Create And Play: Winter

Create And Play: Winter runs at QUAD on Sunday 20 December, Sunday 27 December and Sunday 3 January, from 12:00. It's a series of free, family-friendly drop-in sessions in the Participation Studio, part of the wider Christmas at QUAD programme. The sessions are open to children of all ages, and under-12s need to be accompanied by an adult, who stays while they play.

Inside the studio, the activities are built around winter themes. There's Lego play and stop motion animation, so kids can build something and then bring it to life frame by frame. It's a drop-in setup, which makes it easy to work around the Christmas break—you can pop in for one session or come back across the three dates.

For those who haven't spent much time there, QUAD is a cinema, gallery, café bar and workshop run by Shiny Brewery. The gallery shows work by local, national and international artists, and there's a bar and lounge aimed at artistic types. It's a spot that's well-known in Derby's cultural circle, with patrons including actor John Hurt CBE, actor and director Paddy Considine, local actor Jack O'Connell and actor and musician John Tams.

It's all free for everyone, so it's a low-pressure way to keep the kids occupied over the holidays. The sessions run on Sundays 20 and 27 December and 3 January, starting from 12:00 in the Participation Studio at QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby DE1 3AS.