Lightroom’s Aardman experience celebrates the studio but lacks focus

Lightroom in London has opened an immersive show about Aardman Animations, the studio behind Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.

The experience, called Larger Than Life, combines documentary narration, behind-the-scenes material and enlarged scenes from the studio’s films and shows.

It traces how founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton began working with clay and later joined forces with Nick Park.

Visitors see how Aardman makes its characters and films, including the performers acting out scenes before animators use puppets.

The show highlights the handmade, imperfect look that helps make Aardman’s work feel human.

Its large projections and side screens place scenes in settings such as Shaun’s barn, but the review says the experience is difficult to follow and does not make enough use of the venue.

The review finds the show entertaining in parts but short of immersive thrills.

The available account does not say what happens next.