A pop-up cinema experience will be returning to an enormous cave just outside Greater Manchester this November.
The Village Screen will be pitching up inside the famous Peak Cavern once again with a giant 21ft screen, atmospheric lighting and top-range sound.
The popular event has planned a return to the Peak District for one last time in 2022, where it will be screening films including those from the Harry Potter franchise and classics like The Lost Boys.
As well as the cinema screenings themselves, the events include live music, themed actors, decor and independent street food.
You can also expect themed drinks, beers, prosecco and popcorn, with at-seat delivery available.
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It’ll be Harry Potter heaven at Peak Cavern. Credit: Nathan Dainty @itsnate.ukStreet food at the Village Screen’s events at Peak Cavern. Credit: Nathan Dainty @itsnate.uk
There are snuggle packages available to keep you cosy throughout the film, and you can even send a message to be displayed on the big screen.
The Village Screen are the independent event production team behind pop-up cinemas in locations including Victoria Baths, Hathersage lido, and the top of a car park in Sheffield.
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With seven years of pop-up events under their belts, they’ve grown a small team of experts who work tirelessly to deliver an unforgettable cinematic experience.
They’ve been running pop-up cinemas in the Peak Cavern since 2017.
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The Village Screen will be back at the Peak Cavern between Friday 18 and Sunday 20 November.
Tickets are priced at £23 for an adult, £21 for a concession (student or senior) and £19 for a child (under 16). £76 Family tickets are available for some screenings (2 adults + 2 children or 1 adult +3 children)
A small amount of Early Bird tickets are available for each event, priced at £20 (for an adult or concession).
Thursday 27 October – Scream (1996), doors at 6pm, film at 8pm Friday 28 October – Ghostbusters (1984), doors at 6pm, film at 8pm Saturday 29 October – The Dark Knight, doors at 5.30pm, film at 7.30pm Sunday 30 October – Hocus Pocus, doors at 2.30pm, film at 4pm Sunday 30 October – The Lost Boys doors at 6.45pm, film at 8.45pm Monday 31 October – Poltergeist, doors at 6pm, film at 8pm
Friday 18 November – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, doors at 5.30pm, film at 7.30pm Saturday 19 November – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, doors at 5.30pm, film at 7.30pm Sunday 20 November – The Goonies, doors at 2.20pm, film at 3:50pm Sunday 20 November – The Lost Boys doors at 7.00pm, film at 8.50pm
Featured image: Nathan Dainty @itsnate.uk
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Eurovision 2023 grand final to be screened live in cinemas across the UK
Emily Sergeant
The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest is to be screened live in cinemas across the UK for the first time ever.
With fans from across the globe set to descend on Liverpool in a couple of months time as the UK hosts the 2023 edition of the world’s biggest song competition on behalf of last year’s winners Ukraine, those who weren’t lucky enough to secure tickets will instead by able to head to their nearest cinema to experience the action on the big screen.
Distributor CinemaLive has announced it will be broadcasting the Eurovision grand final show live in cinemas nationwide for the first time ever.
It means that Eurovision fans up and down the country who missed out on grabbing tickets to the final – which sold out in under 40 minutes after going on sale earlier this month – will be able to come together to celebrate what is set to be the “biggest, brightest, boldest music party of the year”.
Eurovision 2023 grand final to be screened live in cinemas across the UK / Credit: Krists Luhaers (via Unsplash)
500 cinemas across the UK, including several here in Greater Manchester, will be screening the grand final on Saturday 13 May.
Vue, Odeon, Cineworld, and Everyman are just some of the cinema chains taking part.
Vue Manchester Printworks, Odeon Great Northern, and Everyman Manchester are the Manchester city centre venues lined-up to screen the event – with cinemas in the The Lowry Outlet Mall, Trafford Centre, Didsbury, Heaton Moor, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton, and more also set to welcome Eurovision fans through their doors.
Event organisers say the screenings will encourage singalongs and fancy dress.
“We’re delighted to be working with the BBC to bring Eurovision’s grand final live into cinemas across the UK for the first time ever,” said John Travers from CinemaLive.
“We want audiences to enjoy themselves, so get your fancy dress on, and come together to enjoy this historic occasion on the big screen.”
You cind out more and grab tickets to watch the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest grand final screened live in a cinema near you here.
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The 2023 Davis Cup is coming to Manchester’s AO Arena this September
Danny Jones
After nearly three decades since it was last played here, the Davis Cup is returning to Manchester later this year and we can’t wait.
The international tennis tournament hasn’t visited Manchester since Team GB played Romania in the Europe/East Africa group tie back in 1994, but now the AO Arena is set to a group stage for the 2023 Davis Cup Finals in September, with the three other European hosts still yet to be announced.
Great Britain failed to advance into the knockouts of last year’s competition and will have to do without Andy Murray this year after the 35-year-old was omitted from the squad due to injury concerns.
Nevertheless, with the likes of Cam Norrie, Dan Evans and rising star Jack Draper named in the five-man squad, they stand a great chance of going far in this year’s tournament.
Team GB’s Davis Cup squad for 2023 is completed by the ATP’s world number one and four double players player Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury.
The Director of Major Events and Digital for the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), Chris Pollard, said: “It’s particularly important to us to take these major events around the whole of Britain… therefore opening up our sport to more people and helping change perceptions of tennis across the country.”
With the AO Arena matches being played between 12-17 September, the draw to see which of the 16 qualified nations will fall into each of the four groups is set to take place tomorrow (29 March) at 3pm GMT and streamed live on the ITF YouTube channel.
Pot 1: Canada, Australia, Spain, Croatia Pot 2: Italy, Great Britain, Serbia, Netherlands Pot 3: USA, Sweden, France, Czechia Pot 4: Korea Rep, Chile, Switzerland, Finland
City Council Leader, Bev Craig, called the AO Arena’s Davis Cup games “a major coup for Manchester which further underlines our credentials as a great sporting city. We look forward to giving top-class tennis players and fans of different nations a warm Mancunian welcome.”
She went on to say that the event is not only exciting for tennis fans but it will serve as “a boost for the city’s economy” and “provide a legacy of inspiration which will encourage more people to get out there, use our city’s high-quality facilities and maybe even become the Davis Cup stars of the future”.
That’s what we like to hear.
The final eight teams will progress to the knockout stages in Malaga on 21-26 November; here’s hoping our Brits are amongst it!
Daisy Jackson -
24th October 2022 
