What’s On
Current
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Exhibitions
MK Calling 2024
22 June - 29 September 2024
To celebrate 25 years at the heart of Milton Keynes’ art and culture scene, we have partnered with five local community groups to co-curate this year’s open call summer exhibition.
From Free - £3
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Exhibitions
Modesty Unravelled
5 July - 4 August 2024
Project Space
Curated by Rena Al-Jawad
Explore freedom of dress & expression in the lives of Muslim women through the lens of history & political upheaval, culminating in a new collection of artistic fashion illustrations.
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Exhibition Events
MK Gallery Late: MK Calling 2024
12 July 2024
Join us for the first MK Gallery Late of MK Calling 2024! Enjoy a live dance performance by exhibition artist Hannah Pickett, explore the exhibition after hours, and savour drinks in the café.
Upcoming
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Workshops
Drawing from Life Club: Portrait Drawing
16 January - 17 December 2024
Our monthly Drawing from Life Club invites you to draw from a live model alongside our associate artist Paul Berryman exploring the art of portraiture.
All skill levels are welcome but please note that these sessions are only lightly guided.
£15
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Workshops
Drawing from Life Club: Life Drawing
23 January - 26 November 2024
Our monthly Drawing from Life Club invites you to draw from a live model alongside our associate artist Paul Berryman exploring observational figurative drawing.
All skill levels are welcome but please note that these sessions are only lightly guided.
£20
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Learning
Maker Space: Artist Masterclasses for 11-14 Year-olds
21 February - 30 October 2024
Taking place over school holidays, Maker Space is a programme of artist masterclasses for 11–14 year-olds. Led by practicing artists, the workshops offer young people the opportunity to learn from the artists themselves, to experiment with different art forms, materials and mediums.
£25
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Learning
Art Club: Ages 5-8
4 June - 16 July 2024
Creative weekly after-school workshops that aim to promote and nurture children’s love of art in a non-competitive, creative environment. Running during school term time, this after-school club acts as an alternative space for art education that looks to grow our future artists in confidence, expression and creativity led by a practicing artist. Each half-term will focus on a different theme, medium or material loosely based on our main exhibitions programme.
£7.50
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Learning
Art Club: Ages 8-11
4 June - 16 July 2024
Creative weekly after-school workshops that aim to promote and nurture children’s love of art in a non-competitive, creative environment. Running during school term time, this after-school club acts as an alternative space for art education that looks to grow our future artists in confidence, expression and creativity led by a practicing artist. Each half-term will focus on a different theme, medium or material loosely based on our main exhibitions programme.
£7.50
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Exhibitions
MK Calling 2024
22 June - 29 September 2024
To celebrate 25 years at the heart of Milton Keynes’ art and culture scene, we have partnered with five local community groups to co-curate this year’s open call summer exhibition.
From Free - £3
Read more![](https://mkgallery.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_0090-1024x768.jpg)
Exhibitions
Modesty Unravelled
5 July - 4 August 2024
Project Space
Curated by Rena Al-Jawad
Explore freedom of dress & expression in the lives of Muslim women through the lens of history & political upheaval, culminating in a new collection of artistic fashion illustrations.
![](https://mkgallery.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Toddle-Tour-IMG-1024x683.jpg)
Accessible Events
Toddle Exhibition Tour: MK Calling 2024
13 July - 3 August 2024
A fun-filled sensory experience for you and your little ones! See our exhibition MK Calling 2024 in a whole new light, with our sensory tour guide Julia Collar, who will ignite the galleries with music, story-telling, object handling and play. Not to be missed!
£5
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Accessible Events
SEND Exhibition Tour: MK Calling 2024
13 July - 3 August 2024
Join artist Julia Collar for a magical multi-sensory tour of MK Calling 2024! Julia will bring a selection of artworks to life through storytelling, object handling, music, and play. This event is designed especially for individuals of all ages with additional and complex support needs, and their families. Makaton signing is used throughout.
£5
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Cinema
Milk & Baby: Freud’s Last Session (12A)
19 July 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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Accessible Events
Relaxed Exhibition Viewing: MK Calling 2024
21 July - 15 September 2024
Our Relaxed Exhibition Viewings are quiet hours tailored to support visitors with neurodivergence, inclusive of communication or sensory needs, autism and learning disabilities.
From Free - £3
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Accessible Events
Relaxed Screening: Inside Out 2 (U)
21 July 2024
Relaxed Screenings have sensory-friendly adjustments which aim to reduce over-stimulation and create a relaxed and welcoming environment for those who might need it.
From Free - £9
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Accessible Events
Audio-described Tour: MK Calling 2024
23 July 2024
Experience in-depth visual descriptions, alongside hand-held and touch elements, of key works from MK Calling 2024. This event is led by artist and tour guide Julia Collar, and is suitable for those who are blind or partially sighted, and their companions.
From Free - £3
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Cinema
Summer Replay: Scarygirl (PG)
23 - 25 July 2024
The team at MK Gallery are putting on a not-to-be-missed offer for kids this summer. Take part as we press the replay button on the Sky Room Cinema projector, showing the best kids’ films from the past six months throughout the entire school summer holidays.
From Free - £5
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Cinema
Summer Replay: Wonka (PG)
23 July - 15 August 2024
The team at MK Gallery are putting on a not-to-be-missed offer for kids this summer. Take part as we press the replay button on the Sky Room Cinema projector, showing the best kids’ films from the past six months throughout the entire school summer holidays.
From Free - £5
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Cinema
Milk & Baby: The Bikeriders (15)
26 July 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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Cinema
Summer Replay: Butterfly Tale (U)
30 July - 1 August 2024
The team at MK Gallery are putting on a not-to-be-missed offer for kids this summer. Take part as we press the replay button on the Sky Room Cinema projector, showing the best kids’ films from the past six months throughout the entire school summer holidays.
From Free - £5
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Cinema
Summer Replay: Migration (U)
30 July - 15 August 2024
The team at MK Gallery are putting on a not-to-be-missed offer for kids this summer. Take part as we press the replay button on the Sky Room Cinema projector, showing the best kids’ films from the past six months throughout the entire school summer holidays.
From Free - £5
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Cinema
Kinds of Kindness (tbc)
2 - 4 August 2024
A man seeks to break free from his predetermined path, a cop questions his wife’s demeanour after her return from a supposed drowning, and a woman searches for an extraordinary individual prophesied to become a renowned spiritual guide.
From Free - £9
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Cinema
Milk & Baby: Kinds of Kindness (tbc)
2 August 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From Free - £9
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Cinema
Summer Replay: Kung Fu Panda 4 (PG)
6 - 29 August 2024
The team at MK Gallery are putting on a not-to-be-missed offer for kids this summer. Take part as we press the replay button on the Sky Room Cinema projector, showing the best kids’ films from the past six months throughout the entire school summer holidays.
From Free - £5
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Cinema
Summer Replay: Wish (U)
6 - 22 August 2024
The team at MK Gallery are putting on a not-to-be-missed offer for kids this summer. Take part as we press the replay button on the Sky Room Cinema projector, showing the best kids’ films from the past six months throughout the entire school summer holidays.
From Free - £5
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Cinema
Milk & Baby: Despicable Me 4 (U)
9 August 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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Cinema
The Nature of Love (tbc)
16 - 17 August 2024
University professor Sophia has a comfortable life and a stable but unexciting marriage to Xavier. That is upended when she meets and is attracted to Sylvain, a blue-collar construction contractor whom the couple hires to renovate their summer home.
From Free - £9
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Cinema
Milk & Baby: Twisters (12A)
16 August 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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Accessible Events
BSL Artist-led Tour: MK Calling 2024
17 August 2024
Join Deaf artist and tour guide Chisato Minamimura for an in-depth exploration of our exhibition, MK Calling 2024.
From Free - £3
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Accessible Events
Relaxed Screening: Despicable Me 4 (U)
18 August 2024
Relaxed Screenings have sensory-friendly adjustments which aim to reduce over-stimulation and create a relaxed and welcoming environment for those who might need it.
From Free - £9
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Cinema
Summer Replay: Inside Out 2 (U)
20 - 22 August 2024
The team at MK Gallery are putting on a not-to-be-missed offer for kids this summer. Take part as we press the replay button on the Sky Room Cinema projector, showing the best kids’ films from the past six months throughout the entire school summer holidays.
From Free - £5
Read more![](https://mkgallery.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2371-1024x614.webp)
Cinema
Milk & Baby: Forrest Gump (30th Anniversary) (12A)
23 August 2024
Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.
From £6 - £7
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Cinema
Summer Replay: The Garfield Movie (U)
27 - 29 August 2024
The team at MK Gallery are putting on a not-to-be-missed offer for kids this summer. Take part as we press the replay button on the Sky Room Cinema projector, showing the best kids’ films from the past six months throughout the entire school summer holidays.
From Free - £5
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Accessible Events
Audio-described Tour: MK Calling 2024
7 September 2024
Experience in-depth visual descriptions, alongside hand-held and touch elements, of key works from our exhibition MK Calling 2024. This event is led by tour guide Robin Clements, and is suitable for those who are blind or partially sighted, and their companions.
From Free - £3
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Cinema
RB&O: The Marriage of Figaro
15 September 2024
It’s Figaro’s wedding, and you’re invited to join the Almaviva household for an uproarious day of revelation and scandal. Mozart’s comic opera is packed with plot twists, forbidden desires and unforgettable melodies, combining laugh-out-loud comedy with moments of breathtaking beauty.
From Free - £19
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Performances
Taking the Stage – Day 1
16 October 2024
Taking the Stage is back supporting and celebrating women playwrights. This is our third festival and like our previous two festivals, we have an exciting lineup of new plays, discussions and talks.
From £10 - £12
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Performances
Taking the Stage – Day 2
17 October 2024
Taking the Stage is back supporting and celebrating women playwrights. This is our third festival and like our previous two festivals, we have an exciting lineup of new plays, discussions and talks.
From £10 - £12
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Performances
Taking the Stage – Day 3
18 October 2024
Taking the Stage is back supporting and celebrating women playwrights. This is our third festival and like our previous two festivals, we have an exciting lineup of new plays, discussions and talks.
From £10 - £12
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Exhibitions
Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
19 October 2024 - 23 February 2025
Vanessa Bell (née Stephen; 1879–1961) was a key figure in 20th-century British art and played a central role in the Bloomsbury Group. The exhibition at MK Gallery – the largest-ever solo show of Bell’s work – will provide an overview spanning the artist’s illustrious career, including over 120 items.
From Free - £11.50
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Performances
Taking the Stage – Day 4, Part 1
19 October 2024
Taking the Stage is back supporting and celebrating women playwrights. This is our third festival and like our previous two festivals, we have an exciting lineup of new plays, discussions and talks.
£8
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Performances
Taking the Stage – Day 4, Part 2
19 October 2024
Taking the Stage is back supporting and celebrating women playwrights. This is our third festival and like our previous two festivals, we have an exciting lineup of new plays, discussions and talks.
From £10 - £12
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Cinema
RB&O: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
20 October 2024
Tumble down the rabbit hole in this ballet adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s famous family story. Journey through Wonderland with Alice and encounter a host of curious characters in Christopher Wheeldon’s unique theatrical interpretation.
From Free - £19
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Cinema
RB&O: Wolf Witch Giant Fairy
26 October 2024
Red Riding Hood is tasked with delivering bread to her Grandmother, deep in the heart of the fairy-tale forest. But en route, Red meets a cunning Wolf who tricks her into taking a different path. Along the way, Red stumbles into a colourful cast of characters, including a scary witch, a talking cat and a rather persuasive Peddler. Join our ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song.
From £8 - £10
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Accessible Events
Relaxed Screening: RB&O: Wolf Witch Giant Fairy
27 October 2024
Relaxed Screenings have sensory-friendly adjustments which aim to reduce over-stimulation and create a relaxed and welcoming environment for those who might need it.
From £8 - £10
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Cinema
RB&O: Cinderella
15 December 2024
This Christmas, be transported into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true. This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family.
From Free - £19
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Cinema
RB&O: The Nutcracker
17 - 22 December 2024
Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family. Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs bring festive charm to Peter Wright’s beloved Royal Ballet production, as fairy tale magic comes together with spectacular dancing in this unforgettable classic ballet.
From Free - £19
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Cinema
RB&O: Swan Lake
2 March 2025
Classical ballet’s most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness. Bringing together Tchaikovsky’s sensational score with the incredible imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane, Swan Lake on the big screen will be an exceptional way to experience this ultimate ballet classic.
From Free - £19
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Cinema
RB&O: Ballet to Broadway
25 May 2025
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works. Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet’s Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.