Open-air cinema next weekend

One ingredient desirable for an outdoor cinema is fine weather, and it is hoped warm weather is on the cards next weekend.

Tomtom productions has sponsored the outdoor cinema at Remarkables Park which will show Top Gun on Friday and Two Little Boys on Saturday. Tomtom's Tom Lynch said set-up was scheduled for Friday afternoon. The movie screen would consist of fabric stretched across a frame likely to be at least 5m wide, with an accompanying sound system.

''It's similar to what we did for jazz fest.''

Tomtom staff were recovering from December, which had been their ''busiest month ever'' with numerous corporate events, Rhythm and Alps and New Year's Eve.

''January is a bit nicer for us because the corporate work is not here yet ... but it'll pick up in February and won't stop until December,'' Mr Lynch said.

The outdoor cinema is part of the Summerdaze festival which runs until the end of January. Still to feature are events such as a PJ party in the library, the Fernhill/Sunshine Bay family day and Twisted Tales in the Queenstown Gardens.