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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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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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Clare Hewitt: Everything in the forest is the forest

Acclaimed photographer Clare Hewitt presents new work that celebrates trees and their remarkable ability to nurture and communicate.
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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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Upcoming events

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  1. Duke Special: Songs From The Deep Forest

    Music
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  2. A Paper and Print Workshop with Danielle Phelps

    Community
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  3. Sounds of Sunshine Carnival

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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

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  2. A woman with curly brown hair sits in the driver's seat of a red convertible with the top down, looking over her shoulder with a tense expression. A man with curly hair sits in the passenger seat facing away from the camera. In the foreground, a third person with their hair up is seen from behind, wearing a dark jacket. The car is parked near a field of dry golden grass.

    Miroirs No. 3

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  3. The image shows five characters posed together in a a pink, candy-floss textured environment with arched doorways. A neon sign in the background appears to say something like "Birthday". Left to right, we see a woman in a flowing green dress with long blonde hair, smiling warmly, a young girl in a red/orange cardigan with blue trim, looking up in wonder, a tall man in the centre background wearing a blue coat with a large white crescent moon headdress and a white beard, a young boy in a teal zip-up hoodie, grinning with excitement and a man on the right in elaborate steampunk-style bronze/copper armour, with goggles on his head and various gadgets and pots dangling from his suit.

    Pay What You Choose: The Magic Faraway Tree

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Creative courses

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  1. A mother and child are looking at a pot they're making together

    Family Pottery Houses (FA94)

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  2. Family Wheelwork Pottery (CSC193)

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  3. Painting and Drawing Techniques (CSC198)

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