ARTS & CULTURE
Originally published on Wednesday, 18 June 2008
I’m Big, You’re Small
Childhood is full of many key and unavoidable phases: babies are adorable, if with an unimaginable propensity for projectile vomit; toddlers are like little tantrum-throwing nightmares; and teenagers the embodiment of Satan himself.
Sure we all wanted to be older when we were younger, but really, there’s a chasmic difference between snagging a fake I.D. to sneak into a club and leafing through this month’s Tatler at the age of six whilst getting your regular manicure.
These days the little blighters are edging in on our territory faster than you can spell ‘Mafia Takeover’. Peaches Geldof stumbling around London utterly hammered is one thing, perhaps even amusing, but a Stateside Pint Size Paparazzi to go with the underage stardom is pushing it a bit. And now they’re even getting their own ageist sessions at All Star Lanes.
Which means it’s about time to catch this trend in the bud and get even. Sandpits at the Hayward, a London architectural fancy dress, giant board games, a stag hunt on the South Bank. This is our playground. Now go get your own.
Small Stars - At All Star Lanes Bayswater, 6 Porchester Gardens, W2 4DB | From July 8 – end of August
Hide & Seek - Around the Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd SE1 8XX | June 27-29
Tantrum - 398 Kings Rd, SW10 0LJ