
09 Dec 2023
Ground floor / Meeting Room
Drop in and Play
Try out a range of new games and meet the creatives behind them at our Drop in and play gaming event for ages 10+.
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DCA offers a wide variety of exhibitions, films, events and workshops. These can be booked online, over the phone or in person at the Box Office. Browse our listings or use the search function to find exactly what you are looking for.
09 Dec 2023
Ground floor / Meeting Room
Try out a range of new games and meet the creatives behind them at our Drop in and play gaming event for ages 10+.
09 Dec 2023
Cinema
Introduced by Michelle Williams Gamaker
This triple-Oscar winning film forms part of our Powell and Pressburger retrospective and will include an introduction by visual artist Michelle Williams Gamaker.
09 Dec 2023
Print Studio
Weekend course
Led by expert lino artist Liz Myhill, explore a variety of methods to produce single and multiple colour prints.
09 Dec 2023
Cinema
Daniel Catán
Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera focuses on an opera diva, Florencia Grimaldi, who returns to her native Brazil to perform and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle.
10 Dec 2023
Cinema
Bradley Cooper
Enjoy a breakfast roll with tea or coffee at this special Sunday morning screening of Bradley Cooper's enthralling biopic of Leonard Bernstein.
09 Dec 2023 - 10 Dec 2023
Cinema
CBeebies
CBeebies Panto is coming back in cinemas for yet another Christmassy adventure, this time with Robin Hood at the helm!
10 Dec 2023
Cinema
Introduced by Michelle Williams Gamaker
This gothic masterpiece forms part of our Powell and Pressburger retrospective and will be introduced by visual artist Michelle Williams Gamaker.
11 Dec 2023
Cinema
Thomas Kruithof
Ambition poisons the scrappy, political atmosphere of a Parisian banlieue in this concise and stirring drama.
14 Dec 2023
Cinema
Bradley Cooper
Enjoy tea or coffee and a biscuit when you bring your little one along to this special screening of Bradley Cooper's enthralling biopic of Leonard Bernstein.
14 Dec 2023
Cinema
Bradley Cooper
Join us for a special over-60s screening of Bradley Cooper's enthralling biopic of Leonard Bernstein.
10 Dec 2023 - 14 Dec 2023
Cinema
Ella Glendining
This documentary follows filmmaker Ella Glendining’s global search for someone with a body that looks like hers, exploring what it takes to love yourself fiercely as a disabled person in an ableist world.
15 Dec 2023
Cinema
Nicolas Roeg
Genuinely unsettling while also being thoughtfully moving, Don’t Look Now has arguably transcended the label of horror and earned its position as number one in the Time Out poll of the 100 best British films of all time
16 Dec 2023
Create Space
#DCAmakes
Join Soundplay Projects for some hands-on experimenting with digital tools for creative music-making and visual projections.
16 Dec 2023
Cinema
Introduced by Dr. Brian Hoyle
This aesthetic adventure forms part of our Powell and Pressburger retrospective and will be introduced by Dr. Brian Hoyle, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Dundee.
17 Dec 2023
Cinema
Paul King
Enjoy a breakfast roll with tea or coffee at this special Sunday morning screening of the colourful big-screen spectacle starring Timothée Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka.
19 Dec 2023
Cinema
Paul Sng
This documentary focuses on Tish Murtha, working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but was unable to escape the poverty and inequality she exposed.
20 Dec 2023
Meeting Room
#DCAcinema
Grab your best team of elves and test your knowledge of cinema in our DCA Festive Film Quiz!
21 Dec 2023
Cinema
Paul King
Enjoy tea or coffee and a biscuit when you bring your little one along to this colourful big-screen spectacle starring Timothée Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka.
21 Dec 2023
Cinema
Paul King
Join us for a special over-60s screening of this colourful big-screen spectacle stars Timothée Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka.
15 Dec 2023 - 21 Dec 2023
Cinema
Joanna Hogg
A gothic ghost story starring Tilda Swinton following an artist and her elderly mother who confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home.
17 Dec 2023 - 21 Dec 2023
Cinema
Todd Haynes
This moving and melancholic love story from director Todd Haynes is a modern Christmas classic.
17 Dec 2023 - 22 Dec 2023
Cinema
Henry Selick
The stunning, tactile stop-motion animation has never looked better than in this new 4K restoration for this spooky Christmas classic's 30th anniversary.
16 Dec 2023 - 23 Dec 2023
Cinema
Jon Favreau
Jon Favreau directs Elf, a silly and sweet stocking-filler film which, for many families, Christmas just isn’t Christmas without.
18 Dec 2023 - 23 Dec 2023
Cinema
Michael Curtiz
This sumptuous technicolor creation starring Bing Crosby is the definitive festive musical.
16 Dec 2023 - 23 Dec 2023
Cinema
John McTiernan
Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without mayhem and bloodshed, and how better to escape these family traditions than by watching Bruce Willis blow stuff up in Die Hard.
20 Dec 2023 - 24 Dec 2023
Cinema
Chris Columbus
Continue the family Christmas festivities with one of the best of the season’s films, starring Macaulay Culkin in his most iconic role.
28 Dec 2023
Cinema
DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman
From the makers of 2017’s Loving Vincent, comes The Peasants, a visually thrilling rendering of Władysław Reymont’s Nobel Prize-winning novel of the same name.
28 Dec 2023
Cinema
Hayao Miyazaki
Enjoy tea or coffee and a biscuit when you bring your little one along to this magical Studio Ghibli film from Hayao Miyazaki.
22 Dec 2023 - 28 Dec 2023
Cinema
DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman
From the makers of 2017’s Loving Vincent, comes The Peasants, a visually thrilling rendering of Władysław Reymont’s Nobel Prize-winning novel of the same name.
29 Dec 2023
Cinema
Brian De Palma
One of the most influential gangster epics of all time, Scarface is the rags-to-riches story of Cuban immigrant Tony Montana, played by Al Pacino.
31 Dec 2023
Cinema
New Year's Eve
To celebrate the end of the year, chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, an acclaimed interpreter of Wagner, conducts the first act of the opera at the Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert, broadcast live to cinemas.
30 Dec 2023 - 03 Jan 2024
Cinema
Takashi Yamazaki
Almost seventy years after the King of Monsters first towered over cinema screens and established itself as a cultural icon of Japan, Godzilla is back!
04 Jan 2024
Cinema
Taika Waititi
Enjoy tea or coffee and a biscuit when you bring your little one along to this heartfelt underdog comedy directed by Taika Waititi.
04 Jan 2024
Cinema
Taika Waititi
Join us for a special over-60s screening of this heartfelt underdog comedy directed by Taika Waititi.
06 Jan 2024
Cinema
Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions.
08 Jan 2024
Cinema
Introduced by Anushrut Ramakrishnan Agrwaal
Join us for a rare chance to see this Powell and Pressburger double bill, introduced by Anushrut Ramakrishnan Agrwaal, Associate Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews.
11 Jan 2024
Print Studio
Take a tour of DCA Print Studio and and learn about many different printmaking techniques.
12 Jan 2024
Cinema
Introduced by Professor Jonathan Faiers
This enchanting and disarming film forms part of our Powell and Pressburger retrospective and will be introduced by Professor Jonathan Faiers, Guest Curator of V&A Dundee's Tartan exhibition.
13 Jan 2024
Print Studio
Print Studio
Want to try one of our courses but not sure which one? Have a go at different types of printing and leave with your own prints.
14 Jan 2024
Cinema
FOKUS: Films from Germany
A smart time-loop thriller in which Franka Potente plays the runner of the title, who has 20 minutes to deliver money that will save her boyfriend from being killed.
20 Jan 2024
Print Studio
One day course
Learn to make delicate, colourful hand-made papers from pulp.
21 Jan 2024
Print Studio
One-day workshop
Join expert wood engraver Beth Robertson for this one-day introduction to wood engraving and create wonderful repeat patterns.
21 Jan 2024
Meeting Room
Join Steph from Le Petit Moose and learn all about the retro craft technique of needle punching and use it to create your own personalised coasters.
23 Jan 2024
Cinema
FOKUS: Films from Germany
Based on a true story and set in Berlin in 1942, The Forger tells the story of a young Jewish man, Cioma Schonhaus, who refuses to let the Nazi’s take away his love of life.
23 Jan 2024
Print Studio
Six-week course
Join expert book conservator Emma Fraser and learn a range of bookbinding techniques.
24 Jan 2024
Print Studio
Three-week course
Learn how to create a screen printed digital collage of layered imagery using MiScreen, one of the new exciting generation of digital screen printing machines.
25 Jan 2024
Create Space
Led by DCA’s Exhibitions team, In the Evening There is Feeling is DCA’s reading and listening group.
25 Jan 2024
Print Studio
Three-week course
Try your hands at our new GoccoPro digital screen maker, the new generation of equipment from the Riso company.
25 Jan 2024
Cinema
Rupert Goold
Joseph Fiennes plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s gripping examination of nation and game, filmed live on stage at the National Theatre.
27 Jan 2024
Print Studio
One-day workshop
Learn the basics of etching aluminium and create a small edition of prints.
27 Jan 2024
Print Studio
Weekend course
Unlock the creative potential of your camera and take control of your photos.
27 Jan 2024
Cinema
Bizet
Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to the present day, amid a band of human traffickers.
28 Jan 2024
Print Studio
One-day workshop
This one-day class is perfect for beginners, catering for people who would like to learn the basics stages of lino cutting.
12 Jan 2024 - 31 Jan 2024
Cinema
Coming soon
Visionary Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite) adapts Scottish writer and artist Alasdair Gray’s award-winning 1992 novel Poor Things.
31 Jan 2024
Cinema
FOKUS: Films from Germany
Hailed as the first and only feature about gay life every produced by communist East Germany, Coming Out premiered on the night the Berlin Wall opened.
03 Feb 2024
Print Studio
One-day workshop
This class is a perfect introduction to the screen printing process and will give you the basic skills needed for the more advanced screen printing courses.
04 Feb 2024
Print Studio
One-day workshop
Gain an insight into the ancient art form of ‘Shodo’ with artist Campbell Sandilands.
10 Feb 2024
Cinema
Alan Parker
UK film legend Alan Parker’s first feature is this classic gangster musical comedy mash-up featuring a cast of children and killer cream pies.
10 Feb 2024
Print Studio
Weekend course
Learn traditional hand-lettering for sign-writing with expert Brian Robertson.
17 Feb 2024
Print Studio
One-day workshop
This one-day class is perfect for the beginner and a wonderful introduction to the world or printmaking.
18 Feb 2024
Meeting Room
Join Donia as she shares her tips and tricks on the fundamentals of modern calligraphy, then master the art of the pointed pen and find your calm during this mindful practise.
22 Feb 2024
Create Space
Led by guest artist Morwenna Kearsley and DCA’s Exhibitions team, In the Evening There is Feeling is DCA’s reading and listening group.
22 Feb 2024
Cinema
Sam Yates
Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, filmed live during its sold-out run in London's West End.
24 Feb 2024
Digital Suite
Weekend course
Get to grips with Lightroom, a streamlined photo-retouching and organisational software from the makers of Photoshop.
24 Feb 2024
Print Studio
Weekend course
Led by expert lino artist Liz Myhill, explore a variety of methods to produce single and multiple colour prints.
02 Feb 2024 - 29 Feb 2024
Cinema
Coming soon
Jeffrey Wright stars as a writer who attempts to condemn literature that plays on racial stereotypes… and accidentally writes a bestseller.
09 Feb 2024 - 29 Feb 2024
Cinema
Coming soon
Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White and Harris Dickinson star in the true story of the Von Erich brothers.
26 Jan 2024 - 29 Feb 2024
Cinema
Coming soon
Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal star in a mysterious and moving adaptation of Taichi Yamada’s novel Strangers.
02 Mar 2024
Print Studio
Weekend course
Join artist Susannah Oliver to learn how to make prints using this form of lithography developed in Japan in the 1970s.
05 Mar 2024
Meeting Room
Join us for an afternoon panel discussion centred around Michelle Williams Gamaker’s work and the cinematic history it responds to
06 Mar 2024
Digital Suite
Four-week course
Learn how to create designs for either print or screen, using the many applications Illustrator has to offer.
06 Mar 2024
Print Studio
Four-week course
Develop your skills, using photographic techniques and power-assisted screen printing tables.
07 Mar 2024
Print Studio
Three-week course
Learn all about the wonderful world of Risograph printing and create multilayered prints in this three-week course.
09 Mar 2024
Digital Suite
Weekend course
Photoshop is made easy in this weekend course.
09 Mar 2024
Print Studio
Weekend course
Step back in time into the intriguing world of Japan’s Edo Period, and gain an insight into the mysteries of ‘Ukiyo-e’ woodblock prints
09 Mar 2024
Cinema
Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world.
12 Mar 2024
Cinema
Sally Potter
Sally Potter’s dazzling adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s classic novel is the tale of the apparently immortal Orlando, played by Tilda Swinton.
12 Mar 2024
Print Studio
Four-week course
Join expert wood engraver Beth Robertson to learn how to work with this beautiful form of printmaking.
16 Mar 2024
Digital Suite
Two-day course
Led by a professional graphic designer with several years of experience in publishing, this class that’s perfect for beginners looking to design for print or digital.
16 Mar 2024
Print Studio
Weekend Course
Electro-etching is an effective, environmentally-friendly method of intaglio plate-making.
14 Jan 2024 - 17 Mar 2024
Create Space
Family Art Labs offer relaxed time and space to get making as a family, with creative activities and techniques introduced by local artists
10 Feb 2024 - 23 Mar 2024
Print Studio
Weekend course
Learn how to process black and white film, make contact sheets and explore black and white printing.
23 Mar 2024
Print Studio
One-day workshop
Learn how to create a simple half drop lino panel carved by hand and use it to stamp a repeat pattern onto fabric.
23 Mar 2024
Cinema
Two singers at the height of their powers—soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s Shakespeare adaptation.
09 Dec 2023 - 24 Mar 2024
Galleries
Our Mountains are Painted on Glass
Through her practice British-Sri Lankan artist Michelle Williams Gamaker explores race, identity, her love of cinema and the power of storytelling.
24 Mar 2024
Create Space
Join local maker Jude Gove to learn how to create your own design on leather and then use it to construct a one-of-a-kind pouch.
27 Jan 2024 - 30 Mar 2024
Meeting Room
Compare notes, discuss each other’s portfolios and get advice from tutors.
30 Mar 2024
Digital Suite
Three-day course
This hands-on filmmaking and video editing course covers the basic skills of shooting and assembling digital footage using industry standard software.