Portsmouth drive-in cinema to be held on roof of Cascades Shopping Centre car park

At the Cascades Shopping Centre in Portsmouth, a drive-in cinema will be taking place twice a week.

Organised by the Portsmouth Film Society, screeings will kick-off with a showing of Back to the Future on Friday, July 10.

Events will be held on Fridays and Saturdays, conforming to social distancing regulations and coronavirus guidelines.

The director of Portsmouth Film Society, Aysegul Epengin, said: ‘The drive-in concept is just still really cool.

‘It is often on someone’s bucket list to visit a drive-in movie theatre and an important part of pop-culture history.

‘At Portsmouth Film Society we are supported by the British Film Institute to bring specialised films and drive-in/outdoor cinema to Portsmouth again this year and we have a wonderful volunteer team keen to prepare the drive-in cinema events.’

Following Back to the Future will be popular movies such as Forrest Gump, Baby Driver, and Mad Max: Fury Road, with films due to run throughout the summer and up to September 12.

Drivers are asked to arrive between 8pm and 9pm, with screenings starting at 9.30pm.

The events are being supported by the Awards for All Lottery, Express FM and Cascades Shopping Centre, with photos being taken by Solent Sky Services.

Tickets cost £20 per a car plus £2 booking fee and are only available online.

To purchase tickets, people can go to portsmouthfilmsociety.org.uk/drive-in-cinema.

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