DerbyshireLiterature

Paracinema Film Festival 2025Friday May 2nd‐Sunday May 4thQUAD Market Place Derby DE1 3ASFull weekend passes £40‐£50 for all four daysIndividual screening tickets also availableParacinema returns for 2025 with its annual deep dive into the world of genre cinema taking us through horror…

Varney The VampireToy Theatre performanceDerby Museum and Art Gallery Derby DE1 1BSSaturday 10th May 2025 1:00PMTickets from https:www.ticketsource.co.ukderby‐museumst‐dvzjqezVarney the Vampire is a New Model Theatre show by Robert Poulter that has taken two incidents from the extremely long Penny Dreadful…

Dracula Returns: A Conference and CelebrationThe Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill Derby DE1 3AFThursday 15th May 2025 to Sunday 18th MayTickets from https:www.ticketsource.co.ukderbydraculadracula‐returns‐a‐conference‐and‐celebration2025‐05‐15d‐nxpnkwhebymzmThis event brings together scholars practitioners and members of the public for four days of events and discussions…

Poetry Doesnt Suck: The Vampire Poetry SlamFriday 16th May Museum of Making DerbyTickets £5 from https:www.ticketsource.co.ukderby‐museumst‐pqekzonWho will be crowned Derbys First Count of PoetryOn 15th May 1924 Dracula stepped foot on stage for the first time at The Grand Theatre Derby now…