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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

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

Christmas Cabaret

Music

Christmas Cabaret

13 Dec 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

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

Reindeer Alert Light
Two glass crafted into Christmas lights. The first light has a night time scene with blue dark sky and a sleigh, the second has a green Christmas tree and red and yellow baubles.

Children and Young People's Activities

Reindeer Alert Light

23 Dec 2024

4+

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National Glass Centre

Children & Young People’s Activities

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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

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

Mini Science Club
A group of children and adults gather round a large, red plastic bowl of water. In the bowl are a selection of toys to play with in the water.

Children and Young People's Activities

Mini Science Club

13 Dec 2024 – 14 Feb 2025

1 – 4

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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Right Track
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Right Track

Delivered by Loud and Clear in partnership with Sunderland Music Hub

Saturdays, 10:30am-12:30pm

12-21

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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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Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 13-18)

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 13-18)

Saturdays, 12:30pm-2:30pm

13-18

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Arts Centre Washington

Saturday Art Club

Children and Young People's Activities

Saturday Art Club

Saturdays, 1pm-3pm

8+

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Arts Centre Washington

Exhibitions

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Menagerie Exhibition Preview
Free
A crafted wild boar statue.

Exhibitions

Menagerie Exhibition Preview

12 Dec 2024
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National Glass Centre

Washington Open Exhibition 2024: Spotlight
Free

Exhibitions

Washington Open Exhibition 2024: Spotlight

13 – 21 Dec 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

Kate Henderson: Each Deep Breath
Free
Abstract monochrome images of sections of a face.

Exhibitions

Kate Henderson: Each Deep Breath

Showing on National Glass Centre Riverside entrance screen.

13 Dec 2024 – 12 Jan 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Re-imag(in)ing WORK: Photographs from the IPRN Changing Faces Collection
Free
An abstract forest scene with four pictured in green boiler suits. One man, situated to the left of the picture sits on the woodland floor looking up. The other three men push against a giant pine trunk. In the distance is a red coloured water slide and a pine lodge. The sky is extremely misty.

Exhibitions

Re-imag(in)ing WORK: Photographs from the IPRN Changing Faces Collection

Showing in Sunderland Creatives Gallery

13 Dec 2024 – 30 Mar 2025
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National Glass Centre

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

13 Dec 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
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National Glass Centre

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

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

Adult workshops & Activities

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Life Drawing in the Granary

Adult Workshops and Activities

Life Drawing in the Granary

12 Dec 2024

18+

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Arts Centre Washington

Oil Painting
A box of oil paint tubes with white lids.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Oil Painting

Fridays, 9:30am-11:30am
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Creative Age

Adult Workshops and Activities

Creative Age

Fridays, 1pm-3pm
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Flameworked Christmas Decorations
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Flameworked transparent glass Christmas decoration shimmers against a black background

Adult Workshops and Activities

Flameworked Christmas Decorations

14 – 15 Dec 2024

16+

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National Glass Centre

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

14 – 22 Dec 2024

Age 12+

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National Glass Centre

Copper Foil Hanging Decorations
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Copper Foil Hanging Decorations with yellow, green, and purple stained glass segments

Adult Workshops and Activities

Copper Foil Hanging Decorations

15 Dec 2024

16+

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National Glass Centre

Theatre & Performance

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A Christmas Carol
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Theatre and Performance

A Christmas Carol

Dyad Productions presents A Christmas Carol

12 Dec 2024

10+

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Arts Centre Washington

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

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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Lee Kyle: Bottle It
An image of a man aggresivly holding a bottle behind smashed glass

Theatre and Performance

Lee Kyle: Bottle It

28 Mar 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

That Knave, Raleigh
A man standing is wearing Elizabeathan costume

Theatre and Performance

That Knave, Raleigh

10 Apr 2025

Suitable for ages 11+

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Film

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Sunderland Film Club presents... Much Ado About Dying - Christmas Special
Free

Films

Sunderland Film Club presents... Much Ado About Dying - Christmas Special

Part of Sunderland Film Club

18 Dec 2024

15+

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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

Mr Drayton’s Music Docs - Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

Films

Mr Drayton’s Music Docs - Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

16 Jan 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Mr Drayton’s Music Docs - Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense

Films

Mr Drayton’s Music Docs - Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense

30 Jan 2025
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Music

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Christmas Cabaret

Music

Christmas Cabaret

13 Dec 2024
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Special Events

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