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01/02/12 - Summer Nights Film Festival Announced
QUAD has announced details of a tour of outdoor film screenings across the region for their 'Summer Nights Film Festival' in 2012. QUAD Summer Nights Film Festival in 2012 will tour a selection of classic and contemporary films to fabulous locations throughout Derbyshire all presented on a giant screen by QUAD, Derby's centre for art and film. Summer Nights offers the chance to bring a picnic ...
31/01/12 - February Half Term Activities
Workshops, Cine Kids films and an exhibition for families and young people to visit over the February Half-term. Cool Scrapbooks workshop on Thursday 16th February is a free workshop for Children and Grandparents offering a chance to create unique scrapbooks to use to collect memories. Suitable for aged five and above accompanied by grandparents of any age, Cool Scrapbooks takes place on ...
27/01/12 - Derby Soap Opera - we need YOU!
QUAD is offering a chance to become part of Derby Soap Opera, which aims to be the world's largest ever mass participation film. Every resident of Derby will have the opportunity to take part in a film directed by the internationally renowned Italian artist Marinella Senatore. QUAD are inviting everyone to take part; to become the actors, singers and dancers, stage directors, costume ...
23/01/12 - New Exhibition v.01
QUAD has announced details of exhibition events surrounding v.01 a unique digital audio visual environment created especially for QUAD Gallery, on display from 4th February. v.01 is a major interactive audio and video installation by Artists from the Tech team at QUAD, TechsQUAD, and chromatic architect Aaron Bradbury, that can be manipulated by the public. The public are also invited to ...
20/01/12 - Sighted dance performance in Gallery
QUAD offers a rare opportunity to experience 'Sighted' by Angela Woodhouse and Caroline Broadhead Angela Woodhouse and Jerwood prize winner artist Caroline Broadhead will present their acclaimed performance installation 'Sighted' at QUAD in February. Sighted offers a rare opportunity to experience this unique collaboration between Angela Woodhouse, a dance artist concerned with articulating ...
18/01/12 - Black Pond Director's Q&A
British film Directors Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe will be at QUAD in Derby on Friday 20th January to introduce a screening of their debut release, Black Pond (15). The Directors will be joined by the film's star, Chris Langham for a special post screening Q&A. Black Pond is a dark comedy about The Thompson family who are accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table. Six ...
13/01/12 - Calling Artists & Creatives!
QUAD NEEDS YOU! Creative Practitioner call out Friday 3rd & Friday 24th February 10:00am - 4:00pm We need highly skilled creative practitioners to help us deliver workshops for our participation and education programme. We have current opportunities for film makers, digital artists and photographers and future opportunities for all artists. You must enjoy working with the public and have ...
11/01/12 - New Exhibitions
QUAD in Derby has announced details of exhibitions for the next six months of 2012. V.01 - Saturday 4th until Sunday 12th February 2012 V.01, a unique digital audio visual environment created especially for QUAD Gallery, will be on display in February. Masterminded by Artists from the Tech team at QUAD, TechsQUAD, who have been working alongside chromatic architect Aaron Bradbury, v.01 ...
06/01/12 - New Breakfast Menu launching
QUAD Café Bar is welcoming the New Year by launching a new Breakfast Menu. The new Breakfast Menu will be available daily, to eat in or take out, from Monday 9th January. QUAD Café will be opening earlier, from 8:00am on weekdays and 9:00am on Saturdays and Sundays, and will be serving the Breakfast Menu daily until 11:45am. Steve Magill, QUAD Catering Manager, said "We are launching ...
03/01/12 - New Creative Courses for 2012
Start the New Year with new skills at QUAD with a brand new range of evening and weekend courses starting in January. The courses cover: Photoshop, Film Editing, Digital Photography, Creative Writing and film courses in Silent Cinema and Film Discussion. QUAD continues to offers a unique range of Digital courses for all levels - from beginners to advanced level. In January there is a chance to ...
21/12/11 - Holocaust Memorial Day Events
QUAD will be hosting two special events to mark Holocaust Memorial Day for 2012. A Survivor Speakers' Evening will take place on Thursday 26th January from 7:00pm. This evening of words, music and dance will commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day 2012 with the theme 'Speak Up, Speak Out'. An annual event, this year's guest speaker is distinguished Holocaust survivor Simon Winston from the Beth ...
20/12/11 - Superhero Film Project for KidsQUAD
KidsQUAD is QUAD's regular creative arts and digital workshops on Saturday mornings for children aged 7-11. In January, KidsQUAD launches a brand new term of activities based around 'Superheroes'. The 'Superhero Film Project' will take place over eight weeks, from 14th January until 4th February, with a break for half-term, and resuming from 3rd until 24th March. KidsQUAD takes place on ...
14/12/11 - Derbyshire folk legend to introduce film
Legendary folk artist John Tams will introduce the new film War Horse in QUAD, in January. John Tams is Songmaker for the West End, Broadway and Toronto productions of War Horse and consultant on the movie. He will talk about his involvement with the film prior to the screening at QUAD on Friday 13th January at 7:00pm. Directed by Steven Spielberg, War Horse is based on the novel by Michael ...
06/12/11 - Christmas Appeal for Q Club
All kinds of people are inspired by QUAD. This Christmas we are inspired by the people of Derby too. Together with the people of Derby we can ensure young people in Derby can continue to be inspired. Thanks to the support of people in our home city QUAD has just won a Natwest Community Force Award. That is a great achievement and we are hugely grateful to everyone for making it happen. ...
05/12/11 - Special live events in December
Three one-off live events are taking place in QUAD in Derby during December, ranging from Christmas storytelling, a Murder Mystery dinner and a performance taken from Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale as part of the Joseph Wright of Derby Festival. QUAD's Christmas Spirits event, presented by Alt.Fiction, offers a night of traditional terror and Christmas chills with an evening of classic ghost ...
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