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Zindiya brings an authentic taste of India to MAC
26 August 2025Local ‘streatery’ Zindiya add their signature flavours to KILN for Sari Season. This summer, Sari Season at Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) is in full swing. Inspired by Indian fashion exhibition The Offbeat Sari, MAC is presenting a brilliant…
BIFA's Cinema of the Year Award: Vote for MAC!
22 August 2025MAC has entered the British Independent Film Award’s (BIFA) inaugural Cinema of the Year Award and are calling on their patrons and the local community to vote for them to ensure they secure a nomination. In July, cinemas nationwide were…
THIS IS DANCE: A new era for dance in Birmingham begins
13 August 2025Major partnership launches Birmingham’s annual international dance season A new partnership of cultural organisations today announces THIS IS DANCE, an international season of dance in Birmingham. This landmark new collaboration will…
Hospital Rooms: Arts and mental health charity launches landmark national project
5 April 2025Arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms has received an Arts Council England grant of £600,000 to launch an ambitious three-year project (2025–2028) across NHS Mental Health Services. The pioneering initiative will transform…
Expanding The Team
18 March 2025New Intern Incoming! Hi! My name is Rachel and I'm the new Expanding The Frame Intern.
Amazing ArtBoxes: Call out for artists
14 March 2025The submission deadline has now passed. Selection will take place in April 2025, and we will inform successful proposals by Mon 28 April 2025. Building on the success of Pauline Farrar’s Celebrity Robot Trail, MAC is thrilled to present…
Midlands Arts Centre and Red Earth Collective CIC launch creative health project for Black men
21 February 2025In 2025, Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) and The Red Earth Collective CIC, an organisation led by MAC Associate Artist Sandra Griffiths, will be working in partnership to deliver a new creative health project: Build It. This vital initiative…
Midlands Arts Centre gains Green Meetings Silver Accreditation
15 January 2025As an arts sector leader on sustainability in the West Midlands, Midlands Arts Centre (MAC)'s Commercial Hires team has just been awarded the Green Meetings Silver Accreditation from Green Tourism. Green Tourism is the world’s largest…
Word Lounge Theatre Company: Callout for budding young performers
19 November 2024Our friends at award-winning theatre company Women & Theatre are delighted to announce an exciting new opportunity for young people. It offers a chance for 13-17 year olds to develop their performance skills by joining Word Lounge Theatre…
Opportunity for photographers: Prism Open 2025
12 November 2024Are you a photographer? Do you live in the West Midlands? Are you over 18? If so, we have the perfect exhibition for you. Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) and Birmingham-based photography network Prism are proud to present Prism Open 2025: a…
Celebrating Sustainability through Art, Theatre, and Community
4 November 2024MAC’s Sustainability season is in full swing after a lively and successful Big Green Weekender and launch of new exhibition Waste Age: What can design do?. Marketing intern Heidi Downing joined the team in the lead up to these events and…
Film introduction: Shock Treatment
28 October 2024Words: Dr Sabina Stent Directed by Jim Sharman, and with a script and lyrics by Richard O’Brien, Shock Treatment is 1981’s non-canon parallel film to the events of 1975’s immensely popular The Rocky Horror Picture Show born of two…