Frozen, Dirty Dancing and Grease among movies lined-up for Doncaster drive in cinema

A string of smash hot Hollywood movies including classic such as Frozen, Grease and Dirty Dancing have been lined-up for Doncaster's first ever drive-in cinema.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Nov 2016, 09:10 BST
Updated 16th Nov 2016, 16:01 BST
Frozen, Dirty Dancing and Grease are among the movies on offer at Doncaster's first drive in cinema.Frozen, Dirty Dancing and Grease are among the movies on offer at Doncaster's first drive in cinema.
Frozen, Dirty Dancing and Grease are among the movies on offer at Doncaster's first drive in cinema.

The Moonlight Drive In Cinema will come to the town's Keepmoat Stadium from December 4-10 and will include a feast of festive movies for all the family.

Tickets for the movies are on sale now and the line-up includes two films a day with cinemagoers able to watch the action from the comfort of their own car.

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The bill also includes hits such as Home Alone, The Grinch, Die Hard and It's A Wonderful Life.

The Moonlight Drive-in Cinema describes itself as the UK's biggest drive in cinema and will offer a variety of festive films on a big screen in an outdoor setting.

Posting on its Facebook page, the Scarborough based firm announced: "We are very pleased to announce that we are coming to Doncaster with our Christmas themed drive-in cinema!"

Founded in 2014, the outdoor cinema specialists now operate a number of locations across the UK.

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Based mainly within Yorkshire, the firm offers both permanent locations and mobile events, screening both the latest blockbusters and classic films.

A statement on the firm's Facebook page said: "Moonlight Drive-in Cinema is a unique outdoor cinema attraction that provides a high quality digital cinema experience in the comfort of your own personal space.

"Moonlight Drive-in Cinema opened its doors for the first time in July 2015 and by providing a cinema experience with a difference we are giving our customers a re-invented way of enjoying a new release or an old classic."

Drive-in cinemas are well-known as an American institution and their peak popularity came in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with some 4,000 drive-ins spread across the United States.

The full line-up is as follows:

December 4: 6.30pm: Dirty Dancing

December 4: 9pm: Grease

December 5: 6.30pm: The Lion King

December 5: 9pm - Top Gun

December 6: 6.30pm - Frozen

December 6: 9pm - Die Hard

December 7: 6.30pm - Home Alone

December 7: 9pm - Bad Santa

December 8: 6.30pm - The Muppets Christmas Carol

December 8: 9pm - The Nightmare Before Christmas

December 9: 6.30pm - The Grinch

December 9: 9pm - It's A Wonderful Life

December 10: 6.30pm - Elf

December 10: 9pm - Scrooged

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Tickets are £25 per vehicle, regardless of occupancy, with larger vehicles placed towards the back and side.

Places can be booked at www.moonlightcinema.com/doncaster or on 03330 064608 from 1pm to 5pm daily.