Film
A couple invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors to a dinner party and the night spirals into unexpected places.
9 Jul 2026
Film
Finn and his live-wire younger brother Charlie embark on an epic adventure from Yorkshire, over land and sea, to the Wild West coast of Ireland.
9th, 10th July and 2 more dates
Film
A musical duo’s increasingly desperate attempts to book a gig lead to them being accidentally transported back in time to 2008…
9th, 10th July and 2 more dates
Film
A psychiatrist Lilian Steiner is convinced the death of one of her patients is convinced it was murder.
9 Jul 2026
Film
A rare and vital chronicle of the daily struggles of Gaza healthcare workers as they navigate bombed-out hospitals, dwindling supplies and starvation.
9 Jul 2026
Film
Verdi masterfully pits the intimate affairs of the heart against the grandeur of the universe: where kingdoms rise and fall and the sands of time grind onwards.
9th and 12th July
Exhibition
Art works submitted by children and young people to Bridge the Gap CIC.
9th, 10th July and 30 more dates
Exhibition
Stories of farmers, fishers, growers and communities transforming the food system.
9th, 10th July and 50 more dates
Exhibition
This touring exhibition by Becky Beasley is a pastoral interior landscape with a gallery-sized pale green linoleum floor artwork and a décor that transforms the length of the gallery into an environment.…
9th, 10th July and 14 more dates
Film
When an outsider infiltrates a rich American family living in Catalonia, buried tensions surface and blood ties are severed.
10th, 11th July and 2 more dates
Film
A London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist and cameraman retrace their love story over thirteen years of war, revolutions and exile.
10th, 11th July and 2 more dates
Film
A glam rocker superstar disappears at the height of his fame.
10th and 16th July
Season
Explore youth rebellion and music through a series of films and events at QUAD.
19 Jun – 30 Aug 2026
Talks + Events
Get ready to dive into a whirlwind of Japanese culture and fun.
11 Jul 2026
Film
An all-new 4K restoration of acclaimed director Mamoru Oshii's(Ghost in the Shell) collaboration with revered artist Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D).
11th and 12th July
Film
Karin, 11 years old, finds herself abandoned by her father in a small Japanese town, and her grandfather calls him Anzu, a jovial ghost cat, to help.
12 Jul 2026
Film
American secret agent Lemmy Caution travels to Alphaville posing as a journalist Ivan Johnson to find the missing agent Henry Dickson.
12 Jul 2026
Season
QUAD returns across The Channel for another look at the cinema of our Gallic cousins.
5 Jul – 26 Jul 2026
Film
John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.
12th, 24th July and 2 more dates
Film
Atouching and off-beat drama of broken-hearted cowboys and broken-down marriages, starring Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift.
12th and 16th July
Film
This revealing film focuses on Hockney's two blockbuster exhibitions held in 2012 and 2016 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
12th and 16th July
Film
Gormer best friends and roommates Chris and Lluis meet up after a decade to hike Scotland’s West Highland Way and Cape Wrath Trail.
16th and 19th July
Film
Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang’s jobs get exponentially harder when they go head to head with this all-new threat to playtime.
17th, 18th July and 2 more dates
Film
QUAD is the only venue in Derby showing The Odyssey on 35mm film!
17th, 18th July and 6 more dates
Film
50th Anniversary Screenings of Martin Scorsese's enduring classic, starring Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster.
17th, 18th July and 2 more dates
Film
A mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX® film technology.
17th, 18th July and 6 more dates
Film
Exploring the transformative power of soul music in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, where dance events became crucial spaces for the political affirmation and resistance of the young black community.…
17 Jul 2026
Season
Showcasing the many positive & yet widely unreflected stories of black folks' lives.
24 Apr – 23 Oct 2026
Film
Quit bogling to Aswad, stuff some Jaffa Cakes in your pocket and get yourself down to QUAD.
18 Jul 2026
Film
A striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel.
19th July, 16th August and 3 more dates
Talks + Events
Trying to find a way through the paralysis British politics finds itself in.
23 Jul 2026
Film
The ridiculous story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything then unleashed monsters onto the world.
24th, 25th July and 2 more dates
Film
A double bill of two classic Spanish television horror films, both terrifying and darkly comedic in equal measure.
24th, 25th, 26th July
Film
Two broke, rogue-ish fifty-somethings meet Giulio, a shy architecture student adrift in life.
24th, 25th July and 2 more dates
Take Part
Make your own pinch pot using air-dry clay to take home at the end
24 Jul 2026
Film
No voiceover. No presenter. Just Glastonbury, as it was.
25 Jul 2026
Film
It’s the summer holiday season and M. Hulot, like many others, has decided to spend his vacation at the French seaside. Hulot is a pretty quiet fellow, but that still does not stop him from getting into a lot of trouble.…
26 Jul 2026
Film
Filmmaker Oliver Stone interviewed Cuban leader Fidel Castro for over 30 hours in February 2002 to collect footage for this documentary.
26 Jul 2026
Take Part
Participants will experiment with making their own mini kinetic sculpture using motors.
30 Jul 2026
Season
A touring exhibition that explores time, authorship and identity through photography, sculpture and text
13 Mar – 31 Jul 2026
Talks + Events
Date: 9 April, 28 May, 20 June, 30 July 2026 Time: 1-2 pm Location: QUAD, Gallery Join QUAD/FORMAT Curator Jodi Kwok, for a guided tour of Becky Beasley’s&n…
30 Jul 2026
Film
Newly restored footage reveals the untold story of the iconic tour that helped launch WHAM! to global superstardom.
30 Jul 2026
Take Part
Create maps that explore their imaginary landscapes, exploring mapping as story-telling and world building with collage and drawing.
31 Jul 2026
Film
2026's most acclaimed action movie. Fuelled by a righteous fury – two men ruthlessly track down kidnappers and engage in a serious of brutal and spectacular martial arts smackdowns
31 Jul 2026
Free, family friendly, drop in creative activities.
1st, 6th August and 7 more dates
Film
Warm up the vocal chords and belt out your best Beatles impression.
1 Aug 2026
Film
One of the most deliriously entertaining movies of all time.
2 Aug 2026
Film
A production known for its lavish sets, including a 25-meter dragon and a 20-meter pagoda, and its use of contemporary cinema and Chinese acrobatics.
6th and 9th August
Take Part
A one day course examining the possibility that the creatures of the kaiju film fight for a common cause. Are they acting in the name of maintaining global environmental health?
8 Aug 2026
Film
Screening to coincide with Let Them Fight – A One Day Kaiju Cinema Course - As Gyaos monsters attack Japan once again, a young girl – whose parents died during a previous monster conflict – discovers a new creature called Iris.…
8 Aug 2026
Talks + Events
Featuring two lifelong Muppet fans and a cast of lovingly handcrafted puppet characters, this duo performs beloved songs through live puppetry and banjo music, recreating the magic of the classic frog-hosted television series.…
8 Aug 2026
Film
A pop star is used to keep the country's youth under control.
9 Aug 2026
Film
London youth, Jimmy Cooper, escapes his postal job as a member of the Mods.
14th and 15th August
Film
“By Grabthar’s Hammer, by the Suns Of Warvan , you shall be avenged!” Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman star as actors from the 1970s sci-fi TV series ‘Galaxy Quest’, who are called on by aliens to save the universe.…
15 Aug 2026
Season
Bi-monthly screenings where fantasy, sci-fi and all things geek culture come to life on the big screen.
11 Apr – 15 Aug 2026
Film
Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.
16 Aug 2026
Film
See all four films screening at Godzilla-A-Go-Go at a discounted rate.
22 Aug 2026
Film
Godzilla goes up against the ferocious, spiny Anguirus as the kaiju wreak havoc in the streets of Osaka
22 Aug 2026
Season
Another day of big screen films featuring Japan’s greatest monster.
Sat 22 Aug 2026
Film
The first appearance of Godzilla’s evil twin Mechagodzilla.
22 Aug 2026
Film
Godzilla faces off with Megalon, a gigantic beetle with the ability to fire ray beams and napalm bombs.
22 Aug 2026
Film
In Godzilla's first appearance of the 1980s, international tensions rise after Godzilla destroys a Soviet submarine.
22 Aug 2026
Film
A stuntman gives up the rat-race to see the real world.
23 Aug 2026
Film
It’s a Lonely Island double bill as we Smack Destiny in the Face and drop the needle on Connquest.
29 Aug 2026
Film
Nicky and his friends need to find £1500 to save their youth club.
30 Aug 2026
Film
A sparkling romantic cocktail laced with witty comedy, stunning choreography and tap-dancing brilliance.
30th August, 10th, 13th September
Take Part
Take your photography skills to the next level with the perfect course for anyone with a basic understanding of photography or those who have completed QUAD’s Photography 101 course.…
3 Sep 2026
Film
Verdi’s hugely popular La Traviata returns to the Sydney Harbour water stage featuring a breath-taking soaring 9 metre high, 3.5 ton chandelier covered in 10,000 shimmering Swarovski crystals.…
3rd and 6th September
Talks + Events
The East Midlands favourite convention for fans of the BBC’s Doctor Who comes back to QUAD for its seventeenth year.
5 Sep 2026
Film
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
18 Sep 2026
Talks + Events
Edge-Lit makes it a dozen with its return in 2026, once again serving up a wide array of interviews, talks, workshops and more for lovers of genre fiction.
19 Sep 2026
Film
The year is 2047 and a ship named the Event Horizon has re-appeared after disappearing seven years prior. A rescue crew discovers all is not what it seems.
19 Sep 2026
Season
QUAD’s bi-monthly cinematic journey through infamous cult films and hidden gems
7 Mar – 19 Sep 2026
Film
Considered by some to be one of the great innovators of 19th century art, Whistler was a contemporary of the Impressionists, much admired by Van Gogh and Manet.
20th, 25th September and 2 more dates
Film
Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy.
24th, 25th September and 3 more dates
Film
A new film from the National Emergency Briefing, a public information initiative to ensure the UK is clearly and honestly briefed on the climate and nature crisis.
9 Oct 2026
Film
A powerful new film honouring the Windrush generation and the Caribbean migration experience in Britain.
23 Oct 2026
Talks + Events
The unofficial one-day fan celebration of all things Tomb Raider returns to QUAD.
24 Oct 2026
Talks + Events
Three days of talks and author interviews exploring the darker side!
30 Oct 2026
Talks + Events
Why are so many women in Gothic fiction locked away, labelled hysterical, or portrayed as monsters?
30 Oct 2026
Season
Three days of talks and author interviews exploring the darker side!
30 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
Talks + Events
One of the most acclaimed authors of Gothic Fiction and ghost stories in modern fiction.
30 Oct 2026
Talks + Events
A talk exploring the history of the Televisual Gothic – programming that uses the Gothic to probe the horrors of the television industry.
30 Oct 2026
Talks + Events
No movie has a better claim to a curse than 1966’s Incubus, an almost-lost folk horror movie with a backstory as grim and fascinating as its main plotline.
30 Oct 2026
Talks + Events
One of the most exciting new talents in Gothic fiction, with rich imagination and exciting reimaginings on show.
31 Oct 2026
Talks + Events
Looking at the rich seam of terrifying home-grown productions which are often ignored or forgotten.
31 Oct 2026
Talks + Events
In 1980, there may only have been 3 TV channels, but on 13 Saturday nights that year, one of them showed Hammer House of Horror, a series of chilling tales that brought witchcraft, Satanism, werewolves and all manner of attendant weirdness into the n…
31 Oct 2026
Talks + Events
Derby-based is Tom Mead is the author of four popular and acclaimed locked-room mysteries.
31 Oct 2026
Talks + Events
From witch bottles to spontaneous human combustion, take a tour through some of history’s weirdest witchcraft deterrents.
1 Nov 2026
Talks + Events
The ‘Queen of African Horror’, one of the most exciting voices in the genre and a Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
1 Nov 2026
Talks + Events
Discussing some of the most bizarre and supernatural stories from around the country.
1 Nov 2026
Film
The 5-star critically acclaimed play starring John Lithgow (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Crown) as Roald Dahl.
19th and 22nd November
Talks + Events
From the depths of the Peak District, Well Dressed explore folklore, customs and curiosities through music, art, film and performance.
28 Nov 2026
Film
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the world’s favourite artists; a founding member of the Impressionist movement and a constantly evolving artist.
21st, 24th January and 2 more dates
Film
Bringing the iconic story of Claude Monet to cinema screens.
13th, 23rd May and 2 more dates
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