Season
First-person testimonies, archival imagery and performance to explore memory, grief, justice and the experiences of Black and immigrant Britons affected by deaths following police contact since 1969.…
26 Sep 2026 – 10 Jan 2027
Film
Jane Austen’s charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood.
15 Oct 2026
Film
What do you do when your neighbour goes completely wild?
15 Oct 2026
Film
Andrew Garfield stars as the legendary leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II
15 Oct 2026
Film
The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.
15 Oct 2026
Film
A drama following General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser) and Captain James Stagg (Andrew Scott) in the tense 72 hours before D-Day.
15th, 16th October and 4 more dates
Film
A comedy set in the frantic three hours before the opening night of Shakespeare’s Macbeth at Paris’s prestigious Comédie-Française.
15 Oct 2026
For 16-19 year olds interested in creative projects, learning new skills and gaining experience in the cultural industries
15th October, 19th November, 17th December
Film
Exploring issues of Black British culture, gender, and sexuality via a mix of documentary, monologue, and dialogue.
15 Oct 2026
Film
On July 27, 1986, Queen performed the largest-ever stadium concert at the Népstadion in Budapest in front of 80,000 ecstatic fans.
15th and 16th October
Exhibition
Combining the disciplines of film, extended reality, installation, sound and more to commemorate those Black and migrant Britons who have been disproportionately killed after police contact since 1969.…
26 Sep 2026 – 10 Jan 2027, Open Thurs - Sun
Film
Bill Evans is playing with what he considers the perfect musical trio until tragedy strikes
16th and 22nd October
Film
The story of Tenzing Norgay, a gifted Himalayan climber who, alongside New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary, became the first to summit Mount Everest
16th, 17th October and 2 more dates
Film
Aaron Sorkin dramatises the eye-opening whistleblowing behind The Wall Street Journal’s exposé, The Facebook Files.
16th, 17th October and 2 more dates
Film
In an English girls boarding school two teenage best friends embark on their school project, falling in love.
16th, 17th October and 2 more dates
Film
Satori Screen presents a rare chance to view two classic Japanese ghost stories on the big screen.
16 Oct 2026
Season
QUAD’s regular East Asian cinema night.
Next event 16th October 2026
Season
Dive deep into a pool of terror at QUAD this October!
9 Oct – 20 Nov 2026
Film
A chance to decide if you are Team Edward or Team Jacob all over again.
17 Oct 2026
Film
Bella Swan moves to the rainy little town of Forks, Washington and finds herself swept up in a world of supernatural romance.
17 Oct 2026
Season
Join us to celebrate the cosy autumn vibes of Forks, Washington as we screen the entire saga in single day.
Sat 17 Oct 2026
Film
A chance encounter with a mysterious cat sends Shizuku, a girl with her head in the clouds, on a quest for her true talent.
17th, 18th, 22nd October
Film
When Edward Cullen and his family decide to leave town Bella takes comfort from childhood friend Jacob, who is hiding a rather big supernatural secret of his own.
17 Oct 2026
Film
Bella is once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings.
17 Oct 2026
Film
Bella and Edward prepare to become parents, as the wolfpack and others fear they their unborn child may pose a threat to the people of Forks.
17 Oct 2026
Film
In tribute to the late, great Tim Curry Cult Film Club puts one of his finest films back on the big screen - with a special murder mystery introduction!
17 Oct 2026
Season
QUAD’s bi-monthly cinematic journey through infamous cult films and hidden gems
4 Jul – 7 Nov 2026
Film
The grand finale of the Twilight Saga sees Edward and Bella fighting a desperate battle to protect their daughter Renesmee.
17 Oct 2026
Film
An American psychologist visits the UK and finds himself confronted by a series of bizarre and inexplicable events.
18 Oct 2026
Film
Considered by some to be one of the great innovators of 19th century art.
18 Oct 2026
Film
Winner of eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
18th, 23rd, 25th October
Talks + Events
What horrors haunt Derbyshire and the Peak District? This talk explores how the county’s terrain, folklore, and literature converge. Drawing on church records, funerary customs, and folktales, the research examines how Gothic writ…
22 Oct 2026
Film
Noël Coward’s champagne-fresh comedy of bad manners.
22nd, 25th October and 2 more dates
Film
In rural Ireland, amateur historian Catherine Corless uncovers a shocking hidden history of loss.
23rd, 24th October and 2 more dates
Film
A prisoner is offered the chance to smuggle gold out of a remote mine to win his freedom
23rd, 25th, 29th October
Film
The classic Hammer Horror returns in its most complete form ever presented.
23rd and 24th October
Film
The ghosts are back and adjusting to life without Alison and Mike...
23rd, 24th October and 2 more dates
Film
A 23-year-old street artist from Delhi sets off on a 6,000 mile journey across Europe and Asia to find Lotta, the woman who captured his heart during her visit to India.
23rd and 29th October
Film
Nobel laureate author Thomas Mann, is accompanied by his daughter Erika on a literary tour through West and East Germany.
23rd, 24th October and 2 more dates
Film
A powerful new film honouring the Windrush generation and the Caribbean migration experience in Britain.
23 Oct 2026
Season
Showcasing the many positive & yet widely unreflected stories of black folks' lives.
Next event 23rd October 2026
Talks + Events
The unofficial one-day fan celebration of all things Tomb Raider.
24 Oct 2026
Film
The Blob does only one thing - it eats anything and everything that moves.
24 Oct 2026
Season
Bi-monthly screenings where fantasy, sci-fi and all things geek culture come to life on the big screen.
Next event 24th October 2026
Film
In this Edgar Allan Poe adaptation the Satan worshiping Prince Prospero hosts a ball for the nobility whilst the plague ravages society outside of his castle.
25 Oct 2026
Free drop in creative activities featuring healing rocks, creative play and Lego.
29th and 30th October
Surtal Arts will be holding family-friendly workshops to craft a glowing tribute to a personal role model, local legend, or superhero.
30 Oct 2026
Film
On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed.
30th, 31st October and 2 more dates
Film
In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. Robert Pattinson stars in an Oscar-tipped performance.
30th, 31st October and 2 more dates
Film
In tribute to the late, great Tim Curry, his defining role in Richard O'Brien's famous musical is back on the big screen at QUAD.
30 Oct 2026
Free drop-in creative activities featuring pumpkin crafts, Lego play and plasticine stop motion animation
31 Oct 2026
Film
Join us on Halloween as we say 'hail to the king, baby!' with a triple bill of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead films.
31 Oct 2026
Film
Two Roger Corman horror comedies that have gone on to have long lives as cult classics.
1 Nov 2026
Film
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
1 Nov 2026
Film
Comedy legends Peter Richardson and Phil Cornwell will visit QUAD to celebrate the legacy of a great comedy institution.
5 Nov 2026
Film
Josh O’Connor leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic.
5th, 6th November and 4 more dates
Cinema Course
Talk cinema returns following a very popular previous instalment.
6 Nov 2026
Take Part
Make your own pinch pot using air-dry clay to take home at the end
6 Nov 2026
Film
Censored for more than half a century, Ken Russell’s visionary masterpiece returns to the big screen fully restored in 4K and cut to Russell’s direction.
6th, 7th November and 6 more dates
Film
Rockers KG and JB are on the road to superstardom as they become the greatest rock 'n' roll band on earth.
7 Nov 2026
Film
This lavish late silent masterpiece by Erich von Stroheim receives aew reconstruction by Milestones and a score by composer Eli Denson.
8 Nov 2026
Season
QUAD Essentials takes a dive into the 'forgotten' classics with Cinema Rediscovered this November. Each screening will feature a pre-recorded intro by a key cinema figure, plus we'll be hosting a post screening discussion with local film …
8 Nov – 29 Nov 2026
Film
Lover's rock, sometimes termed 'romantic reggae', is perhaps best defined as a blend of reggae rhythms with passionate soul vocals
12 Nov 2026
Talks + Events
Exploring the final day in the fated city of Pompeii through the lives of seven citizens from all strata of society.
12 Nov 2026
Season
Derby Book Festival returns to QUAD between 12 - 15 November 2026.
12 Nov – 15 Nov 2026
Talks + Events
Setting out a credible case for optimism when it comes to the future of Britain’s economy, and a roadmap of how we might get there.
13 Nov 2026
Film
Hong Kong master Tsui Hark's 1995 kung-fu classic sees a one-armed swordsman transformed into a furious avenger.
13 Nov 2026
Talks + Events
The extraordinary life of one of Britain’s most beloved musical icons and a strange and turbulent period of British history.
14 Nov 2026
Talks + Events
Ten dramatic cases where journalists showed astonishing bravery in uncovering the truth; sometimes paying the ultimate price.
14 Nov 2026
Talks + Events
On Tuesday 4 May 1926, two million workers downed tools in the only nationwide strike ever held in Britain.
15 Nov 2026
Talks + Events
Stephen will talk about the TV adaptation of his much loved crime novels and about his current work on a new novel.
15 Nov 2026
Film
Robert Newton steps into the role of a deceitful, brilliant psychiatrist in the 1949 British psychological noir
15 Nov 2026
Talks + Events
Widower Jack’s quiet life is overturned by two accidents that happen on the bend in the road into town
15 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
Film
Fright Club presents rare UK cinema screenings for two classics from the famously trashtastic American indie studio.
20 Nov 2026
Season
QUAD’s mix of terrors from home and abroad.
Next event 20th November 2026
Film
Italian star Monica Vitti incarnates the British comic-strip heroine Modesty Blaise
22 Nov 2026
Film
A screening is presented of the classic drama, presented in collaboration with Derby CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament).
22 Nov 2026
Film
The acclaimed two-part adventure The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit re-edited into a single movie, with exclusive bonus material.
23 Nov 2026
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
Mario Bava's hugely stylish 1960s adventure, featuring wonderfully inventive Pop Art visuals and a gorgeous Ennio Morricone score.
29 Nov 2026
Film
A day celebrating the wonderful worlds created by Nigel Kneale including his famous creation Bernard Quatermass.
5 Dec 2026
Film
Real-life Irish rap trio Kneecap’s origin story screens with an after-party spinning Kneecap bangers on vinyl,
11 Dec 2026
Film
A research team finds a mysterious cylinder which could mean the end of the world
11 Dec 2026
Film
A taxi driver is thrown into a battle between good and evil when an alien falls through the roof of his cab.
12 Dec 2026
Talks + Events
Stephen Brotherstone – co-writer of the acclaimed Scarred For Lifebooks –joins Fortean Times columnist Bob Fischer to unwrap the lingering trauma of all our childhood Christmases.
18 Dec 2026
Talks + Events
The Puppet Folk Experience is proud to present a “most sensational” festive tribute show, bringing acoustic mayhem, heart and humour to audiences this Christmas.
19 Dec 2026
Free, family friendly drop in sessions featuring winter themed creative activities, lego play, and stop motion animation.
20th, 27th December 2026, 3rd January 2027
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
Presenting three days of talks, interviews, workshops and more all devoted to ghost stories and the Gothic
26th, 27th, 28th February
Talks + Events
A 90-minute walk full of revelations, curses, deaths, superstitions, evil doers and much more!!
26 Feb 2027
Season
One of the UK’s most haunted cities will be playing host to the latest running of the UK Ghost Story Festival, presenting three days of talks, interviews, workshops and more
26 Feb – 28 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
Exploring British 1970s television, bursting at the seams with weirdness, eeriness, supernatural folklore and contemporary legend
26 Feb 2027
Take Part
Getting started in crafting stories that range from the unsettling to the downright terrifying.
26 Feb 2027
Take Part
A crash course in writing puzzling plots and eerie atmosphere.
26 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
A talk tracing the development of the ghost child figure in the Western imagination.
26 Feb 2027
Take Part
A workshop aimed at aspiring authors who are considering self-publishing, as well as writers who have a completed manuscript but aren't sure what to do next.
26 Feb 2027
Take Part
Heloing you write a ghost story that does not take place in a haunted house.
26 Feb 2027
Take Part
A workshop exploring the story potential of ghosts caught after the fact on audio and video,
26 Feb 2027
Take Part
Uncanny landscapes, sentient forests, and ravenous plants: how to write them and how to make them scary,.
26 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
The reality, the fiction and the scandals of Victorian asylum care.
26 Feb 2027
Take Part
Why does the Overlook Hotel’s hallways make us feel uneasy? Why does the bright, vast landscape of Midsommar give us dread? 'Liminal' relates to an in-between space and is one of many tools that a writer can use to shape the atmosphe…
26 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
Step into the mysterious side of Derby's past with an entertaining journey through the city's ghosts, legends and folklore
26 Feb 2027
Take Part
How word choices and use of language can be used to create atmosphere when writing spooky scenes.
26 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
A no-expenses paid trip to Springfield for a look at the influences of ghosts, monsters, aliens, treehouses of horror and, most likely, donuts.
26 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
A discussion of the many different aspects of Ciaran’s research, ghost hunts, TV work and more.
26 Feb 2027
Test your knowledge of all things spook at the UK Ghost Story Festival 2027.
26 Feb 2027
Take Part
How to use your own personal "ghosts" as raw material for fiction that resonates on a deeper level.
27 Feb 2027
Take Part
How to use the darkness that lies within us to blur the boundaries between the self and the outside world.
27 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
As we move into a word of liminal horror, eco-horror, tradwife horror and more, where does the ghost find its place in the horror landscape?
27 Feb 2027
Take Part
A workshop looking at how cinematic horror franchises often live on via the medium of videogames.
27 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
Interest in folklore is at an all-time high, but what is behind this revival?
27 Feb 2027
Take Part
How to reimagine the ghost story for today’s world.
27 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
With so much variety as to how the supernatural can behave in a story, how do you decide on what you spirits can – and cannot do?
27 Feb 2027
Take Part
Haunted landscapes and how to use elements of the natural world to create unsettling supernatural fiction.
27 Feb 2027
Take Part
Experimenting with character dynamics and structures that push the door of the haunted closet wide open.
27 Feb 2027
Take Part
How writers can use social media to market their work without becoming an influencer.
27 Feb 2027
Take Part
There are myriad iconic ghosts and ghouls in horror literature, but what about the characters on the receiving end of a good spooking? This workshop will explore how to use flawed, complex characters to add emotional depth to your stories. We'll …
27 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
A panel exploring how the two forms differ from one another for both writers and readers.
27 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
A 90 minute walking taking true, but weird, Derby history.
27 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
A mesmerising fusion of art, confidence, and Gothic glamour.
27 Feb 2027
Film
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27 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
Exploring ghost lore and haunting history, with live music and performance of one a chilling tale.
27 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
A 90 minute walk full of tortured spirits who met a grisly end including both the murderers and their victims.
28 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
Drawing on ideas associated with psychogeography, liminality, class, and psychoanalysis, this talk explore cities as hosts of new forms of folk horror.
28 Feb 2027
Take Part
Exploring how curses can create mystery, conflict, and difficult choices in your story.
28 Feb 2027
Take Part
Every culture has its own version of what lies “on the other side” of the veil
28 Feb 2027
Take Part
Exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by telling a story from the ghost's point of view.
28 Feb 2027
Take Part
Looking at how cosmic horror, can serve as a ripe source of comedy.
28 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
Psychic and developing medium Jessica Messenger traces her own relationship with the spirit world: from her earliest unexplained encounters to learning to work with spirit through mediumship. …
28 Feb 2027
Talks + Events
We all love a good ghost story, but what other tales lie, lost and forgotten, in archives?
28 Feb 2027
Film
Join us for a day exploring the dark forests, watching the strangest cults and facing the terrifying monsters of folk horror cinema.
10 Apr 2027
Film
Bringing the iconic story of Claude Monet to cinema screens.
13th, 23rd May and 2 more dates
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