Drive-in cinema for Darley Dale and Chesterfield to support venues during Covid pandemic

The Whitworth Centre in Darley Dale is the latest destination to be announced in Cinema Hire’s scheme to support venues during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Attractions to light up the big screen in the Derbyshire Dales village during Christmas week will be Home Alone and Love Actually, both showing on Monday, December 21 at 4pm and 8pm respectively and Elf and Daddy’s Home 2 which screen on Tuesday, December 22, also at 4pm and 8pm.

Under the initiative, Brampton Manor in Chesterfield will show the films Die Hard on Thursday, December 3 at 7.30pm, Elf and Bad Santa on December 10, at 4pm and 7.30pm respectively and Frozen 2 and Love Actually on December 17, also at 4pm and 7.30pm.

Families can watch the films on a 8mx4m screen and listen to the sound through their car speakers. Takeaway food can be ordered and delivered to vehicles.

Admission is £35 per car plus booking fee and tickets are available via eventbrite or www.cinemahire.co.uk/tickets

The Whitworth Centre launched a crowdfunding drive to keep afloat during the first lockdown. Within 56 days it had smashed its £20,000 target thanks to 486 supporters donating £20,487 and an estimated £4,147 in gift aid.

Cinema Hire launched its What Out to Help Out scheme to support communities, offering the drive-in cinema experience free of charge to bosses of 50 venues across the East Midlands. The company’s drive-in cinema package for 125 cars would normally start at £3,500.

Its aim is to help businesses generate much needed extra income for their venue through food and drink sales, business sponsorship and add-ons such as a raffle as well as entice more customers with a night at the movies.

In return. Cinema Hire donates £150 of box office takings to the venue and use the remainder of the proceeds of ticket sales to cover its costs.

The hire company provides all the equipment, including projector, PA and popcorn machine and sorts out the film licence.

To find out more about the scheme, call 0330 9000 757 or go to the website https://cinemahire.co.uk/watch-out-to-help-out/.