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Clare Hewitt: Everything in the forest is the forest

An exhibition showcasing exceptional contemporary crafts being made currently across the West and East Midlands.
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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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The Cat In The Hat

Experience the mischief with the acclaimed stage adaptation of Dr Seuss’ The Cat In The Hat.
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Ryland Caravan 2026: The House of Love

MAC’s one-day music festival, Ryland Caravan, rolls into the Outdoor Theatre for the fourth year with a brilliant line-up of indie legends including The House of Love and Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band.
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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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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. Stopgap Dance Company: Lived Fiction

    Theatre and Dance
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  2. Spring exhibitions: opening party

    Free
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  3. A dynamic long-exposure photograph of a dance or performance group wearing matching grey hooded sweatshirts against a teal-lit background. Multiple exposures create ghostly motion trails showing dancers in various poses with outstretched arms.

    Verve

    Dance
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Cinema highlights

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  1. A young man with messy black hair and wearing dark clothes and a choker necklace with a diamond pattern sits on a bench in a wooded area. Next to him, leaning on his left arm, sits an older middle aged woman with chestnut coloured hair holding a cigarette. She has her bare feet up on the bench and is wearing blue jeans, a pale blouse and a brown scarf.

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Cinema
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  2. A bearded, scruffy man in his fifties wearing a ragged beanie hat stares with an incredulous expression at the viewer. He is wearing a shiny silver suit with black pipes sticking out of it and various random objects are floating around him, including a small wheel and a toy soldier.

    Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

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  3. We see a family - a father, mother and three children - moving along a high rocky outcrop, a black and white dog by their feet. They each have rucksacks on and we can see patches of green on the rocks as they move down the mountain.

    The Love That Remains

    Cinema
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Creative courses

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  1. Paint brushes with yellow and red paint on them are resting on a canvas which is partially painted

    Creating Art In Context (VA43 Summer)

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  2. A person is writing in an open notepad and is wearing a bright yellow jumper

    Creative Writing Improvers (WR11 Summer)

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  3. A person is holding a black camera, photographing objects on a black table.

    Exposure I: Digital Photography (DM01 Summer)

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