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Festive Fun

Jack and the Beanstalk Trail
A child wearing a white and black striped top, sitting down and writing with pencil and paper.

Children and Young People's Activities

Jack and the Beanstalk Trail

04 Dec 2024 – 04 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Tinsel

Theatre and Performance

Tinsel

Wrongsemble presents Tinsel

04 – 07 Dec 2024

3+

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Arts Centre Washington

Christmas Cabaret Drink and Draw
Limited Availability

Adult Workshops and Activities

Christmas Cabaret Drink and Draw

06 Dec 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

Sunderland Teenage Market – Festive Fun
Free
A tree with lots of coloured fabric pieces in its branches.

Children and Young People's Activities

Sunderland Teenage Market – Festive Fun

07 Dec 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Eco Craft Christmas
Free
A child wearing a dark green and white striped top, holding a pair of scissors.

Children and Young People's Activities

Eco Craft Christmas

This event is brought to you by Sunderland Culture in partnership with the Low Carbon Team at Sunderland City Council.

07 Dec 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

The Holiday

Films

The Holiday

Part of Wednesday Matinees

11 Dec 2024

12+

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Arts Centre Washington

Christmas Cabaret

Music

Christmas Cabaret

13 Dec 2024
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Mixtape Xmas
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Theatre and Performance

Mixtape Xmas

The Six Twenty presents Mixtape Xmas

19 Dec 2024

14+

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Arts Centre Washington

The Muppets Christmas Carol + Make Your Own Muppet
A man stands with puppets all in Victorian dress

Films

The Muppets Christmas Carol + Make Your Own Muppet

Part of Film and Fun

21 Dec 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

Children & Young People’s Activities

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Teenage Craft Club
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Teenage Craft Club

Tuesdays (Fortnightly), 6pm-7:30pm

11-19

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Arts Centre Washington

Jack and the Beanstalk Trail
A child wearing a white and black striped top, sitting down and writing with pencil and paper.

Children and Young People's Activities

Jack and the Beanstalk Trail

04 Dec 2024 – 04 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Winter Warmer Wednesdays: Pine-Cone Bird Feeders
Free
Two children using scissors to cut a piece of paper. One has dark short hair and the other has pal ginger hair tied in a pony tail.

Children and Young People's Activities

Winter Warmer Wednesdays: Pine-Cone Bird Feeders

04 Dec 2024 – 12 Feb 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Celebrate Different Collective
Free
A group of six stand round a table. They are looking at pieces of paper in front of them.

Children and Young People's Activities

Celebrate Different Collective

04 Dec 2024 – 26 Mar 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Washington Young Film Makers Collective
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Young Film Makers Collective

Thursdays, 6pm-8pm

11-19

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Arts Centre Washington

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Saturdays, 10am-12pm

8-12

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Arts Centre Washington

Exhibitions

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Washington Open Exhibition 2024: Spotlight
Free

Exhibitions

Washington Open Exhibition 2024: Spotlight

04 – 21 Dec 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time
Free
A photograph by Ian MacDonald. The black and white photograph shows a group of people gathered around a canteen table with wide windows stretching across the wall to their left.

Exhibitions

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time

04 Dec 2024 – 04 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection
Free
A barrel of a cannon points from left to right. The whole cannon has been covered in a shiny pink cloth. A female, also dressed completely in pink, bends at a right angle and sticks her head into the cannon. The cannon and the female are standing on very dry grass.

Exhibitions

The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection

04 Dec 2024 – 02 Mar 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Harry Griffin: My name is Harry, these are my pictures and they are nice
Free
The comedian Joe Lycett stands in front of a theatre dressing room mirror. There are lights around the mirror. He is reflected reading a prompt card. He is using is mobile phone. Tour manager and photogrtapger Harry Griffin sits at the back of the room taking a photograph of Joe. Coats and clothing are hung up at the back of the room

Exhibitions

Harry Griffin: My name is Harry, these are my pictures and they are nice

Showing in Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Space & Pop Recs Ltd.

04 Dec 2024 – 02 Mar 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Revisualising Women’s work
Free
A black and white image of staff standing in front of piles of wooden crates. They are wearing scarves over their heads and protective coats.

Exhibitions

Revisualising Women’s work

04 Dec 2024 – 04 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Veterans into Clay Sunderland
Free
A red brown ceramic pot. The lid, which is the same colour, is being lifted off by a white hand

Exhibitions

Veterans into Clay Sunderland

Showing in National Glass Centre Learning Gallery

04 Dec 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
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National Glass Centre

Adult workshops & Activities

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Morning Watercolours
A hand holds a brush into blue watercolour paint in a white painting tray that has a variety of other colours in it.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Morning Watercolours

Wednesdays, 9:30am-12:30pm
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Arts Centre Washington

The B#'s Community Choir

Adult Workshops and Activities

The B#'s Community Choir

Wednesdays, 10am-11:30am
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Arts Centre Washington

Make your own Christmas Bauble
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A red mottled glass Christmas bauble hangs on a tree, attached with a red ribbon. The tree has small white globe shaped lights on every branch.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Make your own Christmas Bauble

04 – 22 Dec 2024

Age 12+

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National Glass Centre

Creative Age
Free
A person with long waved hair and a black top adds coloured strips of fabric to hessian.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Creative Age

04 Dec 2024 – 19 Feb 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Afternoon Watercolours
A hand holds a brush into blue watercolour paint in a white painting tray that has a variety of other colours in it.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Afternoon Watercolours

Wednesdays, 1:30pm-3:30pm
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Arts Centre Washington

Mind on the Music
Free

Adult Workshops and Activities

Mind on the Music

Register your interest

Thursdays (Fortnightly), 1pm-3pm

30+

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Theatre & Performance

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Tinsel

Theatre and Performance

Tinsel

Wrongsemble presents Tinsel

04 – 07 Dec 2024

3+

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Arts Centre Washington

Washington Youth Theatre present Blood Wedding
Limited Availability
A composite image of members of Washington Youth Theatre playing characters from Blood Wedding and a back ground of flowers

Theatre and Performance

Washington Youth Theatre present Blood Wedding

Presented by Washington Youth Theatre.

11 Dec 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

A Christmas Carol
Sold Out

Theatre and Performance

A Christmas Carol

Dyad Productions presents A Christmas Carol

12 Dec 2024

10+

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Mixtape Xmas
Sold Out

Theatre and Performance

Mixtape Xmas

The Six Twenty presents Mixtape Xmas

19 Dec 2024

14+

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Arts Centre Washington

Hansel & Gretel

Theatre and Performance

Hansel & Gretel

10 – 25 Jan 2025

Suitable for all ages

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The Dreamtime Fellrunner
A woman dressed in running clothes gestures upwards

Theatre and Performance

The Dreamtime Fellrunner

13 Feb 2025

Suitable for ages 14+

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Film

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The Holiday

Films

The Holiday

Part of Wednesday Matinees

11 Dec 2024

12+

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Arts Centre Washington

The Muppets Christmas Carol + Make Your Own Muppet
A man stands with puppets all in Victorian dress

Films

The Muppets Christmas Carol + Make Your Own Muppet

Part of Film and Fun

21 Dec 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

Heritage Reels: North East Comedy
Bobby Thompson a comedian from the 1960/70s wearing a flat cap, scruffy jumper, stood next to a microphone pulling a funny face

Films

Heritage Reels: North East Comedy

15 Jan 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Music

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First Friday Folk
Free

Music

First Friday Folk

First Friday of the month, 1pm-4pm
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Christmas Cabaret

Music

Christmas Cabaret

13 Dec 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

Special Events

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