Starting Baby/Parent screening at Peckham Plex/Cinema - anyone tried this?

[alieh]

Maybe I am the only one, but I am planning my maternity leave around being able to go to the baby cinema! I have now confirmed that I'm going to send my toddler to our childminder on Mondays and Tuesdays but the Big Scream in Clapham and Brixton are Thurs/Fri.

Wondering if anyone has already looked into organising a Parent & Baby screening at the Peckham Plex (easy bus ride from most parts of E.D.)? Would there be demand for this do you think?

There are sessions on Mon/Tues at other cinemas around London, but I remember how daunting it seemed to trek very far with a new baby!

(Title edited in case people don't know about the Big Scream!)

[buggie]

If Peckham did mother and baby screenings I'd be tempted to go - keep thinking about the ones at he Ritzy, but, buses over to Brixton seem so unreliable (with a 10wk old you don't really want to head out much earlier than you need to!) and there isn't a car park nearby. Also put off by their recent offerings being really arty (am jealous a friend in Wimbledon got to go to Harry Potter as a mother and baby session!).

Doesn't seem to be any mother and baby screenings at Surrey Quays either (which does have a huge car park!).

[Susan]

I think a lot of people would be interested in baby/pernt screenings at Peckham, I certainly would be. i think if a afew people mention it to them perhaps they might act?

[Mellors]

I'd be well up for this - I have arranged childcare for my older children around the Big Scream screenings at Greenwich/Clapham/Brixton (Weds, Thurs, Fri). Its one of my fave things about maternity leave :)

[alieh]

I will try to get in touch with them and see what they think!

[The Nappy Lady]

Why didn't I think of this when I was pregnant? What a good idea, hope they are open to it.

[Mae]

I had an e mail from them recently saying they are planning starting a Big Scream session in January - they claim they will be offering coffee and cake as part of the ticket! Hooray! Might be something on their website about it- I havent checked...

Mae

[alieh]

That's great news! I checked their website before I posted this thread but didn't notice anything obvious. Now I just have to hope it's on a Mon/Tues :)

[nylonmeals]

Love the fact that instead of moaning that there wasn't a Big Scream walking distance from ED you got up and did something about it?. Thank you on behalf of a lazier mum than you are. Great idea Mae, ta!

[Susan]

well done Mae, excellent, much better than having to treck to the Ritzy : ))

[Vik]

Would deffo be up for this, was looking online the other day to see if there was anywhere I could go with my 6 week old to see Harry Potter, nothing came up though!

[Keef]

My wife has been to a couple oat Greenwich. Not the easiest on a bus from ED, but could be an option....

[crystal7]

Ah happy memories of Ritzy trips every Fri! Well done for organising, hopefully I'll get to go along in the future...

[alieh]

Just to update that I emailed the Peckham Plex and Mae is right...they are launching a parent/baby screening in January. Here are the details:

"We are currently collecting names of interested parents, we hope to have sufficient numbers when we launch in January to make these screenings a viable option for us.

It will be held on Thursdays at 11.30am, the price of the tickets are ?5.99 which includes coffee & cake. We also have facilites such as pram park, baby changing and bottle warming facilities. Adults must be accompanied by a baby under 1 year old.

Once established we will of course review the time, day and number of screenings and will rely on customer feedback to tell us what they want."

You can email via the Peckham Plex website if you want to add your name to their customer list: http://www.peckhamplex.com/contact

Unfortunately it doesn't help with my Monday/Tuesday problem, but maybe if there is enough demand they'll introduce a second day!

[Yak]

This is great news, if there is enough demand - I'll certainly be putting my name down for it! Thanks so much for organising this.

[nylonmeals]

Alieh - Maybe its worth editing the title of your initial post in order that people know that they should be signing up and showing interest in this new screening?

Sadly I start back at work on Monday 10th Jan otherwise would have met you all there!

[alieh]

Good idea! I started a new thread instead. Here's the link: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?29,579271