Colour Box

About our events

Young boy in checked red top crafting at a table, hand is next to mouth and he is smiling
Colour Box Credit: Will Pace 2023

Colour Box events are all about viewing and doing

On the first weekend of every month, MAC and Flatpack Festival join forces to deliver Colour Box - a series of events that have been created to delight young imaginations, using creative crafting to bring the magic of cinema alive.

Colour Box presents hands-on creative family workshops led by professional artists and filmmakers. The workshops are followed by immersive screenings showcasing the best family films in our comfy cinema (see below for upcoming events).

Image gallery

  • Baby doing crafting at a table sat on the knee of their parent/carer
  • Little girl with messy hands from paint
  • Young boy uses paint roller to make picture

Get 2-for-1 tickets on all Colour Box events

Book one ticket for any of the Colour Box events and get another for FREE! Offer will be applied at checkout.

List of Events

  1. Three witches are shown in the photo - Winifred Sanderson (center) - with the distinctive red curly hair, played by Bette Midler Sarah Sanderson (left) - the blonde sister, played by Sarah Jessica Parker Mary Sanderson (right) - with dark hair, played by Kathy Najimy

    Colour Box: Hocus Pocus

    Cinema
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  2. A charming illustration depicting a warm, whimsical scene of an elderly woman artist in her studio, shown in a lovely pastel color palette. She's wearing glasses and a green collar over a purple dress, holding both a paintbrush and a painter's palette as she works at her easel. There is also a miniature orchestra of tiny musicians sitting on her table in the foreground. These little figures are dressed formally and playing various classical instruments including what appears to be a harp, string instruments, and a cello. They seem to be providing musical accompaniment while she paints, creating a magical, fantastical atmosphere.

    Colour Box: Snap, Cackle and Shorts

    Cinema
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  3. Colour Box: Wolf Children

    Cinema
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  4. We see a stern headmistress or authority figure in an olive-green military-style coat adorned with various tools and implements, looming intimidatingly over a young schoolgirl in a grey uniform. The setting appears to be a schoolyard with other uniformed students in the background.

    Colour Box: Matilda Singalong

    Cinema
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  5. Animated image of a small blonde haired boy with glasses holding a magic wand. A flying pink book with glasses hovers next to him, whilst a pirate book sits by his feet and a Frankenstein book sits by his left hand.

    Colour Box: The Pagemaster

    Cinema
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