Feature From Encanto to Top Gun, the great outdoors for film fans


Beyond the confines of four walls, outdoor cinemas offer an escape in the summer months. From family favourites to cult classics, here’s a selection of the most enticing outdoor cinema events in Wales this summer, with Billy Edwards’ your guide.


Encanto Sophia Gardens, Cardiff


scenes in an overall surefire crowd-pleaser. Fri 18 Aug, 9pm. Tickets: £12.50-£21.50. Info: adventurecinema.co.uk


Jurassic World: Dominion Scolton Manor, nr Haverfordwest


suitably attractive location: follow the first year of Harry Potter battling enemies and making friends in Hogwarts. Today, it’s hard to im- agine how much was riding on the success of this film, and though the series soon became darker in tone, it began quite suitably lighter for a fun cinema experience. Thurs 31 Aug, 8pm. Tickets: £17.50. Info: cardiffcastle.com


Dirty Dancing Dyffryn Gardens, Vale Of Glamorgan


A Disney movie, and one of its better pro- ductions of recent years, with zany songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda befitting a colourful Co- lumbian village setting. Suitable for all ages, Enchanto may even instil some feeling of family togetherness, as it features young Mi- rabel trying to prevent her multigenerational, magical relatives, the Madrigals, from losing their special powers while grappling with her own comparably unusual normalcy. Sat 15 July, 10.30am. Tickets: £9.50-£21.50. Info: adventurecinema.co.uk


Top Gun: Maverick


Old College Lawn, University Of Wales, Lampeter


The reportedly final installment of the Ju- rassic Park franchise is certainly ambitious: dinosaurs have escaped the confines of their island and now must co-exist with humanity. It’s great fun to see the team from the original reunite, including fan favourite Jeff Goldblum, to contribute to the struggle to avert environ- mental disaster and find a home for prehistoric animals without becoming their dinner... Sat 19 Aug, 7pm Tickets: £13. Info: torchtheatre.co.uk


Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny


Kidwelly Castle


Outrageously 80s, Dirty Dancing depicts a young woman named Baby who half-heart- edly embarks on a family holiday camp be- fore falling in love with the camp’s dance in- structor Johnny (Patrick Swayze, perhaps the best-looking star has ever appeared on-screen) at the disapproval of her uptight father. Inti- mate and heartfelt, its story of sexual empow- erment is still a resounding winner. Fri 8 Sept, 6.45pm Tickets: £12.50-£21.50. Info: adventurecinema.co.uk


Grease


Top Gun: Maverick appears to be an outdoor cinema mainstay this summer across the UK, and it’s not hard to decipher why: an out-and- out action extravagance, and decisively nostal- gic too. It’s superb to see Tom Cruise fit com- fortably back into his most famous role, with some added pathos that convinced critics it had achieved the rare feat of improving on the be- loved original. Fri 21 July, 8.30pm. Tickets: £5. Info: uwtsd.ac.uk


Elvis


Margam Country Park, nr Port Talbot A long-deserved big-screen tribute to arguably the biggest cultural figure of the 20th century, Elvis stars Oscar-nominated heartthrob Austin Butler and is directed by Baz Luhrmann in his colourfully kaleidoscopic style. The results are very much as theatrical as Elvis’ famed Las Vegas performances, which provide standout


Dyffryn Gardens, Vale Of Glamorgan


A new release for this summer: the hotly antic- ipated final outing of Harrison Ford as intrepid explorer Indiana Jones. Eighty-year-old actors aren’t immediately judged to be action heroes, yet Ford’s love for the character shines through. With his goddaughter, played by Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jones will partake in a nail-biting race to stop a mythical, time-chang- ing dial falling into the wrong hands. Fri 25 Aug, 7pm. Tickets: £11. Info: torchtheatre.co.uk


Harry Potter And The Philoso-


pher’s Stone Cardiff Castle A night of witchcraft and wizardry awaits at a


The uber-70s musical tribute to the 50s is still an assured crowd-pleaser. You can depend on an evening of singalong fun with John Travol- ta on sizzling form, yet it may perhaps have greater resonance since the sad loss of Olivia Newton-John. It’s also an intriguing watch in the added context of Paramount+’s new pre- quel series Rise Of The Pink Ladies. Sun 10 Sept, 6.45pm. Tickets: £9.50-£21.50. Info: adventurecinema.co.uk


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