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Current

Exhibitions

Young Minds Creative Arts

3 February - 31 March 2024

Project Space

This project was set up by residents of the YMCA Milton Keynes to help express themselves through Art. Throughout this project, their young people have been given the creative freedom to create any art piece that they desire.

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Exhibitions

Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World

17 February - 2 June 2024

American photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013), one of the most important practitioners of the post-war period and a pioneer of colour photography, celebrated for his evocative images of New York City in the 1950s and 1960s, will be the subject of a major survey at MK Gallery opening 17 February 2024.

From £5.75 - £11.50

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Cinema

Kung Fu Panda 4 (PG)

29 March - 28 April 2024

After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.

£5

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Cinema

Milk & Baby: Wicked Little Letters (15)

29 March 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.

£5

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Cinema

The Favourite (15)

29 March 2024

To celebrate the Sky Room’s 5th Birthday, we are screening The Favourite, which was the first film we ever showed.

In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.

£5

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Accessible Events

Relaxed Screening: Kung Fu Panda 4 (PG)

29 March - 21 April 2024

These screenings have sensory-friendly adjustments which aim to reduce over-stimulation and create a relaxed and welcoming environment. Tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the cinema and visitors are free to move around the space as needed. No trailers are shown and the hand dryers in the Sky Room toilets are switched off. Sensory Scout Kits, inclusive of ear defenders, will be available upon arrival.

£5

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Upcoming

Cinema

Anatomy of a Fall (15)

8 December 2023 - 16 April 2024

In this Palme d’Or-winning psychological thriller, a celebrated writer is put on trial when her husband falls to his death. What starts as a murder investigation soon becomes a gripping journey into the depths of a destructive marriage.

From £7 - £9

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Workshops

Drawing from Life Club: Portrait Drawing

16 January - 18 June 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 - 25 June 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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Exhibitions

Young Minds Creative Arts

3 February - 31 March 2024

Project Space

This project was set up by residents of the YMCA Milton Keynes to help express themselves through Art. Throughout this project, their young people have been given the creative freedom to create any art piece that they desire.

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Cinema

Poor Things (18)

9 February - 9 April 2024

The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter; a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter.

From £7 - £9

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Exhibitions

Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World

17 February - 2 June 2024

American photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013), one of the most important practitioners of the post-war period and a pioneer of colour photography, celebrated for his evocative images of New York City in the 1950s and 1960s, will be the subject of a major survey at MK Gallery opening 17 February 2024.

From £5.75 - £11.50

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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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Accessible Events

Relaxed Exhibition Viewing: Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World

25 February - 26 May 2024

Our Relaxed Exhibition Viewings are quiet hours tailored to support visitors with neurodivergence, inclusive of communication or sensory needs, autism and learning disabilities.

Sensory Scout Kits are available on entry to the Gallery with ear defenders and sensory aids included. The hand dryers in the toilets are switched off and tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the galleries.

From £5.75 - £11.50

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Learning

Art Club: Ages 5-8

27 February - 21 May 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

27 February - 21 May 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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Cinema

The Zone of Interest (12A)

1 March - 24 April 2024

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.

From £7 - £9

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Accessible Events

Audio-described Exhibition Tour: Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World

19 March - 21 May 2024

Experience in-depth visual descriptions, alongside hand-held and touch elements of key works from our current exhibition Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World. These two events will be led by trained audio-described tour guides Robin Clements (19 March) and Julia Collar (21 May), and are suitable for those who are blind or partially sighted, and their companions.

From £5.75 - £11.50

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Cinema

Kung Fu Panda 4 (PG)

29 March - 28 April 2024

After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.

£5

Read more

Accessible Events

Relaxed Screening: Kung Fu Panda 4 (PG)

29 March - 21 April 2024

These screenings have sensory-friendly adjustments which aim to reduce over-stimulation and create a relaxed and welcoming environment. Tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the cinema and visitors are free to move around the space as needed. No trailers are shown and the hand dryers in the Sky Room toilets are switched off. Sensory Scout Kits, inclusive of ear defenders, will be available upon arrival.

£5

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Cinema

Wicked Little Letters (15)

30 March - 3 April 2024

When people in Littlehampton – including conservative local Edith – begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town’s women investigate.

£5

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Accessible Events

BSL-interpreted Exhibition Tour: Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World

30 March 2024

Join volunteer tour guide Deb Malton and explore our latest exhibition Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World.

This tour will be delivered in spoken English and interpreted in British Sign Language (BSL) by an accredited interpreter. It is particularly suited to D/deaf visitors, those learning BSL, and visitors attending in a mixed group of Hearing and D/deaf.

From £5.75 - £11.50

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Cinema

ROH: Madama Butterfly

31 March 2024

Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer.

From £12 - £19

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Cinema

Dune: Part Two (12A)

5 - 11 April 2024

Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.

From £7 - £9

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Cinema

High & Low – John Galliano (15)

5 - 10 April 2024

Examines the rapid ascent, fall from grace, and journey forward for controversial fashion designer John Galliano.

From £7 - £9

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Cinema

Milk & Baby: Kung Fu Panda 4 (PG)

5 April 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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Exhibitions

Inclusive Practice in the Arts

6 April - 1 June 2024

Project Space

Showcasing work from MK Gallery’s multi-award-winning Inclusive Practice in the Arts (IPA) programme, the Project Space will be brought to life with some of its most exciting projects and partnerships to date.

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Accessible Events

Toddle Exhibition Tour: Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World

6 April - 11 May 2024

A fun-filled sensory experience for you and your little ones! Our exhibition, Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World, will be brought to life by our sensory tour guide Julia Collar, who will ignite the galleries with music, story-telling, object handling and play. Not to be missed!

From Free - £5

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Accessible Events

SEND Exhibition Tour: Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World

6 April - 11 May 2024

Take a journey on our award-winning sensory tours and experience Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World through the multisensory magic of Artist Julia Collar! A unique and playful sensory exploration designed especially for individuals of all ages with additional and complex support needs, and their families. Makaton signing used throughout.

From Free - £5

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Cinema

Drive-Away Dolls (15)

12 - 17 April 2024

Jamie regrets her breakup with her girlfriend, while Marian needs to relax. In search of a fresh start, they embark on an unexpected road trip to Tallahassee. Things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals.

From £7 - £9

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Cinema

Driving Mum (12A)

12 - 16 April 2024

The death of Jon’s mother forces him to take on a journey with her corpse in the backseat to fulfill her last wish. Bresnef the dog comes along and this trip will be the gamechanger Jon never dreamt of.

From £6 - £9

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Cinema

Milk & Baby: Luca (U)

12 April 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

Luca (U)

13 - 14 April 2024

On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human.

From £7 - £9

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Cinema

Red Island (12A)

13 - 17 April 2024

Thomas lives in a military base on colony of Madagascar. His parents and their circle, gradually becomes aware of politics both territorial and sexual while finding an outlet for his imagination in the exploits of crimebuster Fantômette.

From £7 - £10

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Cinema

ROH: Macmillan Celebrated

14 April 2024

The Royal Ballet celebrates the breadth of Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s one-act ballets.

From £12 - £19

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Cinema

Milk & Baby: The New Boy (12A)

19 April 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

Monster (12A)

19 - 23 April 2024

A mother demands answers from her son’s teacher when her son begins acting strangely.

From £7 - £9

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Cinema

The Delinquents (12A)

19 - 23 April 2024

Bank employee Morán schemes to steal enough money to never work again, then confess and serve prison time while his colleague hides the cash. Soon under investigative pressure, accomplice Román meets a woman who transforms him forever.

From £7 - £9

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Cinema

The New Boy (12A)

20 - 23 April 2024

A nine-year-old Aboriginal Australian orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.

From £7 - £10

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Cinema

Milk & Baby: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (U)

26 April 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

NT Live: Nye

26 April 2024

From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the NHS, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan is often referred to as the politician with greatest influence on our country without ever being Prime Minister.

From £12 - £19

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Cinema

The Origin of Evil (15)

26 April - 1 May 2024

A woman on the verge of financial collapse attempts to impersonate her imprisoned lover and con her wealthy, estranged father and his new family.

From £7 - £9

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Cinema

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (U)

27 April - 1 May 2024

Ryuichi Sakamoto’s last performance, a concert film featuring just him and his piano playing for the last time before passing away.

From £7 - £9

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Cinema

MK Horror Club Presents: The Shining (15)

27 April 2024

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.

From £7 - £9

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Cinema

ROH: Swan Lake

28 April 2024

Classical ballet’s most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness returns to the Royal Opera House stage.

From £12 - £19

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Events

MK Gallery Late

3 May 2024

Dive into the world of Saul Leiter at our after-hours exhibition viewing. Plus enjoy a drink from our bar and grab a souvenir from our shop – the perfect way to spend your evening!

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Cinema

ROH: Carmen

5 May 2024

Damiano Michieletto’s sizzling new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet’s score, which features Carmen’s sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador song. Antonello Manacorda and Emmanuelle Villaume conduct an exciting international cast, with Aigul Akhmetshina and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya sharing the title role.

From £12 - £19

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Workshops

Long Story Short: Creative Writing and Image-Making Workshop

11 May 2024

Long Story Short is a creative writing and image-making workshop for all. Participants will have the opportunity to build a personal body of writing, and then visually respond to this, through a guided writing activity and independent art-making time. Participants are welcome to bring their own writing and art materials if they wish, however, there will also be plenty of materials provided.

£28

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Accessible Events

BSL Artist-led Exhibition Tour: Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World

18 May 2024

Join Deaf artist and tour guide Chisato Minamimura for an in-depth exploration of MK Gallery’s current exhibition, Saul Leiter: An Unfinished World.

From £5.75 - £11.50

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Cinema

ROH: The Winter’s Tale

26 May 2024

Shakespeare’s profound story of love and loss, artfully adapted into a contemporary three-act narrative ballet by Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon, celebrates its tenth anniversary.

From £12 - £19

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Cinema

ROH: Message in a Bottle

2 June 2024

The iconic songs of Sting. The electrifying choreography of Kate Prince. This is a tale of hope.

From £12 - £19

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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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Cinema

ROH: Andrea Chenier

16 June 2024

Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar’s spectacular staging of Giordano’s epic historical drama, conducted by long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano.

From £12 - £19

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