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10/03/2010 - New Guest for TV2010 Cult TV Day
We have just confirmed a new guest for TV2010 - a day long festival of rare and nostalgic television. We are pleased to announced that Graeme Harper, director of Doctor Who - The Caves of Androzani and Doctor Who - Waters of Mars (starring David Tennant) will be joining us for the daytime and evening programme. TV2010 takes place in QUAD on Saturday 20th March, with special guests, panel ...
9/03/2010 - Oscar Winning Films at QUAD
Following the recent 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, the pinnacle of the film awards season, we have some Oscar winning film coming up at QUAD: Crazy Heart (15),which won Best Actor for Jeff Bridges plus an Oscar for Best Music, will screen at QUAD from Friday 12th to Thursday 18th March. Avatar (12A),which won Oscars for Best Art Direction, Cinematography and Visual Effects will screen as a ...
8/03/2010 - Visual Arts Consultation Event
A consultation event for the East Midlands visual arts sector is taking place at QUAD on 29th March. We’d like you to be involved. There is the potential to develop a network for everyone working in the visual arts in the East Midlands. Your ideas and thoughts will shape what the network is and how it works. We want to hear from people working in different roles in organisations as well as ...
5/03/2010 - Book Squad Group
A new book group is launching at QUAD. ‘BooksQUAD’ has been set up to bring together likeminded ‘book worms’ for an evening discussing novels, chosen by the group. The group will meet monthly, there is no fee to join and new members are always welcome. Those planning to come will need to source the chosen book each month either from a library, book shop or online. BooksQUAD will meet ...
2/03/2010 - Cult Television Day - TV2010
TV2010 is a day celebrating the depth and diversity of British cult television with rare screenings of classic programmes and special guests from the golden age of cult television. TV2010 takes place on Saturday 20th March from 10:00am until10:00pm at QUAD. The special guests for the event have been announced as: Nicola Bryant (who played Peri in Doctor Who); Maurice Roeves (who played Stolz ...
2/03/2010 - New Vacancy - Chef
We are currently advertising for a Chef to join the QUAD team. The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Tuesday 9th March 2010. Please click here for more information and to download an application pack. ...
26/02/2010 - Films for Parents & Babies
Parents or carers with babies under 12 months can come along to QUAD’s next Cine Babies screening on Thursday 4th March at 1:00pm. The film screened will be MicMacs (12A with subtitles) which features the same quirky, visual style of director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s previous film, Amélie. ‘Cine Babies’ are special monthly screenings are aimed at giving new parents access to ‘grown ...
24/02/2010 - Southern Softies - Tickets Released
More tickets have been released for our special event with Graham Fellows AKA John Shuttleworth on Tuesday 3rd March at 8.30pm. Graham Fellows returns to Derby with the sequel to It’s Nice Up North, which finds John Shuttleworth and his agent Ken exploring the Channel Islands to find out if people really are softer down south. With a special guest appearance from celebrated photographer ...
23/02/2010 - Fright Club films
QUAD will be holding a regular late night ‘Fright Club’ screening, with a special introduction by the venue’s resident horror expert and cult film historian, Darrell Buxton, every last Friday of the month. The films will include a mix of brand new terrors from the UK and abroad, plus the pick of the archives. On Friday 26th February at 11:00pm Darrell Buxton will introduce ‘70s cult ...
19/02/2010 - March Brochure out now
Our March brochure is now available from Box Office. If you're on our mailing list it is now in the post. If you can't wait - click here to download an electronic version.
16/02/2010 - Teddies For Tragedy
QUAD's resident knitting group, KNITsQUAD, are currently making Teddies for Tragedies. KNITsQUAD meets twice a month in the cafe bar at QUAD for knitting, chatting and learning, new members are always welcome. Read more about this current project on the KNITsQUAD page. ...
12/02/2010 - New Exhibition
The Elusive State of Happiness is a major exhibition of Ian Breakwell (1943 - 2005), a world renowned and prolific artist who took a multi-media approach to his observation of the minutiae of life through a wide range of media, including visual diaries, film works, TV, audio and drawings. Arguably Derby’s greatest artist since Joseph Wright, Ian Breakwell was born in Derby and grew up in ...
11/02/2010 - Cine Kids - Booking Advised
We are expecting the half term Cine Kids screenings of 'Alvin And The Chipmunks 2' to be very busy, and they are likely to sell out. We advise booking in advance to avoid disappoinment. Please call the QUAD Box Office on 01332 290 606.
9/02/2010 - 1984 Live Theatrical Performance
Paper Zoo Theatre Company, in collaboration with the National Media Museum will present a live theatrical production of George Orwell’s 1984 at QUAD on Tuesday 13th April 2010. The classic Orwellian tale is given a modern reworking by the Bradford-based theatre company, featuring on-screen exclusively-filmed footage with QUAD Patron John Hurt CBE as the on-screen Big Brother. Click here ...
9/02/2010 - Breaking Rocks - SOLD OUT
The Breaking Rocks event with Billy Bragg has now sold out. The event, which will take place on Saturday 20th February 2010 at 8:00pm will include a film screening of an inspiring documentary that tells the story of Jail Guitar Doors, Billy Bragg's independent initiative which aims to provide instruments to those who are using music as a means of achieving the rehabilitation of prison inmates. ...
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