What’s On
Current
Upcoming
Workshops
Drawing from Life Club – Portrait
21 January 2025 - 8 December 2026
Our monthly drawing club inviting you to draw from a live model alongside our associate artist Paul Berryman. Sessions change from portrait and figurative.
All skill levels are welcome but please not that these sessions are only lightly guided.
£15
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Workshops
Drawing from Life Club – Life
28 January 2025 - 15 December 2026
Our monthly drawing club inviting you to draw from a live model alongside our associate artist Paul Berryman. Sessions change from portrait and figurative.
All skill levels are welcome but please note that these sessions are only lightly guided.
£20
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Workshops
Sip ‘n’ Paint
19 September 2025 - 13 November 2026
Join us for a fun, creative workshop in our café. Whether you are a first-timer or have experience, local artist Liddy Parry of Something Less Boring will expertly guide and encourage you, offering tips and creative support. Our café bar will be open throughout the workshop serving hot and cold drinks so you can simply sip n paint.
T0 celebrate our exhibition, Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye, we’ll be running sessions inspired by the artist’s still lifes and landscape paintings between February and June.
Taking place
Friday 23 January 2026, 7pm
Friday 20 February 2026, 7pm (Euan Uglow inspired still lifes with fruit)
Friday 13 March 2026, 7pm (Euan Uglow inspired landscapes)
Fri 22nd May 2026, 7pm (Contemporary still lifes with wine bottles)
Fri 17th July 2026, 7pm
Fri 14th August 2026, 7pm
Fri 16th October 2026, 7pm
Fri 13th November 2026, 7pm
£20
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Workshops
Out of Hand Craft Club
21 November 2025 - 27 March 2026
Out of Hand [OOH] is a community craft night in Milton Keynes.
Ooh is for everyone whether you are a seasoned crafter or new to it. All materials are provided and on the night you will be guided through a simple project. You can also bring any personal projects along with you if you wish. It is a great opportunity to meet new people, socialise with friends and learn new skills.
Ooh is currently free to access.
Taking place
Friday 27 March 2026, 6.30pm
Free
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Exhibitions
Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye
14 February - 31 May 2026
Euan Uglow (1932 – 2000) was one of Britain’s most significant 20th century painters, known for his sustained observation and painstaking technique, often taking months, if not years, to complete a work. Each picture pursues a particular idea, seeking to depict the visual reality of the concept, expressed with radiant colours and light. Uglow often had three or four active ‘set-ups’ in his Battersea studio, using particular rectangular compositions in an attempt ‘to paint a structured painting full of controlled and therefore potent emotion’. Almost mathematical in his methods, Uglow left markings on his canvases that reveal his processes, including how the passage of time affected the depiction of his subjects. Best known for his large-scale nudes, Uglow also made landscapes in the summer light of the Mediterranean and still lifes, taking up the challenge of painting materials such as plastic, as well as organic material in gradual decay, such as fruit.
Curated by Catherine Lampert, this will be the first solo exhibition of Uglow’s work in a UK public institution for 20 years. Featuring over 30 of his most ambitious paintings, as well as drawings and examples of work by his artistic influences, Paul Cézanne, Alberto Giacometti and his former tutors William Coldstream, Victor Pasmore and Claude Rogers.
From Free - £14.50
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Accessible Events
Relaxed Exhibition Viewing | Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye
22 February - 31 May 2026
These are quiet hours to view our exhibition Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye, tailored to support visitors with neurodiversity, inclusive of communication or sensory needs. Ear defenders and sensory aids are available, the hand dryers in the toilets are switched off, and tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the galleries.
Taking place
Sunday 22 February | 10am
Sunday 29 March | 10am
Sunday 26 April | 10am
Sunday 31 May | 10am
From Free - £15.95
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Tours
Guided Tours | Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye
28 February - 31 May 2026
Discover Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye with a guided exhibition tour led by our brilliant volunteers. Find out more about Uglow’s creative practice and inspirations.
Free with your exhibition ticket, booking advised.
Taking place:
Starting Saturday 28 February
Tuesdays and Saturdays, 2pm
Last day of the exhibition (Sunday 31 May), 2pm
Free
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Tours
Conversational Tours | Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye
1 March - 26 May 2026
Join our brilliant volunteer tour guides for an informal exploration of Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye to discuss the context and themes of the exhibition.
Free with your exhibition ticket, booking advised.
Taking place:
Tuesdays, 11am (Starting Tuesday 3 March)
First Sunday of the month (Sunday 1 March, Sunday 5 April, Sunday 3 May), 11am
Free
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Accessible Events
Sensory Tour Kit
4 March - 31 May 2026
Explore MK Gallery’s current exhibition, Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye, with our self-led Sensory Tour Kit designed by students from St Paul’s Catholic School VI (Vision Impairment) Department and artist Collar & Cuffs. The tour kit is designed specifically with visitors with access needs, children and families in mind, but is available for all to use and enjoy!
Free
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Events
Afternoon Tea
8 March - 20 May 2026
Treat yourself or your loved ones to a handcrafted afternoon tea at MK Gallery Café. Enjoy classic finger sandwiches, warm scones with clotted cream, and delicate pastries, all served alongside a warming loose leaf tea.
Please note: cinema tickets to screenings of the Royal Ballet & Opera and Exhibition on Screen must be booked separately
Pricing
Traditional Afternoon Tea @ £24.95 per person
Sparkling Afternoon Tea @ £29.95 per person (with a glass of prosecco)
Afternoon Teas
Valentine’s Day | Saturday 14 February, 1pm
Royal Ballet & Opera: Woolf Works | Sunday 15 February, 1pm
Royal Ballet & Opera: Giselle | Sunday 8 March, 1pm
Exhibition on Screen: Turner and Constable | Wednesday 11 March, 1pm
Mother’s Day | Sunday 15 March, 11:30am
Royal Ballet & Opera: Siegfried | Sunday 5 April, 1pm
Royal Ballet & Opera: The Magic Flute | Sunday 26 April, 1pm
Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo | Wednesday 20 May, 1pm
From £24.95 - £29.95
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Cinema
Wuthering Heights (15)
13 - 18 March 2026
Dir. Emerald Fennell (2026)
Runtime: 136 mins
A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi) and Catherine Earnshaw (Margot Robbie).
Screenings
Friday 13 March, 10.30am (Milk & Baby)
Friday 13 March, 6.50pm
Sunday 15 March, 2.50pm
Tuesday 17 March, 1.20pm
Wednesday 18 March, 10.30am (Silver Screenings)
From Free - £9
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Cinema
The President’s Cake (12A)
13 - 17 March 2026
Dir. Hasan Hadi (2026)
Runtime: 105 mins
In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake Saddam Hussein’s birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.
Screenings
Friday 13 March, 1.40pm
Saturday 14 March, 12.50pm
Sunday 15 March, 12.30pm
Tuesday 17 March, 10.30am (Silver Screenings)
Tuesday 17 March, 4.10pm
From Free - £9
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Cinema
One Battle After Another (15) [Re-Release]
17 - 18 March 2026
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (2025)
Runtime: 162 mins
Oscar nominations 2026: Best Director
When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunites to rescue one of their own’s daughter.
Screenings
Tuesday 17 March, 6.30pm
Wednesday 18 March, 2.00pm
From Free - £9
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Accessible Events
Audio Described Tour | Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye
18 March - 21 April 2026
Wednesday 18 March & Tuesday 21 April | 11am
This event is designed for those who are blind or partially sighted, and their companions.
Join our specialist tour guides to explore Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye. With in-depth descriptions and hand-held touch elements, they will guide visitors through a unique selection of key artworks in the exhibition.
From Free - £14.50
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Cinema
Frankenstein (15) [Re-Release]
20 March 2026
Dir. Guillermo del Toro (2025)
Runtime: 149 mins
Oscar nominations 2026: Best Director
A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
Screening
Friday 20 March, 6.30pm
From Free - £9
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Cinema
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (15)
20 - 26 March 2026
Dir. Mary Bronstein (2026)
Runtime: 113 mins
With her life crashing down around her, Linda (Rose Byrne) attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist (Conan O’Brien). Sharply funny and deeply resonant, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is an electrifying drama from filmmaker Mary Bronstein, anchored by a mesmerising performance from Rose Byrne.
Screenings
Friday 20 March, 10.30am (Milk & Baby)
Saturday 21 March, 12.50pm
Thursday 26 March, 10.30am (Silver Screenings)
From Free - £9
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Accessible Events
The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (PG)
20 - 22 March 2026
Dir. Peter Browngardt (2026)
Runtime: 91 mins
Porky Pig and Daffy Duck become Earth’s only hope when their antics at the local bubble-gum factory uncover a secret alien mind-control plot. Faced with cosmic odds, they must save their town and the world while not driving each other totally looney.
Screenings
Friday 20 March, 4.30pm
Saturday 21 March, 10.30am
Sunday 22 March, 11.00am (Relaxed Viewing)
From Free - £9
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Cinema
The Secret Agent (15)
20 March - 1 April 2026
Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho (2026)
Runtime: 161 mins
Oscar nominations 2026: Best International Feature
A university professor travels from São Paulo to the seaside city of Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. He soon finds out he’s been tailed and spied on by neighbors in his new refuge, leaving him no possible escape from the tentacles of corruption.
Screenings
Friday 20 March, 1.20pm
Saturday 21 March, 3.10pm
Sunday 22 March, 2.00pm
Wednesday 25 March, 10.30am (Silver Screenings)
Thursday 26 March, 2.00pm
Saturday 28 March, 6.20pm
Wednesday 1 April, 2.00pm
From Free - £9
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Cinema
Othello (PG)
21 - 25 March 2026
Dir. Tom Morris (2026)
Runtime: 165 mins
Shakespeare’s Othello rages to life like never before in a new production starring David Harewood, Toby Jones, Caitlin FitzGerald, Vinette Robinson and Luke Treadaway. Directed by Tony Award-winner Tom Morris with music by PJ Harvey, this epic story of manipulation, jealousy and toxic masculinity explores the darker side of power, rage and desire. Filmed live at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London especially for the big screen.
Screenings
Saturday 21 March, 6.20pm
Wednesday 25 March, 2.00pm
From Free - £19
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Cinema
The Spin (15)
27 - 31 March 2026
Dir. Michael Head (2026)
Runtime: 92 mins
A struggling record store owner travels down south to Cork with his best friend in a bid to save his shop from closure.
Screenings
Friday 27 March, 5.00pm
Sunday 29 March, 3.30pm
Tuesday 31 March, 10.30am
Tuesday 31 March, 7.30pm
From Free - £9
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Accessible Events
Little Amelie (PG)
27 - 29 March 2026
Dir. Liane Cho Han, Mailys Vallade
Runtime: 77 mins
Oscar nominations 2026: Best Animated Feature
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family’s housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family’s idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan.
Screenings
Friday 27 March, 10.30am (Milk & Baby)
Saturday 28 March, 10.30am
Sunday 29 March, 10.30am (Relaxed Viewing)
From Free - £9
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Cinema
Sirat (15)
27 March - 1 April 2026
Dir. Oliver Laxe (2026)
Runtime: 115 mins
Oscar nominations 2026: Best International Feature
A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.
Screenings
Friday 27 March, 2.00pm
Friday 27 March, 7.00pm
Saturday 28 March, 3.50pm
Sunday 29 March, 1.00pm
Tuesday 31 March, 2.00pm
Wednesday 1 April, 10.30am (Silver Screenings)
From Free - £9
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Accessible Events
Toddle Exhibition Tour | Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye
28 March - 23 May 2026
Saturday 28 March & Saturday 23 May | 10am
Join one of our award-winning Toddle Tours and explore Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye.
Artist Julia Collar will take you and your little ones on an exciting sensory filled journey, with different elements of touch, sound, movement and play. For children aged 0-5yrs and their families.
£7
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Accessible Events
SEND Exhibition Tour | Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye
28 March - 23 May 2026
Saturday 28 March & Saturday 23 May | 11am
Join one of our award-winning Sensory Tours and explore Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye.
Artist Julia Collar will take you on an exciting sensory filled journey, with different elements of touch, sound, movement and play.
£7
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Cinema
Man On The Run (15)
28 - 31 March 2026
Dir. Morgan Neville (2026)
Runtime: 115 mins
What happens when you wake up the morning after leaving the most important rock band of all time? In April 1970, Paul released his first solo album, McCartney. When asked what he’d do next, he said his only plan was to grow up. Man on the Run, from Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning director Morgan Neville, captures Paul’s transformative decade in the wake of The Beatles’ break-up and the rise of his new band Wings.
Screenings
Saturday 28 March, 1.20pm
Tuesday 31 March, 5.00pm
From Free - £9
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Events
Felt N Froth: Bunny Brooch AirTag Workshop
3 April 2026
Looking for a creative Easter holiday activity?
Join us for a fun, creative and confidence-building Easter workshop with a funky new brooch to take away. It’s a hands-on needle felting workshop for children, where creativity and safety go hand in hand! Children will learn the art of needle felting, creating their own woolly bunny brooches with a hidden GPS tracker inside, all whilst being gently guided through important safety skills.
Taking place
Friday 3 April, 10.30am – 12.30pm
£25
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Cinema
Royal Ballet & Opera: Siegfried
5 April 2026
Dir. Barrie Kosky
330 mins
Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber…
Screening
Sunday 5 April, 2pm
From Free - £19
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Cinema
The Tasters (15)
10 - 15 April 2026
Dir. Silvio Soldini, 2026
Runtime: 123 mins
Based on the award-winning, bestselling book ‘At the Wolf’s Table’ by Rosella Postorino, The Tasters reconstructs the true story of the women coerced into being food tasters for Adolf Hitler towards the end of World War II.
Screenings
Friday 10 April, 4.50pm
Saturday 11 April, 1.40pm
Tuesday 14 April, 10.30am (Silver Screenings)
Tuesday 14 April, 7.00pm
Wednesday 15 April, 2.00pm
From Free - £9
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Cinema
Resurrection (15)
10 - 11 April 2026
Dir. Bi Gan, 2026
Runtime: 156 mins
In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Lee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), Resurrection conjures vast and ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey through our deepest and most human desires.
Screenings
Friday 10 April, 1.40pm
Saturday 11 April, 6.30pm
From Free - £9
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Cinema
The Love That Remains (15)
10 - 15 April 2026
Dir. Hlynur Palmason, 2026
Runtime: 109 mins
A year in the life of a family as parents navigate their separation. Through playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet nature of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons.
Screenings
Friday 10 April, 7.20pm
Saturday 11 April, 4.10pm
Sunday 12 April, 12.40pm
Tuesday 14 April, 2.00pm
Wednesday 15 April, 10.30am (Silver Screenings)
From Free - £9
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Cinema
Amelie (25th Anniversary Re-Release) (15)
12 - 14 April 2026
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2026
Runtime: 122 mins
23-year-old Amélie is lonely. After an isolating childhood, she moves to Paris and becomes a waitress at the Cafés des Deux Moulins, a bar restaurant filled with a colourful cast of diners and employees. One night, Amélie happens across a box of treasures hidden in her apartment, left by a little boy in the Fifties, that changes the course of her life. Henceforth, she dedicates herself to giving back to her community, tracking down the owner of these keepsakes, consoling a widowed neighbour and befriending a reclusive artist. When completing these good deeds, she crosses paths with Nino, a photobooth collagist who shares her oddball sensibilities. She quickly falls in love with him.
Screenings
Sunday 12 April, 3.00pm
Tuesday 14 April, 4.30pm
From Free - £9
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Accessible Events
BSL Artist-Led Tour | Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye
18 April 2026
Saturday 18 April | 11am
Join Deaf artist, choreographer and BSL tour guide Chisato Minamimura for an in-depth exploration of our exhibition Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye.
This event will be delivered in British Sign Language (BSL), and is only suitable for D/deaf visitors and users of BSL.
From Free - £14.50
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Cinema
NT Live: All My Sons
18 - 22 April 2026
Dir. Ivo Van Hove, 2026
Runtime: 180 mins
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge).
Showings
Saturday 18 April, 7.00pm
Wednesday 22 April, 2.00pm
From Free - £19
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Cinema
Royal Ballet & Opera: The Magic Flute
26 April 2026
Dir. David McVicar, 2026
210 mins
Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter’s rescue. But when Tamino and his friendly sidekick, Papageno, embark on their adventure, they soon learn that when it comes to the quest for love, nothing is as it really seems. Guided by a magic flute, they encounter monsters, villains, and a mysterious brotherhood of men – but help, it turns out, comes when you least expect it.
Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production. A star cast including Julia Bullock as Pamina, Amitai Pati as Tamino, Huw Montague Rendall as Papageno, Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, and Soloman Howard as Sarastro, led by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut.
Screening
Sunday 26 April, 2pm
From Free - £19
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Accessible Events
Tactile Art Workshop | Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye
6 May 2026
Wednesday 6th May | 10:30am-12:45pm
Join artist Robin Clements for a hands-on creative workshop designed specifically for those who are blind or partially sighted, and their companions. Explore the exhibition Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye and create your own works inspired by our galleries.
£7
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Cinema
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
13 May 2026
Dir. Frank Pavich (2013)
Runtime: 90 mins
All Flows 2026 presents: Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
Selected by illustrator Murugiah, Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013) is a documentary telling the fascinating story of the Chilean auteur’s attempt to adapt and film Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic in the mid 70s. Featuring a mind-blowing line up of collaborators including HR Giger, Salvador Dali, Mick Jagger, Udo Kier, Pink Floyd & Magma, this ambitious project is considered ‘one of the greatest films never made’. Prior to the screening, Murugiah will be in conversation with David Sheldon-Hicks, whose studio Territory are responsible for VFX on the current Dune films.
Showing
Wednesday, 13 May, 7pm
£5
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Cinema
Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo
19 - 20 May 2026
Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon. She is arguably the world’s favourite female artist – beloved by young and old. Exhibition on Screen’s award-winning film – first released during covid to a restricted audience – is back by popular demand with an exciting new addition from the blockbuster transatlantic exhibition from Tate Britain and MFA Houston ‘Frida Kahlo: the Making of an Icon’. Back in the cinemas in May 2026, one month before the Tate exhibition opens, allowing audiences to watch both the film and see the show.
Screening
Tuesday 19 May, 7pm
Wednesday 20 May, 2pm
From Free - £19
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Cinema
NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World
30 May - 3 June 2026
Dir. Caitríona McLaughlin, 2026
Runtime: 15o mins
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.
Showings
Saturday 30 May, 7.00pm
Wednesday 3 June, 2.00pm
From Free - £19
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Exhibitions
Jacques Henri Lartigue: Life in Colour
20 June - 4 October 2026
This is the first UK public exhibition of Lartigue’s work for over 10 years. It focuses on an exceptional and little-known aspect of his work: until recently, the majority of his colour photographs had never been seen. The exhibition features more than 150 items including early stereoscopic images producing three-dimensional effects, vintage prints, unique works on paper, archival documents, lightboxes and projections. It also showcases Lartigue’s career from drawings made as a child in the 1900s to the fashion world of the 1960s and late abstractions of the 1980s.
Exhibition organized in collaboration with the Association des Amis de Jacques Henri Lartigue, Ministère de la Culture, France and diChroma photography.
From Free - £15.95
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Cinema
NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
27 June - 1 July 2026
Dir. Marianne Elliott, 2026
Runtime: 150 mins
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ classic novel from 1782, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
Showings
Saturday 27 June, 7.00pm
Wednesday 1 July, 2.00pm
From Free - £19
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Exhibitions
L.S. Lowry: The Battle of Life
24 October 2026 - 28 February 2027
This significant solo exhibition of the work of Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887 – 1976) marks the 50th anniversary of the painter’s death, and 16 years since his last significant institutional temporary exhibition Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life at Tate Britain. Lowry was a British painter, best known for his industrial landscapes of northwest of England.
An extremely popular artist in Britain whose work outside the iconic industrial scenes remains little known. This exhibition aims to provide an overview of all his themes and subjects, from landscapes and seascapes to portraits and surreal imaginings. Lowry’s career ran alongside huge changes in British society which saw the workers, mills, terraced housing and urban landscapes he painted bombed, cleared and replaced. All these themes will be explored within the show.
