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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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Santa Claus in traditional red suit with white fur trim and fluffy white beard sits in front of a decorated Christmas tree with colorful wrapped presents stacked beside him, including gifts with polka dot and patterned wrapping paper, in a festive holiday setting with twinkling lights.

Storytime With Santa

Meet jolly old Santa and enjoy some Yuletide songs and stories to get you in the festive spirit.
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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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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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Upcoming events

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  1. ecobirmingham: Stories 4 Nature

    Family
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  2. Midgitte Bardot's Personal Spot

    Theatre and Dance
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  3. Katie Hoare: Positive Risk

    Theatre and Dance
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Cinema highlights

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  1. A female journalist in her fifties holding a microphone reports in front of a large crowd of protesters holding signs reading 'Defend the Sacred,' 'Water Is Life,' 'Greed Kills,' and similar messages, at an outdoor demonstration on grassland. A camera operator with a boom microphone films in the foreground.

    Steal This Story, Please!

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  2. Image of a group in assorted historical costumes gathered in a dark library with bookshelves and hanging plastic sheeting. In the foreground, a grey-haired man with a mustache wears a olive-green military officer's uniform with a leather belt. Beside him, a woman in a mauve brocade gown with ruffled pink and red trim, yellow bows and a tall white feather in her hair looks sideways. Behind her, a mustached man in a tan scout uniform and aviator glasses, a shaggy-haired figure with a beard, and a man in a patterned waistcoat and teal cravat all stare in the same direction. Two more figures, a woman in an Edwardian-style blouse and a man in a suit, look upward in the background. Architectural plans, a white scale model of a building and a roll of masking tape sit on tables around them.

    Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House

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  3. A close-up of a middle aged woman with an elaborate updo held by ornamental hairpins, with textured ridged eyebrows and subtle forehead prosthetics suggesting an alien species. She has tearful eyes and a distressed expression, wearing a beaded, multi-strand necklace and a pale blush-toned top, set against a softly lit interior background.

    Space: 1999 - 4K Restoration Double Bill

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Creative courses

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  1. A group of people in a yoga studio, in child's pose on their mats

    Iyengar Yoga (WB93 Autumn)

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  2. Learn to Tango Improvers (DA30 Autumn)

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  3. Learn to Tango (DA28 Autumn)

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