From: Gulb Marketing [gulbmarketing_at_kent_dot_ac_dot_uk]

Sent: 02 May 2017 16:30

Subject: Drive-In Movie: Dirty Dancing at Gulbenkian

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Drive-In Movie:

Dirty Dancing

Saturday 20 May, 9.15pm
Gulbenkian, Canterbury

Can you believe Dirty Dancing is 30 years old?  Get your friends together and join us in celebrating this Oscar-winning feel-good iconic summer love story loved by generations on the big screen as a drive in movie on Saturday 20 May at Gulbenkian.

Teenager “Baby" vacations with her family at Kellerman’s resort in the Catskill Mountains the summer before going to college.   Things are a little tame until she meets Johnny, the camp's charismatic dance instructor, who mesmerizes her with his dance moves, his passion and his misunderstood ‘bad boy’ image. Over the course of the summer, Baby’s hungry eyes are opened to the responsibilities of adulthood and the prejudices their love brings. But is Johnny just a fool to believe he has anything she needs? Will they overcome all to have the time of their life? 

Get a group of friends or the family together and enjoy watching a classic piece of cinematic history in a ‘drive in’ setting from your car or lounge on one of our deck chairs in our seating area.

The previous Drive In screenings of Ghostbusters and Grease that the Gulbenkian hosted were an immensely successful and it is thrilling to have another one this year. The event will be held on the Giles Lane Car Park on the University campus opposite Gulbenkian. To make the experience the best possible, the film will be screened on an Airscreen – a huge outdoor inflatable screen with dimensions 9m x 5m. While the seated area will have a sound system, the cars will be able to tune via an FM frequency on their car radio.

The Gulbenkian Café will be running burger bar at the screening serving Brogdale Beef burgers and Halloumi & Portobello mushroom burgers along with a range of snacks.

Drive-In Movie: Dirty Dancing will be at Gulbenkian – Giles Lane Car Park, on Saturday 20 May. The site opens from 8pm with the main feature commencing from 9.15pm. Tickets: £25 – limited number of early bird car tickets at £20 / Deck chair £10. The film is certificate 12A. For more information and tickets please visit www.thegulbenkian.co.uk or call 01227 769075.

ENDS.

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About Gulbenkian

Gulbenkian is a key part of the University of Kent’s Arts Centre offering innovative, engaging and high quality arts activity for and with the public, staff and students. It provides a key role in delivering the University of Kent’s commitment to Public Engagement proving an interface between the University and the local and wider community Gulbenkian has a particular commitment to the creative empowerment of children and young people and talent development.

Arts Council England NPO

On 1 April 2015, Gulbenkian became an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. To find out more about this please see the Arts Council England website.