Event date: Thursday 12 September
Location: Top Lawn, Cowley Manor, Cowley, Cheltenham, GL53 9NL, directions can be found HERE
Parking: free parking is available in the venue’s event parking field. Please follow staff advice and yellow directional signage or use the what3words reference HERE to get to the entrance to event parking.
Disabled Parking/Access: please use the venue’s main car park, and contact reception to gain assistance in accessing the screening area. Please contact us at info@alfrescofilm.co.uk if there’s anything we can do to make your experience easier.
Times: gates open from 6.30pm, film begins after dark at 8pm, ends at 9.55pm (timings are approximate and subject to weather conditions on the night)
Tickets: Please bring a printout of your booking confirmation, receipt or e-ticket(s) with you, or show it on your phone. We’ll have a list of all bookers with us too, so if you can’t find your e-tickets, confirmation e-mail or booking receipt, just bring photo ID along on the night.
Premium Deckchair Seats: if you have booked a Premium Deckchair Seat, these will be located at the front of the screening area. These are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis (you are guaranteed a seat, so don’t worry, and we’ll make sure that you can sit with friends if you’ve booked these seats separately from each other). Please take your seat no later than 15 minutes before the start of the film.
General Entry Seats: please remember to bring your own low-backed camping chair, deckchair or picnic blanket to the screening. Picnic blankets will be located near the front, with camping chairs and deckchairs behind, so that everyone gets a good view. Guests arriving with high-backed chairs may be asked to sit at the sides or rear. Please arrive no later than 15 minutes before the film begins.
Food and Drink: please don’t bring your own food and drink to this event. The venue will be serving hot food and cinema snacks, plus alcoholic, soft and hot drinks. Please order your food from the main outdoor terrace next to the lawn, and drinks from the main bar inside the hotel.
What to Wear: please wear warm clothes, the more layers the better, and bring a blanket or similar to keep you toasty. Closed-toe footwear is also sensible. The evening is forecast to be mostly dry, but there may be a shower or two during the evening, so please come prepared!
Other Useful Info: The film is rated 12A. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Please bring a torch for the return trip to your vehicle after the screening or use the light on your phone. No dogs are permitted, except assistance dogs.
Weather: Screenings proceed in all weathers, including rain, screenings are only stopped or postponed if the weather is deemed to be making the event unsafe. This includes very heavy, prolonged rain, high winds and thunderstorms. No umbrellas are allowed in the screening area once the film begins. It’s forecast to be dry but pretty chilly for the time of year. please wear plenty of layers and bring a blanket to snuggle into!
Terms and Conditions: Management reserve the right to refuse entry or to ask patrons to leave if causing a nuisance. Customers are requested to respect their fellow audience members by not making unnecessary noise or disturbing those around them during the screening. Smoking and vaping is not permitted in the screening area, please move away to the sides or rear, well away from the audience, should you wish to do this.