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Updates from Dundee Contemporary Arts: Galleries, Cinema, Print Studio, Shop and Jute Café Bar.
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🌟 We're currently recruiting for a Casual Printmaking Technician to join the team at DCA.

🗓️Deadline: Mon 2 February, 12 noon

To find out more about this role, visit tinyurl.com/4vda9sak for more information including how to apply.
Casual Printmaking Technician - Dundee Contemporary Arts
Casual worker - as and when required
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January 19, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Prepare to be scared as 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple arrives at DCA from today. Also screening this week...

🌟Hamnet
🌟Song Sung Blue
🌟Bulk + Q&A with Ben Wheatley
🌟L'Atalante

Plus - Artist's Choice and NT Live: Hamlet.
A man covered in iodine stands on a train carriage. Text - 28 Years Later, Now Showing A man and a woman stand close to each other in a leafy forest. Text - Hamnet, Now Showing A man and a woman in sparkling seventies outfits sing on stage. Text - Song Sung Blue, Now Showing A man in a black suit is seen in a black-and-white film still. Text - Bulk + Q&A with Ben Wheatley, Now Showing
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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📌 Please note that due to staff training, DCA Box Office, Shop and Jute Café Bar will open at 11:00 tomorrow (Mon 12 January).
DCA Building pictured from the outside on a sunny day
January 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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🎮 We're excited to share the full list of game developers who'll be joining us for Drop in and Play on Sat 24 January from 12:30 - 15:30. This free, drop-in event in partnership with Ninja Kiwi gives you the chance to try out new games made locally and meet the developers behind them.
Games announced for Drop in and Play - Dundee Contemporary Arts
We're delighted to share the full list of developers who will be joining us for Drop in and Play on Sat 24 January.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Hamnet arrives at DCA Cinema this week, along with other great films. Coming up...

🌟Hamnet
🌟Marty Supreme
🌟Sentimental Value
🌟Bowie: The Final Act

Plus - Live from the Met, Labyrinth (40th Anniversary) and a Dundead preview of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Get your tickets now via our website!
A medieval woman with tears in her eyes leans her elbows on a stage watching a performance. Text - Hamnet / Now Showing A young man wearing glasses talks on an old-fashioned phone. Text - Marty Supreme / Now Showing Two young women smile and take a selfie. Text - Sentimental Value / Now Showing David Bowie performs on stage. Text - Bowie: The Final Act / Now Showing
January 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Step into the New Year with a week of fantastic films at DCA Cinema. Coming up from today...

🌟Sentimental Value
🌟Eleanor the Great
🌟Zootropolis 2
🌟Marty Supreme
🌟Princess Mononoke

Book your tickets now to support Dundee's only indie cinema.
A young woman stands in front of a hedge looking pensive. Text - Sentimental Value, Now Showing. An elderly woman with white hair and a young woman walk next to one another. Text - Eleanor the Great, Now Showing. An animated fox and rabbit row a small boat through a flooded town. Text - Zootropolis 2, Now Showing. A woman in a 1950s coat and a mesh hat looks up. Text - Marty Supreme, Now Showing
January 3, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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Happy New Year 🎉 We're closed today and tomorrow (1st and 2nd) but will reopen on Sat 3 January - we can't wait to welcome you in 2026 for another year of art, culture and creativity!
January 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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We're bidding farewell to 2025 with a great selection of films at DCA Cinema. Coming up this week...

🌟Marty Supreme
🌟Princess Mononoke
🌟Avatar: Fire and Ash
🌟I Swear

Please note: DCA will be closed on Thu 1 & Fri 2 January. Wishing you a Happy New Year!
A blurry image of a young man running. Text - Marty Supreme, Now Showing A warrior girl rides on the back of a giant wolf. Text - Princess Mononoke, Now Showing A blue alien flies through the sky with dragons. Text - Avatar: Fire and Ash, Now Showing Two young men in tracksuits walk through a wooded area. Text - I Swear, Now Showing
December 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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🎄✨Season's Greetings from the whole team at DCA ✨🎄
We hope you have a magical time over the festive season! We'll be closed on Christmas and Boxing Day but will be ready to welcome you back on Sat 27 December.
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Enjoy a trip to DCA Cinema in January - we've got a great selection of films on sale now! 🎉

Book now for Oscar-tipped Hamnet, thriller 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and Song Sung Blue starring Hugh Jackman.

Visit dca.org.uk to see the full showtimes and get your tickets.
A man and a woman in medieval clothing stand in a forest looking at one another. Text - Hamnet, Booking Now A man covered in iodine and wearing a vest stands on a dirty train carriage. Text - 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Booking Now A man and a woman wearing glittery seventies outfits sing together and play keyboard on stage. Text - Song Sung Blue, Booking Now
December 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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We've been rounding up all the exciting activity we've been up to in 2025 and can confirm it has been quite an exciting year at DCA for our Cinema, Exhibitions, Print Studio, and Learning teams - visit our website to read more: dca.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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We're stepping into the festive period with a great week of films at DCA. Coming up...

🌟Avatar: Fire and Ash
🌟Christmas films
🌟I Swear
🌟The Shining (45th Anniversary)
🌟Michael Marra - High Sobriety

Please note: DCA will be closed on Thu 25 & Fri 26 December.
Two blue aliens walk behind massive dragons. Text - Avatar: Fire and Ash, Now Showing Four people in santa-inspired red and white suits sing. Text - Christmas films, now showing A young boy plays with cars on a patterned carpet. Text - The Shining (45th Anniversary) Now Showing A young man and a woman walk down a street, laughing and smiling. Text - I Swear, Now Showing
December 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Support Dundee's only independent cinema and enjoy films this week at DCA. Coming up...

🌟Blue Moon
🌟It Was Just an Accident
🌟Dreamers
🌟Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
🌟Sunset Boulevard

Plus - Live from the Met and our great selection of Christmas films 🎄.
A short man stands in a bar shrugging. Text - Blue Moon, Now Showing A bride in a white wedding gown and a groom sit on the back of a car in the desert. Text - It Was Just an Accident, Now Showing A priest and a man in a sharp tailored suit stand in a church together. Text - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Now Showing A woman lies on a bed looking out of a crack in the curtain. Text - Dreamers, Now Showing.
December 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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🥳 There are a host of great films booking now at DCA Cinema to keep you entertained throughout the festive period and beyond. Get your tickets now for...

•Avatar: Fire and Ash
•Princess Mononoke
•Marty Supreme
•Sentimental Value
•Eleanor the Great

We can't wait to see you soon at DCA Cinema!
A blue alien flies through the sky on the back of a dragon while holding a bow and arrow. Text - Avatar: Fire and Ash, Booking Now An anime film still shows a young woman wearing furs riding on the back of a huge wolf. Text - Princess Mononoke, Booking now A blurry image shows a young man running down a city street. Text - Marty Supreme, Booking Now. A brunette woman stands pensively in front of a large ivy bush. Text - Sentimental Value, Booking Now
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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✨Benoit Blanc returns along with much more this week at DCA Cinema. Coming up...

•Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
•Pillion
•Nuremberg
•Wicked: For Good

Plus - Artist's Choice Screenings, French Film Festival and more!
A detective and a priest stand in a church. Text - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Now Showing. A man in a blue shirt stares intensely. Text - Pillion, Now Showing. A man in a grey suit is judged in a court next to two soldiers. Text - Nuremberg, Now Showing The Wicked Witch of the West stands next to a hole in the yellow brick road. Text - Wicked: For Good, Now Showing
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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➡️ Please note: DCA Box Office and Shop will open at 14:45 tomorrow (Fri 5 December). DCA Galleries will open at 15:00.

Jute Café Bar will be open as normal from 10:00.
DCA Building from the outside.
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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There are lots of great films coming up this week at DCA Cinema. Join us for...

•Palestine 36
•Wicked: For Good
•Alpha
•Dragonfly
•Frankenstein

Plus - NT Live, French Film Festival and more 🎉. Book your tickets now via our website!
A man looking out of a green train window. Text - Palestine 36, Now Showing. A man in a green military suit smiles at a princess. Text - Wicked: For Good, Now Showing. A woman hugs an unwell looking girl, Text - Alpha, Now Showing. An elderly woman looks fed up while sitting on an armchair. Text - Dragonfly, now showing
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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✨Step into the land of Oz this week at DCA Cinema. Coming up...

🌟Wicked: For Good
🌟Die My Love
🌟The Choral
🌟Frankenstein

Plus - Too Much: Melodrama on Film, Dundead, NT Live and more! Book your tickets now via our website.
A woman with a wand, a tiara and a purple dress stands next to a woman wearing a witches hat who has green skin. Text - Wicked: For Good, Now Showing A blonde woman in a bikini top and shorts stands in tall grass holding a knife. Text - Die My Love: Now Showing. A man in a black silk suit conducts a choir while an audience watches. Text - The Choral, Now Showing. An elderly man with a beard and a young woman in a dress sit next to a lake in a field surrounded by white flowers. Text - Frankenstein, Now Showing.
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Due to staff training, DCA Shop will be closed today (Mon 17 November). DCA Box Office will open at 17:00.

Jute Café Bar will be open as normal from 10:00.
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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See powerful performances this week at DCA Cinema. Coming up...

🌟 Die My Love
🌟 Anemone
🌟 The Choral
🌟 Frankenstein
🌟 Wicked and Wicked: For Good (Double Bill)

Plus - Lauren Gault's first Artist's Choice Screening, and our Too Much film season continues.
A woman with blonde hair looks out at dusk. Text - Die My Love, Now Showing. A man with grey hair looks up. Text - Anemone, Now Showing. A man in 1910s clothes walks along a bridge, while a group of 1910s school children follow him, mocking him. Text - The Choral, Now Showing. Dead fingers hold a photograph of a terrifying doll, covered in snow. Text - Frankenstein, Now Showing.
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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There's lots to enjoy this week at DCA Cinema. Coming up...

🎼The Choral
🖼The Mastermind
👽Bugonia
🧟Frankenstein
🖌️Exhibition on Screen: Caravaggio

Plus - All That Heaven Allows, Live from the Met and more. Get your tickets now via our website.
A middle-aged man with a beard and moustache, wearing a choir master's suit. Text - The Choral Now Showing. A man in plain clothes stands next to and touches a painting in an art gallery. Text - The Mastermind, Now Showing. A woman covered in white paint with a shaved head stares ahead. Text - Bugonia, Now Showing. A woman in a billowing Victorian dress in green sits in a carriage with her eyes closed. Text - Frankenstein, Now Showing.
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🗡 Detective Benoit Blanc is back for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - arriving at DCA Cinema on Fri 5 December, with tickets on sale now!

Book now to see the third chapter of this much-loved murder mystery franchise, starring Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Andrew Scott and more.
A worried man drives a vintage car while another man in the back seat leans over watching him. Text - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Booking Now.
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Our November films are on sale now! 🎉

Book now for a great selection of new releases, including Die My Love, Anemone, Wicked: For Good, Palestine 36 and Alpha.

Visit our website to view our full selection - what will you see first?
A blonde woman points her head up with her eyes closed while confetti lands on her. Text - Die My Love, Booking now. A man with grey hair looks up. Text - Anemone, Booking now. A woman with a large tiara and a princess dress on sits nexts to stacks of posters. Text - Wicked: For Good Booking Now A group of Palestinian men ride horses in 1936. Text - Palestine 36, Booking Now.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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We're stepping into November with a week of great films this week at DCA Cinema. Coming up from today...

🌟Bugonia
🌟Souleymane's Story
🌟One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
🌟Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
🌟I Swear

Book now to enjoy all this and more at DCA 🎉.
A bedraggled man rides a bike down a street. Text - Bugonia, Now Showing A man listens to music through headphones while standing on a busy train. Text - Headphones, Now Showing. A man in white patient's scrubs squirts water from a water fountain while laughing. Text - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Now Showing. A man in a leather jacket walks down a dark city street. Text - Springsteen: Deliver me from nowhere, now showing.
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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DCA Galleries are open today ✨

We’re delighted that Lauren Gault: bone stone voice alone sees us return to our galleries being open six days a week. Open Tue-Sun, 11:00 - 18:00 (19:00 on Thu). Free and drop-in, everyone is welcome!
print on a gallery wall with a sculpture hanging from the ceiling.
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM