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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

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

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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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

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

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

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

A Walk in the Park Art Competition
Free
A pencil drawing of a white bird with a yellow beak and grey tips on its wings. It is standing on a green grass circle with blue sky and a yellow sun.

Children and Young People's Activities

A Walk in the Park Art Competition

14 Dec 2024 – 22 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

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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Washington Open Exhibition 2024: Spotlight
Free

Exhibitions

Washington Open Exhibition 2024: Spotlight

14 – 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

14 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

14 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.

14 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

14 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

14 Dec 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
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National Glass Centre

Adult workshops & Activities

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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

One Voice Community Choir

Adult Workshops and Activities

One Voice Community Choir

Tuesdays, 5:30pm-7pm
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Arts Centre Washington

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

Theatre & Performance

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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

Hansel & Gretel

Theatre and Performance

Hansel & Gretel

10 – 25 Jan 2025

Suitable for all ages

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Arts Centre Washington

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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Arts Centre Washington

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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Arts Centre Washington

Public Record
A vibrant red poster featuring a large vinyl record. The black area of the record i made up of illustrated figures engaged in various activities - dancing, playing instruments, cycling and painting. The text 'Public Record' is written in an arch on the record's label at the centre along with credits: 'concept by Dan Canham and Emily Lim, music by Ross Millard, words by Stewart Pringle'. Logos for The Fire Station and National Theatre are in white at the top of the image. Sunderland Empire, Public Acts, and Sunderland Culture logos are in white at the bottom. The scene conveys a sense of community and celebration.

Theatre and Performance

Public Record

Presented by Sunderland Culture, Sunderland Empire & National Theatre

25 – 27 Apr 2025
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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

The Holdovers

Films

The Holdovers

08 Jan 2025

Suitable for ages 15+

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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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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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Arts Centre Washington

Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Olga Stezhko
A person wearing a lilac top with brown hair tied up. They are sitting by a piano.

Music

Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Olga Stezhko

18 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Swing Band Dance Night with The Bright Street Band

Music

Swing Band Dance Night with The Bright Street Band

12 Apr 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Special Events

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