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Kick-start 2026 with new creative adventures

Unleash your inner artist and explore sessions in ceramics, stained glass, textiles, jewellery, painting, printmaking, wellbeing, music, writing and more. 2026 is a blank canvas - what will you create?
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Woman holding a colourful handmade caterpillar puppet with a red head, green segmented body, and yellow accents.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

This beloved tale is brought to life by a captivating cast of storytellers, sweeping original music, and stunning puppetry.
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A South Asian man in his thirties sits in an audiotorium with plush red seats. He is wearing a white ruff, a black outfit and red socks, and his feet are crossed over the back of the chair in front of him. He looks directly into the camera. In his left hand he holds up a human skull.

NT Live

The best of British Theatre brought to you from the stage to the screen.
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Hardeep Pandhal: Saag and Fish Fingers

Drawing on video games, comics, cultural theory and his personal memories, this new exhibition takes form across large paintings, drawings and an installation.
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Babies Adventures in Music

We can’t wait to see you at the return of our BAM concerts! Bring your baby for a bounce with singer Sam Frankie Fox and multi-instrumentalist Ricardo Rocha.
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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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Upcoming events

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  1. Three people with a cello, violin and saxophone

    MAC's Vintage Jazz Jam

    Free
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  2. Babies Adventures in Music (BAM 2026)

    Family
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  3. Young man in black jacket holding a saxophone, with hand on head in thoughtful pose.

    TDE: Xhosa Cole Free Monk residency - Night 1

    Music
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Cinema highlights

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  1. A smiling Spongebob looks to his right, a pirate hat on his head. Patrick the star fish stands next to him looking to his left and smiling. He's wearing an eye patch and a hook on his head. They are aboard the Flying Dutchman - a ghostly green ship that glows in the dark.

    The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants

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  2. We see a collection of cartoon animals in a staged pose - a fox in a tie and pink shirt with a sly grin on his face, a large blue snake with a huge smile on its face and a cheery bunny rabbit wearing human clothes. They all stare at the camera smiling and are standing on the edge of what looks like a wooden dock, with a pile or rope on the right hand side of the image.

    Zootropolis 2

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  3. The focal point of the image is a large 18th-century portrait painting showing a well-dressed gentleman in period attire (powdered wig, ornate coat) holding what appear to be dead game birds - likely a hunting trophy portrait common among aristocracy of that era. The painting demonstrates the baroque or rococo style typical of European portraiture from that period. In the museum space, a man in contemporary casual clothing (dark sweater, light pants) stands looking at the painting, creating an interesting juxtaposition between past and present. In the background, another visitor can be seen viewing other artworks on the gallery walls.

    The Mastermind

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Creative courses

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  1. A person is holding a silver ring, using a tool to buff it

    Introduction to Jewellery (JE108 Spring)

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  2. A person is placing yellow glass into a pattern, at a table that has blue, green and yellow glass panels on it

    Stained Glass for Improvers & Advanced (VA85 Spring)

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  3. A person is writing in an open notepad, with books to the side of them

    Introduction to Poetry and Poetic Writing (WR109 Spring)

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