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Festive Fun at MAC

Join us this Christmas for Tales From Acorn Wood at Christmas which brings Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's favourite stories to the stage, plus Storytime with Santa, festive family film, Christmas Arts Markets, and lots more.
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Surreal season at MAC

From dreamlike landscapes to curious creatures and unexpected creations, explore a season of surreal art at MAC.
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Six members of the Home Guard platoon from classic sitcom Dad's Army stand in a row raising mugs in a toast, dressed in Home Guard uniforms and forage caps, in front of a shop with a 'No Smoking' sign.

Square Eyes TV Festival 2026

MAC's annual Square Eyes TV Festival features a mouth-watering mix of archive rarities, classic series and recent favourites.
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Woman with brunette bob and earing white top and trousers. She is leaning forward with her hand out. On the right is the back of a boy's head. The screen in the background has a yellow box on it with the word 'touch screen'.

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Two little girls sit on beanbags in a cinema smiling to their left, dressed in halloween costumes

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MAC's building with their open-plan terrace in the sunshine. Trees frame the photo.

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Upcoming events

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  1. Culture Club: Surreal Collaging

    Community
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  2. Birmingham Improv: Festival Pass

    Comedy
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  3. Launch Event: Pizza and Jam

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Cinema highlights

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  1. Black Sabbath's four members pose together, with Ozzy Osbourne seated on an ornate black throne featuring bat-wing detailing at its top and skull carvings on its armrests. Osbourne, wearing sunglasses and black clothing, smiles and gestures with his hands. Behind him stand Tony Iommi (with dark curly hair, glasses, and arms crossed) on the left and Geezer Butler (with white hair and beard) on the right. Bill Ward sits to the lower right, bald and dressed in black, resting his chin on his clasped hands. The photo is shot against a dark purple-gray background.

    Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning

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  2. A nun in a cream habit with a black cross on her scapular kneels at the center of a stark white-tiled chapel, gazing upward with a rapt expression, a long rosary hanging in front of her. Rows of kneeling nuns in matching habits flank a tiled altar topped with a crucifix and six candles, while window shadows form a grid across the floor and walls.

    4K Film: Ken Russell's The Devils

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  3. Close-up of a middle aged woman with short, light-brown hair and a burgundy knitted beanie, one hand raised to her ear. She looks at the camera with a furrowed, serious expression, wearing a dark olive waxed jacket over a purple hoodie and white collared shirt, against a blurred green field and overcast sky.

    The Lost Children Of Tuam

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Creative courses

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  1. Halloween Mosaics (CSC288)

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  2. Ghost is emerging from the pages of an old book

    Ghost Story Writing Juniors (CSC155)

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  3. Talking Film: The Curse of Hammer Horror (ASC150)

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