevis Animator at Pop Paper City
• Dave Novis Animator & 3D Generalist at Pop Paper City
• Kevin Richards, Lead Animator at Pop Paper City
• Simone Costa, Animator at Pop Paper City
• Eilin Berrio Pena, Animator at Pop Paper City

Create Craft

Pop Paper City teaches children how to craft along with the characters, encouraging ‘doing as well as viewing’. Each episode features a craft sequence, in which a live-action human hand interacts with the 3D environment, assisting the characters with the crafting process and showing the audience how to follow along at home.

Aardman Animation & Lovelove Films
The official distribution partner for Pop Paper City is Aardman Animation, creators of Wallace and Gromit, and Shaun the Sheep. "Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being produced by Lovelove films.

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for our BA/MArt in 3D Animation, follow this link.  To apply for our storyboarding evening class, visit this page here.  For the next 12 week animation course, click here.