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Summer family fun

Get ready for fun-filled adventures this summer - join us for a fantastic range of hands-on creative courses, brilliant shows and captivating screenings for all the family.
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Sari Summer Season

Join us for a brilliant season of colourful fun-filled events inspired by The Offbeat Sari exhibition. You can also enjoy our special Indian-inspired food, drinks and special events including collabs with our friends at Dishoom, Zindiya and Indian Brewery.
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Creative Courses

Turn inspiration into action and develop a new creative passion at MAC, with over 150 options to choose from.
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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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Upcoming events

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  1. Group of ten people stood in a large cardboard box. They are all wearing green tops wit 'Box of Frogs' written on them. They are making exaggerated facial expressions and acting.

    Improv Comedy with Box of Frogs

    Comedy
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  2. Two people are in the background, in the fore ground there is messy paint splattered everywhere with the words 'splat' written in different colours

    Of the Jackel: SPLAT!

    Family
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  3. Three people climbing on a metal “birdcage" and dancing. Blow the cage is a blonde woman looking up at the other performers.

    Linden Dance: CAGED

    Dance
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Cinema highlights

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  1. A woman with long blonde hair in her thirties sits at a table, staring into the eyes of an older bearded man who sits next to her, strumming a guitar. She holds her right leg up against her chest and smiles at him. In front of them are remnants of a finished meal and there is a bright yellow lamp behind them.

    The Ballad Of Wallis Island

    Cinema
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  2. The cast of lost if gathered together, on the beach

    Whatever Pays the Rent: LOST Quiz

    Cinema
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  3. A younger woman holds her two children by her side - one of them is in her arms and clutching a teddy bear, and the other is standing next to her with her head on her shoulder.

    Lollipop

    Cinema
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Creative courses

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  1. A persons hands is guiding yellow fabric through a white sewing machine

    Sew a Summer Dress (ASC905)

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  2. Someone is laying ceramic tiles in a wooden space surrounding a mirror

    Inspired by India: Mosaic Mirrors (ASC121)

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  3. A group of people gathered in a circle, making expressive hand gestures

    Introduction to Improv Weekend (ASC80)

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