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Cult Screens returns for five days of outdoor cinema

By Robin Askew  Wednesday Apr 26, 2017

Following its first visit to Bristol last August for a five-night run of outdoor screenings at Clifton College, Reading-based Cult Screens returns to town for another feast of cinema under the stars. This time, however, the venue has changed to Bristol Zoo Gardens.

Billing itself as “the country’s most luxurious and comfortable open air cinema experience,” Cult Screens offers a variety of seating types to suit all wallets. These range in price from £45 (double beanbag and blanket) to £13.95 (bring your own cushion/chair/arse and sit on it) – all plus inevitable booking fees.

Should you wish to soak up cinematic entertainment amid the caged beasts, here’s that line-up in full. Follow the links for our listings and ticket info.

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Aug 23: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Aug 24: Leon

Aug 25: Pretty Woman

Aug 26: The Lost Boys

Aug 27: La La Land

Incidentally, it seems that La La Land is well on the way to usurping Dirty bloody Dancing as the premier al fresco hoofing staple. Another open air cinema company, Luna Cinema, heads west for the first time this year for an October weekend of screenings in Bath’s posho Royal Crescent. La La Land is the first on Friday, Oct 6. Then it’s – you guessed it – Dirty Dancing on Saturday, Oct 7.

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