Where the Wild Things Are/Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Barbican, London
Barbican, London: Oliver Knussen's 60th birthday is celebrated with a two-day focus on his work at the Barbican, beginning with this staging of his double bill based on books by Maurice Sendak in Netia Jones's inventive and brilliantly executed video-based productions. She starts with Sendak's classic images and brings them to life in visuals perfectly realised for the context. It would be wonderful if…