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THE BIG SCREEN FOR LIT TLE PEOPLE BY
Kyla Donaldson
In a previous life I thought I would spend maternity leave writing a book and learning about classical music. I realise now I was not just blissfully ignorant, I was blindly bumping into floaty matter in a galaxy far, far away. It has been seven months and I haven’t yet held a book the right way up. However, I’m still an undiscriminating cinephile with a compulsion to catch new film releases. All hail, then, the mighty baby screening. Baby-friendly screenings are offered to enable parents and carers to go to the cinema with their babies. The volume is softer, the lights brighter and facilities available for buggy parking and nappy changing. These are exclusively for customers with children under 12 months, which means no regular cinema goers will be there to disturb or be disturbed.
made SEP / OCT 2018
For toddlers and older children, there are other kid-friendly options. Unlike baby screenings, films here are aimed solely at children. Great news for when you want to catch up on your Pixar movies. The trouble with these screen-shaped lifelines is that information is thin on the web, so here is a guide around Auld Reekie by a new (cine)maw…
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