Upcoming events.
Devonport 200
2024 is the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of Devonport. During those 200 years, the community has experienced profound change.
Land Sea Sky: Ingrid Pollard, JMW Turner & Vija Celmins
This major new exhibition brings together three artists who, although working more than 200 years apart, are connected through their close observation of nature and skilful use of materials.
Paul Rooney - Broken Token
Experience a two-screen film by artist Paul Rooney which explores the idea of home during times of conflict. 'Broken Token' has involved Plymouth veterans, creatives and West Country folk singer Hannah Martin.
It's a Wonderful Life (U)
Is it even Christmas if you haven’t seen this film for the 408th time? Escape the last-minute shopping panic and settle down at PAC with a complimentary mince pie and the best Christmas film ever.
Plymouth 16+ DNB Xmas Rave
The UK's biggest 16+ DNB rave comes to Plymouth this Christmas with man of the moment, Mozey!
David Magus - Egregore
Join David Magus for his new live show and experience a theatrical fusion of ancient folk magic and modern illusions.
FOOL TIDE COMEDY NIGHT, PLYMOUTH
Get ready to laugh your socks off at Fool Tide Comedy Night in Plymouth - a night full of hilarious stand-up comedy!
Festive bath bomb making with Lush Plymouth
Shoot for the Stars with festive bath bomb making at Lush Plymouth!
Laughs and Ladders
Join us for a laid-back, grown-up New Year’s Eve celebration where you can relax, enjoy great company, and skip the bar queues!
Family Fun: We Are All Stars
Local artists will run our free drop-in sessions on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 January from 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm (last entries at 12.15pm and 3.15pm). Free. No need to book.
The Wild Robot (U)
Family audiences rejoice! The Oscar for Best Animated Film belongs right here in this enchanting tale of a robot, voiced by the amazing Lupita Nyong'o, who finds herself playing mother to a baby goose.
Gladiator II (15)
From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome.
Neurodiversity Fun Day -Plymouth
Come join us at Neurodiversity Fun Day in Plymouth for a day filled with games, activities, and celebration!
Richard James
The Retreat frontman will be treating us to a choice selection from his extensive back catalogue, expect a good singalong!
RIPTIDE // Annabel’s Cabaret & Discotheque
A 4-piece covers band based around the Plymouth area. Specialising in pop music played acoustically (and amplified!), join us for some upbeat, high energy covers.
Sip and Sculpt
This 2-hour workshop is a chance to have a go at using clay in a fun, lively setting with a glass of prosecco in hand!
An Evening with Chris Lubbe
We are delighted to welcome Chris Lubbe to Market Hall for an evening covering topics of discrimination, courage and resilience.
360° Filmmaking Taster at Market Hall
Hands-on film-making with Insta360 cameras. A 2-hour intro to the basics and a chance to explore, create and edit your own 360° video.
Paul Armer
Taking inspiration from various genres including bluegrass, country, folk, and artists such as Billy Strings, Jason Isbell, Tony Rice, and Bruce Springsteen, his sound resides where these influences meet
COMEDY NIGHT + Live Music: Baby Vegas // Annabel’s Cabaret & Discotheque
Three top comedians will be taking to the Annabel’s stage for a night of laughs, 2-4-1 cocktails and fun! The show will be immediately followed by live music from Baby Vegas, plus our DJ upstairs in the Disco!
DAILY ART MAKING: THE BEAUTY OF ART JOURNALING
Get back into creative routine and intuitive art making while filling your sketchbooks and art journals with the guidance from Viola Hortova
Learn to crochet workshop
Come and learn the basics to get you started on making a simple dishcloth. You’ll be sure to get hooked on this fab craft!
Land Sea and Sky: Landscape Photography Workshop with Fotonow
The Box is excited to offer this unique photographic workshop with Fotonow, who'll support you to explore landscape photography in response to our major 'Land Sea Sky' exhibition.
Sewing Socially All-Dayer
Join us for an unforgettable Sewing Socially Extravaganza, where your creativity will soar, and friendships will blossom.
Intermediate 360° Filmmaking at Market Hall
Join us for a FREE 2-day course exploring 360° filmmaking. Film with Insta360 X4 cameras and edit your content in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Andy Quick
His new live show has evolved into a fascinating mash up of wild blues, hip hop beats, retro funk, rock n roll, with sprinklings of samba hi life and soca rhythms
Colour & Tone Painting Workshop
Develop valuable skills in an exploration of colour and tone with artist Mark Fielding
Rob C
Rob C (a.k.a. Rob C Force) has been a prominent figure on the south-west music scene for many years
Jazz and Roast
Local Jazz legend Martin Dale will be lighting up the room with his amazing Jazz Saxophone together 2 other amazing musicians.
Expressive Drawing Workshop
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
The Busketeers
The Busketeers are a band like no other, known for their raw energy and diverse shows.
KID HYENA // Annabel’s Cabaret & Discotheque
★ Urban Folk Music from Barcelona – Now Based in the UK! ★
DAILY ART MAKING: THE BEAUTY OF ART JOURNALING (Copy)
Get back into creative routine and intuitive art making while filling your sketchbooks and art journals with the guidance from Viola Hortova
Alex Hart
Described by BBC Radio 2 presenter Mark Radcliffe as “the Stevie Nicks of Folk”. The south-west based singer/songwriter Alex Hart has just released ‘VISIONS’ her most exciting and anticipated album to date.
360° Filmmaking Taster at Market Hall (Copy)
Hands-on film-making with Insta360 cameras. A 2-hour intro to the basics and a chance to explore, create and edit your own 360° video.
Politics and public health in inter-war Plymouth
With Dr Mike Sheaff, Visiting Research Fellow University of Plymouth. Dr Austin Nankivell became Plymouth’s Medical Officer of Health in 1925. Four years later the Conservatives lost control of the city council. An extraordinary period of change followed. From birth control to cancer services, and from child welfare clinics to establishing a municipal hospital, the city was at the forefront of radical progress in health care.
Postnatal Pilates in the immersive dome
Bring your little one inside the Dome with you for a 45 min immersive and sensory trip through the world of travel, from trains & planes to submarines & rockets!
Pilates in the immersive dome
The Dome provides a beautiful space and atmosphere allowing you to fully immerse yourself in an hour of You-time.
An Unmissable Evening of Live Music – Local Legends & Rising Stars!
An electrifying night of incredible live music! Featuring a lineup of local legends and brand-new artists, this event promises to be an exciting journey of discovery, where you just might find your next favourite musician.
Geoff Lakeman & Rob Murch
The “Titan of Twang” and the “Concertina Crooner” team up as a dynamic duo.
DAILY ART MAKING: THE BEAUTY OF ART JOURNALING (Copy)
Get back into creative routine and intuitive art making while filling your sketchbooks and art journals with the guidance from Viola Hortova
Tubeway Days – THE GARY NUMAN LIVE EXPERIENCE 1979/’80
Recreating the shows of the original Gary Numan 1979 and ’80 tours is giving fans the opportunity to relive what was the pinnacle of Numan’s career as he dominated the UK music scene and saw hits and sold out tours around the world. For those who didn’t get the chance to see these iconic shows then Tubeway Days are giving everyone the chance to experience exactly what they were like.
Musica Viva Sinfonia
We invite you to join us for this exciting and unique celebration of a master of the 20th century, one whose works withstand all tests of time and highlight the importance of “home” as a defining stylistic concept.
Sauce & Vibes PLYMOUTH: ALL BLACK PARTY ♠️
Plymouth's favourite party and the Southwest's Biggest Urban Event is back again and we're all stepping fresh to this one - it's an All-BLACK affair.
ANDY ZALTZMAN - The Zaltgeist
With the 3rd millennium almost 2.5% complete, Andy Zaltzman, one of the UK's leading satirical comedians, assesses the state of Planet Earth and its most famous and controversial species – the human race.
BERYL COOK "A Beryl of Laughs"
The exhibition will include rare copies of cheeky images such as “Girls in a Taxi” and “Ladies Night” alongside others published over a 30 years period.
Expressive Drawing Workshop (Copy)
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
The Doors Alive
The band recreate the sound, look, presence and magic of a real 1960's Doors concert, perfectly and effortlessly transporting the audience back in time with classic hits such as "Light My Fire", "When The Music's Over", "Riders On The Storm", "The End" and many more. The Doors Alive have over 1,000 shows under their belt to date.
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls Junior is an adaptation of the show considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy. Its namesake ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950 and won numerous Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Frank Loesser’s brassy, immortal score and witty book makes Guys and Dolls Junior a perennial crowd pleaser.
The Westcountry Pincer Movement!
The Comedy Queen of Cornwall and the 'Janner Diana' put the jam/cream debate aside for a night of jokes, jingles and jiggly bits in their hilarious debut double-act show.
Seth Lakeman @ The Quad
Westcountry folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Seth Lakeman returns to Plymouth Quad in February 2025 for an intimate hometown show.
Andrew Bird- A Ticklish Mind 16+
Join Andrew as he finds the funny from “Sports washing” to Spa hotels.
Creative Talk: Arts and Health – Somatic Movement Arts and Well-Being
This will be followed by a Creative Talk by Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance, Ruth Way and others, introducing somatic movement arts and a discussion of these applied somatic movement approaches to support well-being and ‘being in movement’ throughout our lives.
Sip and Sculpt (Copy)
This 2-hour workshop is a chance to have a go at using clay in a fun, lively setting with a glass of prosecco in hand!
Creative Talk: Fiona Williams. The alchemy of turning research into fiction
This event is part of our Creative Talks series that feature practitioners/makers/artists who work in a variety of disciplines, media and forms across the creative arts, including: the visual arts, design, performance, craft-work, creative writing and more.
Jake Lambert - The Sunshine Kid
Described as "A joke machine" by The Telegraph, the show will see the comedian talk about trying to navigate his way through everyday life.
Colour & Tone Painting Workshop (Copy)
Develop valuable skills in an exploration of colour and tone with artist Mark Fielding
Layers of Expression: Collage Workshop with Sue Lewry
Discover collage as a unique language of expression. Learn to question, explore, and communicate through layering, cutting, and pasting.
Fairytales, Fables & Other Assorted Nonsense
Featuring all your old favourites from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Cinderella and Prince Charming.
Expressive Drawing Workshop (Copy)
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
Sewing Socially All-Dayer (Copy)
Join us for an unforgettable Sewing Socially Extravaganza, where your creativity will soar, and friendships will blossom.
Ant Trouble – A tribute to the music of Adam and the Ants and Adam Ant
Ant Trouble – A tribute to the music of Adam and the Ants and Adam Ant
JESSICA & THE RABBITS // Annabel’s Cabaret & Discotheque
Boasting a strong 7-piece line-up, Jessica and the Rabbits are a function band that hail from the South-West.
Postnatal Pilates in the immersive dome (Copy)
Bring your little one inside the Dome with you for a 45 min immersive and sensory trip through the world of travel, from trains & planes to submarines & rockets!
The past, present and future of Drake's Island
Robert King discusses the past, present and future of Drake's Island
Creative Talk: Emily Howard
From the ambitious, driving cantata The Anvil (2019) – the thickly tapestried piece commissioned to mark the Peterloo bicentenary and recorded by the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir and Hallé Ancoats Community Choir (2023; Delphian) – to the crystalline Magnetite (2007), widely performed across the world, Emily Howard’s distinctive language distills musical elements into their purest form.
TWO PINT PASTY CLUB// Annabel’s Cabaret & Discotheque
Trio bringing rock covers to Annabel’s Cabaret!
Expressive Drawing Workshop (Copy)
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
SHAUN RYDER - Happy Mondays and Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays
He’s the wild man of rock who became a national treasure.
Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder is hitting the road for a new, spoken word tour.
Pilates in the immersive dome (Copy)
The Dome provides a beautiful space and atmosphere allowing you to fully immerse yourself in an hour of You-time.
International Women's Day - Plymouth
Celebrate International Women's Day in Plymouth with the West Country Women, empowering speakers, and networking opportunities!
Goldie Lookin' Chain
Goldie Lookin Chain are a Welsh comedy hip hop group from Newport.
SOLID FOUNDATION // Annabel’s Cabaret & Discotheque
Based in Cornwall, Solid Foundation play high energy, floor filling ROCK // POP // DISCO // FUNK // SOUL
Expressive Drawing Workshop (Copy)
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
Colour & Tone Painting Workshop (Copy)
Develop valuable skills in an exploration of colour and tone with artist Mark Fielding
Planet Ocean
Plymouth is ‘Britain’s Ocean City’ and we are all part of one connected ocean. Come and immerse yourselves in an exhibition that explores pivotal moments in our past and present relationship with the sea.
Expressive Drawing Workshop (Copy)
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
Buffy Revamped
This fast-paced gem brings you the entire 144 episodes of the hit 90s TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
ED BYRNE - Tragedy Plus Time
Attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join Ed as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in his life for laughs.
Swiftogeddon - The Taylor Themed Club Night - Plymouth
The legendary night dedicated to worshipping at the altar of Taylor Swift: non-stop Swifty all night: deep cuts, extended mixes, fan favourites and all the hits.
Foo Fighters | Nirvana | QOTSA & More!
The Best Of Grohl is the ultimate rock show based in the UK dedicated to the legendary rock icon Dave Grohl. Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens Of The Stone Age, Tenacious D, Probot & Them Crooked Vultures.
Expressive Drawing Workshop (Copy)
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
Expressive Drawing Workshop (Copy)
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
Colour & Tone Painting Workshop (Copy)
Develop valuable skills in an exploration of colour and tone with artist Mark Fielding
Plymouth Comic Con and Gaming Festival Summer
A huge selection of TV and film memorabilia, board games, computer games, comics, Lego, Harry Potter and Japanese Manga items and more will be available to purchase throughout the weekend.
Expressive Drawing Workshop (Copy)
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
Expressive Drawing Workshop (Copy)
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
Expressive Drawing Workshop (Copy)
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
Cash - Johnny Cash Tribute
"Not only has the front man got the look and sound of Johnny Cash, he's backed by good band and also a great June Carter!
Expressive Drawing Workshop (Copy)
Focus on self-expression and learn to let go and embrace your creativity in every stroke.
Sunset Silent Disco
Brought to you by top Silent Disco purveyors; Silent Social. We can't wait to bring our foot-stomping, sing-a-long anthems to Tinside Lido.
Animangapop Plymouth Summer
Animangapop Plymouth Summer! - The Actioned-Packed Anime Con lands in the city!
Family Late: Starry, Starry Night
Explore our galleries after hours, listen to some star filled stories, enjoy some night sky themed crafts and dance along to some Christmas hits.
Tell Me a Story Special: Big Red Dragon Rhymes
Children's poet and author Jane Newberry and her puppets will be at The Box for a fun session based on 'Big Red Dragon', her brilliant new collection of rhymes for young ones and babies.
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