11.07.2024
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The big event at QUAD this weekend is Japan Fest 2024 where the building is taken over on Saturday for a celebration of Japanese culture, featuring musical performances, martial arts demonstrations, anime screenings, Japanese food and drink, and much more. A limited number of tickets remain available.
Arriving on our cinema screens we have Fly Me To The Moon (12A), a romantic comedy featuring Scarlett Johannson and Channing Tatum set against the backdrop of the NASA space programme. Longlegs (15) starring Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage which has been acclaimed as one of the most effective thrillers in years, and new documentary Younger (PG) which looks at the wonderful world of athletes competing past the age of 60.
Inside Out 2 (U) and MaXXXine (18) have had their runs extended and we have found some room for some extra screenings of documentary Wilding (PG), which proved extremely popular last month.
During this time we’re asking that you please keep buying tickets, come to our exhibitions, eat in our amazing café bar and visit everything the building has to offer.
Thank you.
Saturday 13 July from 11:00am
Japan Fest is taking over the building on Saturday 13th July with a range of film screenings, Martial Arts demonstrations, arts and crafts activities, authentic handmade food, musical performances, Kimono Dress Up, traders, and more. Bringing a small taste of Japan to Derby this is an ideal day for Japan fans of all ages.
Event presented in association with Otaku World.
Tickets – £20 Full Price, £15 Concessions, £50 Family Ticket (2 adults and 2 children under 16)
Screening from Friday 12 July
Descriptive subtitled screenings available.
A sharp, stylish comedy-drama set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA’s historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly (Scarlett Johansson), brought in to fix NASA’s public image, wreaks havoc on launch director Cole’s’ (Channing Tatum) already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as backup, and the countdown truly begins.
Screening from Friday 12 July
““One of the scariest and best films of the year, hands down”” – Dread Central
FBI Agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe )is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family. Co-starring Nicolas Cage and Blair Underwood.
YOUNGER + SHORT FILM OLDER (PG)
Screening from Friday 12 July
Documentary following a group of female athletes in their 60s, 70s and 80s over the course of a year. The athletes compete in age groups that span five years, When an athlete moves up an age group they are then the youngest, and this means they are more likely to win. So, as they approach the top end of their classification, they look forward to being a year older and being the new kid on the block. Released with short film Older: A portrait of photographer and activist, Alex Rotas (Dir. Danielle Sellwood. 6m 32s)
Screening from Friday 12 July
Returning due to popular demand
A young couple bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. They set to work with their groundbreaking vision, battling entrenched tradition and major forces along the way, daring to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. Based on Isabella Tree’s best-selling book of the same title.
SPY X FAMILY CODE: WHITE (12A) S
Screening Sunday 14 July 5:30pm
Screening in Japanese with English Subtitles
He’s a spy. She’s an assassin. Together, Loid and Yor keep their double lives to themselves while pretending to be a perfect family. However, their adopted daughter Anya, a telepath, knows both of their exciting secrets unbeknownst to them. While under the guise of taking his family on a weekend winter getaway, Loid’s attempt to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix proves difficult when Anya mistakenly gets involved and triggers events that threaten world peace!
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: NYE (15)
Screening Sunday 14 July 4:00pm
Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS. Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining
underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: PRESENT LAUGHTER (PG)
Screening from Thursday 18 July
The multi award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andrew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) returns to the big screen. As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control.
Screenings extended
“This is the Mia Goth show and fans wouldn’t have it any other way” – The Hollywood Reporter
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past. Starring Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Monaghan, Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon.
Screenings extended
Descriptive subtitled screenings available.
Take a journey inside the mind of teenager Riley just as Headquarters undergoes a demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust— who’ve long been running a successful operation – aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety, Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment show up. Featuring the voices of Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan & Paul Walter Hauser.
JOHN WHALL – PASSAGE TO PLAYLAND – QUAD GALLERY
20 July – 1 September
Free Entry
Passage to PlayLAND brings together two exciting interactive and family-friendly immersive installations from Derby based digital artist John Whall.
PlayLAB and PlayLAND are shared, playful experiences that invite the gallery visitor to fully engage with the physical space and to consider their local environment. Both projects were commissioned and originally exhibited at LEVEL Centre, Rowsley, and have been adapted for QUAD.
In PlayLAB audiences explore how we create play through the imaginative process of experimenting with the things around us, before being taken to the world of outdoor play in PlayLAND, where the artist invites you to play, sense and immerse yourself in a relaxing playful world. Passage to PlayLAND incorporates participant made artwork and performance and includes participants from LEVEL Centre’s LEVEL Makes and Youth Collective community groups.
20 July – 1 September
Free Entry
QUAD is delighted to present our new edition of Play & Display as part of our summer ‘Season of Play’!
Come and explore a gallery where curiosity and playfulness are encouraged, and where you, and your creations, become part of the exhibition!
Create your own world to project onto the walls and immerse yourself in, build a sculpture using a spectrum of colour and shape and stimulate your senses with textures, light and sound…
With a programme of wonderful workshops and fantastic Open Play sessions throughout the summer, everyone is welcome to find a space to play.
TRACEY MEEK – [ISOLATION] ART MAIL – QUAD EXTRA GALLERY SPACES
20 July – 1 September
Free Entry
Originally, Isolation Art Mail was a lockdown project facilitated by artist Tracey Meek. The project was a way of collectively sharing experiences through art, offering comfort in difficult times. Similar to a chain letter, the participants received the beginnings of an art piece, some art materials, creative prompts, and various random junk. They were invited to add/respond to the work, and to each other, before sending it on to other recipients. The art mail would then make its way from person to person, eventually returning to Tracey for exhibition. With over 100 UK and international participants, there was a lot of love shared between strangers.
FORMAT25 OPEN CALL – ONLINE Q&A SESSION
Thursday 25 July 2:00pm
Free event but booking required.
Thinking about applying to our open call? Are you uncertain about the application process or would like general tips on the best submission practice?
Join FORMAT Assistant Curator Jodi Kwok and FORMAT Coordinator Jenna Eady online 25 July at 2pm BST for a live Q&A session for all the answers on applying for the FORMAT25 Open Call!
We are also welcoming direct messages on Instagram to ask your questions, or head to Twitter to submit a question, all queries will be answered in the recorded session and shared with you online afterwards. Once registered you will receive access to the session via your email by 24 July.
Saturday 17 August from 1:00pm
Join us for a day celebrating Japan’s greatest monster, Godzilla, with supporting appearances from Mothra, King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, Rodan, Varan, Minilla. Anguirus and one or two humans too!
Screening schedule:
1:00pm – Mothra Vs Godzilla (12A)
3:00pm – Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster (12A)
6:00pm – Destroy All Monsters (12A)
8:15pm – Terror Of Mechagodzilla (12A)
Passes to see all 4 films are priced at £30 (standard), £25 (concessions) and £18 (under 16 years old). Just add a ticket to each of the four films at the relevant price band to your basket and a discount will be applied during checkout. Individual film tickets are also available at QUAD’s normal ticket prices.
Friday 19 July 6:30pm, Saturday 20 July 8:45pm & Wednesday 24 July 8:30pm
A new feature-length documentary depicting the extraordinary return of blur. The film follows the unique relationship of four friends and band mates of over three decades – Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree – as they come together to record 10 new songs.
On the Friday 19th July, join us after the screening for a night of Britpop in the bar as we crank out 90 indie classics until late.
Friday 19 July 9:05pm
In Korean with English Subtitles
A pregnant woman becomes increasingly worried about her husband’s sleeping habits. What starts out as some light sleep-talking soon escalates to unexpectedly grotesque behaviour. They consult a sleep clinic without success and as his nightmarish behaviour escalates, they desperately seek help from a shaman. A clever, well-crafted and genre-bending thriller.
The 9:05pm screening on Friday 19 July will be introduced by Satori Screen’s Peter Munford.
Saturday 3 August 8:45pm
Screening as part of Geek Bank Presents
Paul Verhoeven’s film is set in a future where Earth is governed by the militaristic United Citizen Federation. When highly evolved intergalactic arachnids threaten the safety of the planet high-school athlete Johnny Rico and three of his hometown friends join the fight. Following a traumatic journey through training they are shipped out to a far-off exoplanet hostile to face the overwhelming forces of the bug army.
STARVE ACRE (15) – PREVIEW SCREENING
Friday 30 August 6:30pm
At Starve Acre, their remote family home, archeologist Richard (Matt Smith, Doctor Who, House Of The Dragon) buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers. While Juliette (Morfydd Clark, St, Maud, Lord Of The Rings: The Rings of Power) turns to the local community to find some kind of peace, Richard obsessively digs deeper.
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: PRIMA FACIE (15)
Screening from 12 September
Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas.
Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
MADONNA NIGHT – WHO’S THAT GIRL? (PG)
Saturday 10 August 7:00pm
Nikki (Maddona) has just been released from prison after serving four years for a crime she didn’t commit. Upon release she hijacks her uptight attorney (Griffin Dunne) to help her find the real culprit. Now, harassed by the police and hunted by killers, the two begin a madcap quest to find the real culprit.
Following the screening join us as we dance the night away to Madonna hits as the Power Bar Lads provide an all-request all-Madonna DJ set.
Saturday 7 September from 10:00am
Edge-Lit, an event which celebrates the best in Horror, Thriller, Fantasy and Science-Fiction writing, will return to QUAD on Saturday 7 September 2024 from 10am-5pm. In this, its tenth edition, Edge-Lit will offer the same busy day of panels, workshops, readings, and interviews with an array of genre fiction talent from around the UK and beyond.
Tickets: £35.
Saturday 12 October from 10:00am
The unofficial, one-day fan event is back for its 4th annual event! 2024 is a big year for Lara Croft with new games, anniversaries and a new anime! With guest interviews, panels, autograph signings, photo opportunities and more! #TR28 is not to be missed. More announcements to come!
Tickets: £40 standard, £35 Concessions & £10 for those aged 12 and under.
SCARRED FOR LIFE – THE DARKER SIDE OF CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday 7 September 7:30pm
Did you spend your childhood being traumatised by Worzel Gummidge, Hartley Hare, Children of the Stones and the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water? Were you terrified of the Usborne Book of Ghosts in your school library, given nightmares by Horror Top Trumps and Game of Jaws, and then handed a Dalek’s Death Ray lolly to calm you down?
The children who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s were placed in the unenviable position of being scared by virtually everything. In this show, Liverpool writers Stephen Brotherstone and Dave Lawrence – the men behind the superb Scarred For Life books – will be giving a hilarious talk about the TV, films, music, comics, board games, books, adverts and crisps (no, really) that blighted all of our childhoods. All accompanied by a slide show of some of their most potent childhood fears!
And, afterwards, there’ll be a Q&A and discussion – so feel free to chip in with your own memories of retro childhood trauma!
Tickets: £15 (standard), £13 (concessions) plus £1 transaction fee. £2 discount for QUAD Members & no transaction fee.
6, 7 and 8 August 2024. 10:30am to 3:00pm
Tickets: £80
Workshops for kids ages 7-11 without grown-ups!
Are you an aspiring young filmmaker? Movie Makers is a chance for you to work with a professional filmmaker, to make your own movie and have lots of fun doing it!
If you have an interest in acting, directing, filming or writing scripts, KidsQUAD Movie Makers is for you!
Five Tuesdays 6:15pm – 8:45pm from 23 July
Tickets: £165 (standard), £145 (concessions).
This five-week course is designed for beginners who want to get more out of their DSLR or mirrorless cameras. We will demystify camera settings such as aperture, shutter speed and ISO, and also learn about the creative side of photography including how to use light and composing better photographs. Looking at portrait still life and landscape photography, the course is task-based with time for questions and discussion in an informal and supportive setting.
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