With Kids - Paris - page 75

Screen Entertainment
Digital exhibitions at Gaîté Lyrique
Digital-driven exhibitions, video games for older children and teens, laptops to use in the di-
gitally connected cafe and a library with desks shaped like ducks for kids under five to sit at
and draw while older siblings geek.
Comic art at Art Ludique-Le Musée
Teens will appreciate this refreshingly different art museum dedicated to comics, video
games, animation and live-action cinema.
Special-effect movies at Cité des Sciences
Two special-effect cinemas: Géode with 3D movies, and Cinéma Louis-Lumière screening
animation and short films. Top it off with a cinematic trip through the solar system in the
science museum's Planetarium.
Behind-the-scenes tour at Le Grand Rex
Whizz-bang special effects stun during behind-the-scenes tours at this iconic 1930s cinema.
Stand behind the big screen and muck around in a recording studio.
Theme Parks
The obvious, best suited for children aged four to 10, is Disneyland Resort Paris . The other
hot shot is Parc Astérix ( www.parcasterix.fr ; 30km north of Paris, A1 motorway between
exit 7 & 8; adult/3-11yr €46/37, parking €10; 10am-6pm Jun, 10am-7pm Jul & Aug,
10am-6pm Wed, Sat & Sun May & Sep-early Oct), a theme park 30km north of Paris which
- despite its Gaullish comic-book-inspired name - covers the whole gamut from prehistory
to the 19th century with its six 'worlds', adrenalin-pumping attractions and shows for all
ages.
An Afternoon at the Theatre
The city's diverse theatre scene stages bags of spectacles (shows), théâtre classique (classic-
al theatre) and other performances for kids, some in English; weekly entertainment mag
Pariscope (€0.50) lists what's on, including puppet shows for kids in Jardin du Luxem-