Sheffield drive-in cinema cancels this week's showings due to wet weather

A Sheffield drive-in cinema has cancelled this week’s film showings due to the wet weather over the last week.

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The Village Screen which run the pop up cinema at Kenwood Hall in Nether Edge revealed they had made the decision to postpone this week’s listings after heavy rainfall caused ‘boggy’ conditions at the venue on social media.

More wet weather is forecast after yesterday’s heavy rainfall with light showers expected in the early afternoon and evening on Thursday (August 27) according to the Met Office.

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Drive-thru cinema listings at Kenwood Hall have been cancelled this week due to bad weather.Drive-thru cinema listings at Kenwood Hall have been cancelled this week due to bad weather.
Drive-thru cinema listings at Kenwood Hall have been cancelled this week due to bad weather.

This week’s cancelled listings at the drive-in cinema will be shown between Tuesday, September 8 and Friday, September 11 instead – when conditions are expected to be better.

In a post on Facebook post, The Village Screen said: “We’ve been keeping an eye on the weather and yesterday’s rain in particular has caused quite boggy conditions at Kenwood Hall and, unfortunately, we’ve made the difficult decision to postpone this week’s Drive Thru Cinema events to Tuesday 8th – Friday 11th September instead.

“We absolutely hate letting people down, but we always have to put health and safety first.”

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Customers who have purchased tickets for this week’s drive-in cinema showings can either opt for a full refund and reimbursed booking fees via www.seetickets.com/customerservice or attend the rescheduled September dates.

The drive-thru cinema company continued: “We are very sorry to disappoint you, but do hope that you understand the difficult decision we’ve made, and hope that you are able to join us for one of the rescheduled dates instead.”

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