Derby QUAD & Cinema
Contact details
Market Place
Cathedral Quarter
Derby
DE1 3AS
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Description
QUAD is a CINEMA, GALLERY, BAR and LOUNGE and WORKSHOP that anyone can use.
CINEMA
Showing the best in World, Hollywood and Independent films.
GALLERY
The exhibition programme includes work from local, national and international artists, it is exciting, diverse and open to new ideas and experimentation.
QUAD BAR & LOUNGE
QUAD’s Bar & Lounge is the go-to place for surrounding yourself with likeminded artistic individuals. They have a range of soft drinks, coffee and tea and alcoholic beverages. Derby QUAD is a proud Shiny Brewery Stockist too!
WORKSHOP
QUAD brings individuals, communities and artists together to create exciting new art and film. We are committed to providing access to the arts for everyone.
QUAD provides facilities and services that connect people and businesses to art and film, creating opportunities for entertainment, education and participation.
QUAD's Patrons are actor John Hurt CBE, actor/director Paddy Considine, local actor Jack O'Connell and actor/musician John Tams.
Opening Hours:
Box Office
Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays: Closed.
Thursday – Sunday: 12 noon until late
On days when screenings start earlier than this the box office will open half an hour before the first screening of the day.
Gallery*
Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays: Closed.
Thursday & Fridays: Midday until late.
Saturdays & Sundays: Midday until late.
Café
Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays: Closed.
Thursday – Sunday: Midday until late
Last Orders for drinks taken 30 minutes before closing.
A brilliantly vibrant arts hub with cutting edge culture and and artistic ambience.
Events at this venue
04
Dec
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Henry Driver: Waterportals
04
Dec
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Tracey Meek: A Celebration in Colour
04
Dec
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From Metro to QUAD: A Derby Story
04
Dec
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Too Much! For These Isles! - BFI Melodrama Season
05
Dec
+ more
Sip and Sculpt
04
Dec
+ more
Christmas at Quad
05
Dec
+ more
The Bishop’s Wife (U)
06
Dec
The Quatermass Event
12
Dec
+ more
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (PG)
12
Dec
+ more
Scrooge (U)
18
Dec
The Card Show Before Christmas
20
Dec
+ more
The Muppet Christmas Carol (U)
20
Dec
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Die Hard (15)
20
Dec
Die Hard 2: Die Harder (15)
20
Dec
Die Hard With A Vengeance (15)
20
Dec
SoulDeep ft Fiona Kinsella Christmas Funk & Soul Spectacular!
20
Dec
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The Polar Express (U)
21
Dec
Well Dressed Social – Ghost Stories For Christmas
22
Dec
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Free, Family Friendly Lego and Duplo Play Drop In
22
Dec
+ more
Elf (PG)
23
Dec
Remember The Night (PG)
10
Jan
Anime-A-Go-Go
27
Feb
Alex Davis – Workshop: Pacing Your Ghost Story
27
Feb
Willow Winsham – Talk: Unfamiliar Familiars – The Unusual Companions of the Witch
27
Feb
Performance: Steve Nallon’s Ghost Stories
27
Feb
Catriona Ward Interview
27
Feb
Tracy Fahey – Workshop: Talking To Your Ghost – Writing a Contemporary Ghost Story
27
Feb
Dan Webber – Talk: ‘Out for the Count’ LGBTQ+ Reflections Of Dracula
27
Feb
Malcolm Schofield Talk: An Invitation to Understanding
27
Feb
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UK Ghost Story Festival 2026
27
Feb
Alex Davis – Workshop: Writing a Twist in the Ghost Story
27
Feb
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Dracula’s Bazaar
27
Feb
Ally Wilkes – Workshop: Pitch and synopsis writing for novelists
27
Feb
Anthony Kerrigan – Talk: ‘Faerie Bad’ – An Insight into Misconstrued Notions
27
Feb
Corinne Pollard – Workshop: We Are The Ghosts, Mister
27
Feb
Mark and Tracey Norman – Interviewed by Alex Davis
27
Feb
Derby Uncovered – Walk: Hauntings and Hangings
27
Feb
Victoria Langford – Talk: Haunted Hills and Hellish Places: Derbyshire in Gothic Imagination
28
Feb
Author Panel – New Angles on Ghosts
28
Feb
Author Panel – Ghost Clusters: Types of Spirits in Fiction
28
Feb
Richard Farren Barber – Workshop: I Like The Way You Move: Locomotion In The Ghost Story
28
Feb
Daniel Carpenter – Workshop: Experimenting with Form in Ghost Stories
28
Feb
Dan Coxon – Workshop: Writing Dissonance: Using the Weird and the Uncanny to Build Atmosphere
28
Feb
Jennifer Brough – Talk: The Spectral Feminine and Modern Gothic
28
Feb
Gothic Catwalk – The Art of Transformation
28
Feb
Author Panel – Ghost Stories in the Modern Publishing Climate
28
Feb
Derby Uncovered – Walk: Weird Derby
28
Feb
Kristina Adams – Workshop: Balancing the power of three: plot, character, and world building
28
Feb
Book Launch – Unquiet Guests With Dan Coxon, Will MacLean, Alison Moore & Ally Wilkes
28
Feb
TC Parker – Workshop: Semiotics For (Horror) Storytelling
28
Feb
Sophie Draper – Workshop: Editing Your Novel
28
Feb
Author Panel – Folklore in Fiction
28
Feb
No Digging: The Story of the BBC’s Ghost Story at Christmas – Jon Dear Interview
28
Feb
James Everington – Workshop: Ghosts and Ambiguity
28
Feb
David Alnwick: Performance – The Signalman
28
Feb
Ally Wilkes – Workshop: Writing and selling short weird fiction
01
Mar
Tracey Norman – Talk: Pawn or Penitent? The truth behind the legend of Lady Mary Howard
01
Mar
Melanie Atkinson – Workshop: Writing the Modern Ghost Story
01
Mar
Darrell Buxton – Talk: Phantoms of the Horse Opera
01
Mar
Emma Probbett – Talk: Dracula and Survival Cannibalism
01
Mar
Alex Davis – Workshop: Ghosts of the Future
01
Mar
Mark Norman – Talk: Screaming Skulls
05
Sep
Whooverville 17
04
Apr
Hundreds Of Beavers Live UK Tour with Actor Q&A
19
Dec
It’s A Wonderful Life (U)