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Current
Exhibitions
Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
19 October 2024 - 23 February 2025
Vanessa Bell (1879–1961) was a pioneering modernist painter and founding member of the Bloomsbury Group, a circle of influential English artists, writers and intellectuals in the first half of the twentieth century. This exhibition – her largest-ever solo show – provides an in-depth overview that includes drawings, paintings, ceramics and furniture.
From Free - £11.50
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Exhibitions
Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
19 October 2024 - 23 February 2025
Vanessa Bell (1879–1961) was a pioneering modernist painter and founding member of the Bloomsbury Group, a circle of influential English artists, writers and intellectuals in the first half of the twentieth century. This exhibition – her largest-ever solo show – provides an in-depth overview that includes drawings, paintings, ceramics and furniture.
From Free - £11.50
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Form and Colour: Sip n Paint
25 October 2024 - 31 January 2025
Inspired by our Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour exhibition, join us for a fun, creative watercolour 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.
£20
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Relaxed Viewings: Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
27 October 2024 - 23 February 2025
These are quiet hours 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.
From Free - £11.50
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Toddle Tour: Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
30 November 2024 - 1 February 2025
Experience MK Gallery in a completely fun and child-friendly way!
Join artist and performer Julia Collar and explore the exciting sensory qualities of our exhibition Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour. Artworks will be brought to life for your little ones with music, story-telling, object handling, dress up and play!
£5
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SEND Tour: Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
30 November 2024 - 1 February 2025
Join one of our award-winning Sensory Tours, and experience a unique sensory exploration of the exhibition Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour.
This event is designed specifically for people of all ages with additional and complex needs – including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and profound and multiple learning disabilities (PLMD), and their families. Makaton is used throughout.
£5
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Moana 2 (PG)
27 December 2024 - 20 February 2025
Saturday 01 February, 10.30am
Sunday 02 February, 10.30am
Saturday 15 February, 10.30am
Sunday 16 February, 10.30am
Tuesday 18 February, 10.30am
Wednesday 19 February, 10.30am
Thursday 20 February, 10.30am
David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller, 100 mins
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.
From Free - £9
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Art Club: Ages 9-11 (January – April)
7 January - 8 April 2025
Our Tuesday art sessions for children are returning for the new year, aimed at nurturing a love of creativity.
This term, the focus will be on developing drawing and painting techniques, inspired by our exhibition, Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour, and upcoming Andy Warhol exhibition. The sessions will be led by Sarah Wright.
£8
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Art Club: Ages 5-8 (January – April)
7 January - 8 April 2025
Our Tuesday art sessions for children are returning for the new year, aimed at nurturing a love of creativity.
This term, the focus will be on developing drawing and painting techniques, inspired by our exhibition, Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour, and upcoming Andy Warhol exhibition. The sessions will be led by Sarah Wright.
£8
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Milk & Baby: Mufasa: The Lion King
17 January 2025
Friday 17 January, 10.30am
Barry Jenkins, 118 mins
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.
£10
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Mufasa: The Lion King (PG)
17 - 22 January 2025
Friday 17 January 2025, 2pm
Saturday 18 January 2025, 10.30am
Saturday 18 January 2025, 7pm
Tuesday 21 January 2025 , 10.30am
Wednesday 22 January 2025, 2pm
Barry Jenkins, 118 mins
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.
From Free - £9
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (12A)
17 - 22 January 2025
Friday 17 January 2025, 7pm
Saturday 18 January 2025, 2pm
Tuesday 21 January 2025, 2pm
Tuesday 21 January 2025, 7pm
Wednesday 22 January 2025, 10.30am
Rungano Nyoni, 95 mins
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
From Free - £9
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BSL Artist-led Tour: Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
18 January 2025
Join Deaf artist and tour guide Chisato Minamimura for an in-depth exploration of MK Gallery’s current exhibition, Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour. This tour will be in British Sign Language (BSL) only and is suitable for D/deaf visitors and users of BSL.
From Free - £11.50
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Relaxed: Mufasa: The Lion King
19 January 2025
Saturday 19 January 10.30am
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.
Relaxed
These events have sensory-friendly adjustments which aim to reduce over-stimulation and create a relaxed and welcoming environment.
From Free - £9
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Audio-described Tour: Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
21 January 2025
Experience in-depth visual descriptions, alongside hand-held and touch elements, of key works from Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour. This event is led by Inclusive Practice in the Arts Associate Artist Lisa Tilley. It is suitable for those who are blind or partially sighted.
From Free - £11.50
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Drawing from Life Club – Portrait
21 January - 17 July 2025
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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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (PG)
25 - 26 January 2025
Saturday 25 January 2025, 10.30am
Saturday 26 January 2025, 6pm
Sunday 26 January, 10.30am
Jeff Fowler, 110mins
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance.
From Free - £9
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How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
26 - 29 January 2025
Sunday 26 January 2025, 2pm
Tuesday 28 January 2025, 2pm
Tuesday 28 January 2025, 7pm
Wednesday 29 January 2025, 10.30am
Pat Boonnitipat, 125 mins
A man quits work to care for his dying grandmother, motivated by her fortune. He schemes to win her favour before she passes.
From Free - £9
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Drawing from Life Club – Life
28 January - 23 July 2025
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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Milk & Baby: Nickel Boys
31 January 2025
Friday 31st January, 10.30am
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
From £6 - £7
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Nickel Boys
31 January - 6 February 2025
Friday 31 January 2025, 7pm
Saturday 01 February 2025, 2pm
Tuesday 04 February 2025, 2pm
Wednesday 05 February 2025, 10.30am
RaMell Ross, 140 mins
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
From Free - £9
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31 January - 4 February 2025
Fri 31 January 2025 14:00pm
Sat 01 February 2025 19:00pm
Tue 04 February 2025 10.30am
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
From Free - £9
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Les Misérables: The Staged Concert Live (40th Anniversary)
2 February 2025
2pm
To mark the 40th anniversary of the world’s most popular musical, a unique opportunity to experience the spectacular staged concert version on the big screen featuring an all-star cast including Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Matt Lucas and John Owen Jones.
From Free - £19
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We Live in Time (15)
7 - 12 February 2025
Friday 07 February, 2pm
Saturday 08 February, 7pm
Tuesday 11 February, 10.30am
Wednesday 12 February, 10.30am
John Crowley, 108 mins
An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
From Free - £9
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Maria (15)
7 - 11 February 2025
Friday 07 February, 7pm
Saturday 08 February, 10.30am
Sunday 09 February, 2pm
Monday 10 February, 2pm
Pablo Larraín, 124 minutes
Set in 1970s Paris, Maria chronicles the final days of Maria Callas, the world’s greatest opera singer. As she reflects on her life and legacy, she grapples with her identity and the personal sacrifices behind her fame
From Free - £9
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Babygirl
8 - 12 February 2025
Saturday 08 February 2025, 2pm
Sunday 09 February 2025, 10.30am
Tuesday 11 February 2025, 7pm
Wednesday 12 February, 2pm
Halina Raijn, 115 mins
A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much-younger intern.
From Free - £9
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A Real Pain (15)
14 - 20 February 2025
Friday 14 February 2025, 7pm
Saturday 15 February 2025, 2pm
Thursday 20 February 2025, 2pm
Jesse Eisenberg, 90 mins
Mismatched cousins reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
From Free - £9
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Milk & Baby: A Real Pain
14 February 2025
Friday 14 February, 10:30am
Mismatched cousins reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
From £6 - £7
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The Girl with the Needle (15)
14 - 19 February 2025
Friday 14 February, 2pm
Sunday 16 February, 2pm
Tuesday 18 February, 7pm
Wednesday 19 February, 2pm
Magnus von Horn, 115 mins
Copenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong connection grows but her world shatters when she stumbles on the shocking truth behind her work.
From Free - £9
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Here (12A)
15 - 18 February 2025
Saturday 15 February, 7pm
Tuesday 18 February, 2pm
Robert Zemeckis, 104 minutes
Told much in the style of the acclaimed graphic novel by Richard McGuire, this is a generational story about families and the special place they inhabit, sharing in love, loss, laughter, and love.
From Free - £9
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Milk & Baby: A Complete Unknown
21 February 2025
Friday 21 February 10:30am
At the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, a young Bob Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation – defining one of the most transformative moments in 20th century music.
From £6 - £7
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A Complete Unknown
22 - 25 February 2025
Saturday 22 February 2025, 10.30am
Sunday 23 February 2025, 2.30pm
Tuesday 25 February 2025, 7pm
James Mangold, 141 mins
At the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, a young Bob Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation – defining one of the most transformative moments in 20th century music.
From Free - £9
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Vermiglio
22 - 26 February 2025
Saturday 22 February, 2pm
Wednesday 26 February, 10.30am
Maura Delpero, 119 mins
1944. In Vermiglio, a mountain village where the war is a distant but omnipresent horizon, the arrival of Pietro, a soldier escaping the war, disrupts the dynamics of the local schoolmaster’s large family, changing them forever. The love between Pietro and Lucia, the eldest daughter, leads to their marriage and an unexpected destiny.
From Free - £9
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RB&O: Swan Lake
2 March 2025
2pm
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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Andy Warhol: Portrait of America
15 March - 29 June 2025
In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, MK Gallery is delighted to present Andy Warhol: Portrait of America, an ARTIST ROOMS Partnership Exhibition with Tate and National Galleries of Scotland, opening Saturday 15 March 2025.
From Free - £11.50
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Exhibition on Screen: Dawn of Impressionism: Paris, 1874
18 March 2025
7pm
The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history – millions flock every year to marvel at their masterpieces. But, to begin with, they were scorned, penniless outsiders. 1874 was the year that changed everything; the first Impressionists, “hungry for independence”, broke the mould by holding their own exhibition outside official channels.
From Free - £9
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Billy Elliot the Musical Live (20th Anniversary)
30 March 2025
2pm
Based on the Academy Award nominated film, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End in 2005. Set in a northern mining town, against the background of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, Billy’s journey takes him out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever.
From Free - £19
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Exhibition on Screen: Michelangelo: Love and Death
20 May 2025
7pm
The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? Michelangelo’s genius is evident in everything he
touched. Beautiful and diverse works such as the towering statue of David, the moving Pietà in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter and his tour-de-force, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, still leave us breathless today.
From Free - £9
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RB&O: Ballet to Broadway
25 May 2025
2pm
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.