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Spooky Ships Trail
A child wearing a black and white top, is leaning over a clipboard with a pencil and paper.

Children and Young People's Activities

Spooky Ships Trail

08 – 09 Nov 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

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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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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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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Saturday Art Club

Children and Young People's Activities

Saturday Art Club

Saturdays, 1pm-3pm

8+

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Special Interests Club
Free
A young person smiles at the camera gesturing with arms wide open.

Children and Young People's Activities

Special Interests Club

12 – 26 Nov 2024

Autistic adults (16-25)

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Exhibitions

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Washington Open Exhibition 2024: Spotlight
Free

Exhibitions

Washington Open Exhibition 2024: Spotlight

08 Nov – 21 Dec 2024
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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

08 Nov 2024 – 04 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

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

08 Nov 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

08 Nov 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
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National Glass Centre

The Colour of Music - LVAC Exhibition
Free

Exhibitions

The Colour of Music - LVAC Exhibition

08 – 09 Nov 2024
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Arts Centre Washington

People's Art
Free
Wally Dogs - White Staffordshire earthenware pottery with gold lustre. The background is bright red.

Exhibitions

People's Art

08 Nov – 01 Dec 2024
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National Glass Centre

Adult workshops & Activities

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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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Washington Writers

Adult Workshops and Activities

Washington Writers

Fridays (Fortnightly), 12pm-2pm
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Creative Age

Adult Workshops and Activities

Creative Age

Fridays, 1pm-3pm
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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

09 Nov – 22 Dec 2024

Age 12+

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National Glass Centre

Glass Tableware Club
Glass artifacts - a bowl with two tone blue patternation, a plate with green and yellow colours, and a selection of glass pictures - are placed on a grey surface.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Glass Tableware Club

5 week course

09 Nov 2024

16+

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National Glass Centre

Fused Glass Snow Globes
A snowman with an orange carrot nose looks at at green christmas tree. Both are inside a snow globe shaped creation wit a red base.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Fused Glass Snow Globes

10 Nov 2024

16+

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National Glass Centre

Theatre & Performance

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Nightmares
Limited Availability
A person wearing a suit in a dark blue room, eyes cast down in sadness. There is a reflection of them at the bottom of the image but it's face is distorted to look goulish.

Theatre and Performance

Nightmares

Presented by The Book of Darkness & Light in association with LittleMighty

28 Nov 2024

14+

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Tinsel

Theatre and Performance

Tinsel

Wrongsemble presents Tinsel

03 – 07 Dec 2024

3+

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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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Mixtape Xmas

Theatre and Performance

Mixtape Xmas

The Six Twenty presents Mixtape Xmas

19 Dec 2024

14+

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Hansel & Gretel

Theatre and Performance

Hansel & Gretel

10 – 25 Jan 2025

Suitable for all ages

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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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Film

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The Taste of Things

Films

The Taste of Things

 

Part of Wednesday Matinees

13 Nov 2024

12+

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Sunderland Shorts Film Festival - Winners Showcase Screening (Part II)

Films

Sunderland Shorts Film Festival - Winners Showcase Screening (Part II)

Part of Special Events

13 Nov 2024
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Sunderland Film Club presents... The Work

Films

Sunderland Film Club presents... The Work

Part of Sunderland Film Club

21 Nov 2024

15+

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Sunderland Film Club presents... Love Lies Bleeding

Films

Sunderland Film Club presents... Love Lies Bleeding

27 Nov 2024

15+

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City-wide

The Holiday + Festive Afternoon Tea

Films

The Holiday + Festive Afternoon Tea

Part of Wednesday Matinees

11 Dec 2024

12+

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The Muppets Christmas Carol + Make Your Own Muppet

Films

The Muppets Christmas Carol + Make Your Own Muppet

Part of Film and Fun

21 Dec 2024
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Music

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Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Bocheng Wang
A person wearing a black jacket and bow tie, and a white shirt. They have dark hair and dark eyes.

Music

Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Bocheng Wang

23 Nov 2024
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

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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Special Events

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Craft Fair
Free
Four images of people dressed in warm clothes, looking at various crafted objects at National Glass Centre's Craft Fair.

Special Events

Craft Fair

16 – 17 Nov 2024
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National Glass Centre

Exhibition Preview: The Skin We Live In & Harry Griffin: My name is Harry...
Free
Vinca Petersen, Untitled from the series Raves and Riots, 2000, photograph. Courtesy of the artist

Special Events

Exhibition Preview: The Skin We Live In & Harry Griffin: My name is Harry...

21 Nov 2024
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Christmas Craft and Makers Fair
Free

Special Events

Christmas Craft and Makers Fair

23 Nov 2024
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