There are a few theories as to why drive-in cinema has never taken off in the UK – at least, before this endless summer of Covid: it’s too rainy; we have plenty of actual cinemas; it’s too rainy. Personally, I think it’s that while we love movies, we – most of us, at least – don’t love our cars. Not with the kind of undying devotion that makes us want to just, well, sit in them. Arguably, this is even more true of Londoners. If you live in the capital, you either don’t have a car or it serves one of a few basic purposes: doing the weekly shop; blocking the space out front in case you ever need to move home; and for handy extra storage space.
So, sitting in my car with a three-year-old, waiting to file in to Allianz Park in Hendon for The Luna Drive In Cinema’s screening of ‘Happy Feet’ (£31 per vehicle) feels a little counter-intuitive: we’re going somewhere and we’re not going to get out when we get there.
source:https://www.timeout.com/london/news/are-londons-all-new-drive-in-cinemas-worth-the-petrol-071620