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  1. Illustration of Cannon Hill Park and MAC with swirling multicoloured shapes erupting from the arts centre and leading to nearby neighbourhoods
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    Calling all neighbours: MAC needs you!


    24 September 2024
    Live in Birmingham? Love speaking to people? If so, your favourite local arts centre needs you! We are looking for 10 confident and curious local residents to help shape the future of Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) as part of our MAC…
  2. Man in a suit and woman in a blue jumper stand next to each other in an arts centre, smiling.
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    Eversheds Sutherland extends support for MAC with three-year partnership


    7 May 2024
    Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) and Eversheds Sutherland are pleased to announce a three-year partnership, which renews the global lawyers’ corporate sponsorship for major exhibitions and environmental community activities at the arts…
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    MAC wins Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award


    29 March 2024
    We are thrilled to have won the award for Accessible and Inclusive Tourism at this year’s West Midlands Tourism Awards with Visit Birmingham. Debbie Kermode, MAC’s CEO & Artistic Director, acknowledged the importance of this recognition…
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    Building update


    19 March 2024
    Updated 19.03.24 We are pleased to announce that from May 2024, we will be reopening our Main Theatre. Last autumn we identified the presence of RAAC in isolated sections of our old roof in the Main Theatre, Painting and Drawing and Weston…
  5. Parents and their babies smile watching a performance that is out of the shot. Babies look at the stage wide-eyed, sitting on their mum's knee, who is smiling.
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    MAC awarded grant from Theatres Trust to improve environmental sustainability


    13 March 2024
    MAC is delighted to have been awarded £17,362 through the Theatre Improvement Scheme Through its partnership with the Wolfson Foundation, Theatres Trust is awarding £115,982 to six theatres to help them become more environmentally…
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    A collective statement by Culture Central


    28 September 2023
    Birmingham and the West Midlands can be proud of its rich, vibrant and resilient arts and culture sector. We, the organisations and individuals that create and present this offer, are continuing to welcome audiences, work with communities,…
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    More Than A Moment: MAC Action Plan 2022/23


    12 July 2022
    Document published July 2022. Any future amendments will be documented and republished as and when appropriate. Equality and Diversity Statement This has been a tumultuous time for many of our communities. As well as the unprecedented…