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MAC's Wellbeing Weekend

Fri 10 to Sun 12 April | Take some time out and try new, uplifting activities to improve wellbeing for your mind, body and soul.
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Sisters 360

A funny, heartfelt family show that follows two hijab-wearing step-sisters who want to win a skateboarding competition. But when their lives are about to turn 360º, only a daring super-plan can save the day.
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Easter at MAC

Join us for creative courses, spectacular shows and fun family films this Easter!
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Dive into new creative adventures

Unleash your inner artist and explore sessions in ceramics, stained glass, textiles, jewellery, painting, printmaking, wellbeing, music, writing and more.
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Made in the Middle: A Craftspace touring exhibition

An exhibition showcasing exceptional contemporary crafts being made currently across the West and East Midlands.
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Upcoming events

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  1. Babies Adventures in Music (BAM 2026)

    Family
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  2. Woman holding a colourful handmade caterpillar puppet with a red head, green segmented body, and yellow accents.

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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  3. MAC's Vintage Jazz Jam

    Free
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Cinema highlights

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  1. We see a heavily stylized image of an older Black man (David Harewood), a younger white woman with blonde hair (Caitlin Fitzgerald) and a balding older white man (Toby Jones) standing next to each other, all wearing black and all looking in different directions. The rest of the image is almost enturely red, with a yellow line of light shining horizontally across the eyes of each of the peopl.

    Othello

    Cinema
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  2. Animated image of Porky Pig in a white spacesuit as he runs away from a flying saucer behind him, which is emanating a green ray. We see flames all around him as he runs across what appears to be the surface of a rocky planet.

    Pay What You Choose: Looney Tunes - The Day The Earth Blew Up

    Cinema
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  3. A young Black man stands next to a young white man in a prison corridor. The Black man is wearing a grey tracksuit and the white man is wearing a white vest with dark blue trousers. He also has tattoos across his arms and neck. They both wear sombre expressions. Behind them is an open door to what looks like a cleaning cupboard.

    Wasteman

    Cinema
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Creative courses

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  1. A woman is rolling our clay on a table

    Ceramics Open Studio Days (ASC832)

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  2. Stop Motion Animation Camp (CSC184)

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  3. A range of dinosaurs hand made from paper and plastic

    Recyclosaurus Camp (CSC162)

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