Event Category: Accessible Events

  • SEND Exhibition Tour | To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates

    SEND Exhibition Tour | To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates

    Our award-winning SEND Tours are designed specifically for visitors with additional and complex needs, alongside their families, friends, and companions. All ages welcome.

    Join specialist artist Julia Collar in exploring our current exhibition To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates. Julia will take you on an exciting sensory filled journey, with different elements of touch, sound, movement and play.

    “It was really cool because I was in the gallery being me and no one minded. Julia is really fun”. (Tour participant)

    Makaton is used throughout to support communication and our Inclusion team will support participation, alongside Julia. A Social Story can be downloaded below to help you prepare for your visit.

    Tours start and finish in MK Gallery’s Event Space, where there is a comfy break out space and families can safely leave bags and coats.

    Taking Place

    December 6 | 11am | Festive Special!
    January 10 | 11am

    If you are interested in a one-to-one Bitesize Tour experience, please contact Rosie May on rmay@localhost.

  • Grow (PG)

    Grow (PG)

    Dir: John McPhail, 2025
    Runtime: 107 mins

    Welcome to the pumpkin capital of the world, where the pumpkins are epic, the rivalries are fierce, and the competition is anything but garden variety.

    Dinah Little, a no-nonsense farmer with a tough-as-a-pumpkin exterior, reluctantly takes in her abandoned niece, Charlie. Dinah is not quick to affection, and Charlie is not one for sitting still. So she throws her into farm life, sleeves rolled up and hands in the dirt. Then comes the town’s biggest spectacle, the annual pumpkin-growing contest, a Halloween season tradition that brings out wild stunts, eccentric characters, and record-setting drama.

    But Charlie has something no one else does, a special knack for connecting with plants that quietly reflects her own longing to feel just as seen and loved. But as both pumpkin and plot thicken, and rival growers pull every trick in the book, will Charlie and Dinah’s unlikely entry stand tall against the fiercest competition the town has ever seen?

    As her pumpkin grows bigger, so does her bond with her aunt Dinah. Together they discover that the real prize is not measured in pounds, but in joy, laughter, and community. What begins as a seed blossoms into an exuberant and hilarious story of crazed competition, found family, and love that grows as boundless as the pumpkins themselves.

    Screening
    Saturday 25 October, 10.30am
    Sunday 26 October, 10.30am (Relaxed Viewing)
    Tuesday 28 October, 1.00pm
    Thursday 30 October, 11.00am

  • Relaxed Viewing: To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates

    Relaxed Viewing: To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates

    These are quiet hours to view our current exhibition To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates, tailored to support visitors with neurodiversity, inclusive of communication or sensory needs. Ear defenders and sensory aids are available, the hand dryers in the toilets are switched off, and tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the galleries.

    Taking place
    Sunday 26 October 2025 | 10am
    Sunday 30 November 2025 | 10am
    Sunday 21 December 2025 | 10am
    Sunday 25 January 2025 | 10am

  • Audio Described Tour – Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look

    Audio Described Tour – Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look

    Join artist and tour guide Robin Clements to explore Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look. With in-depth descriptions and hand-held touch elements, Robin will guide visitors through a unique selection of key artworks. This event is designed for those who are blind or partially sighted, and their companions.

    Please contact Rosie on rmay@localhost with any questions ahead of your visit.

    Taking Place
    Tuesday 30 September, 10.30am

  • 2000 Meters To Andriivka (15)

    2000 Meters To Andriivka (15)

    Dir. Mstyslav Chernov, 2025
    Runtime | 108 mins

    From the Oscar®-winning team behind 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA documents the toll of the Russia-Ukraine war from a personal and devastating vantage point. Following his historic account of the civilian toll in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov turns his lens towards Ukrainian soldiers — who they are, where they came from, and the impossible decisions they face in the trenches as they fight for every inch of their land.

    Screening

    Friday 29 August, 7.00pm
    Sunday 31 August, 10.30am (Relaxed Viewing)
    Tuesday 2 September, 2.00pm
    Wednesday 3 September, 10.30am (Silver Screenings)

  • SEND Tour – Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look

    SEND Tour – Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look

    This summer join one of our award-winning Sensory Tours as we explore the photography of Paz Errazuriz, and the unique MK Gallery architecture.

    Artist Julia Collar will take you on an exciting sensory filled journey, with different elements of touch, sound, movement and play. Please come prepared for both indoor and outdoor weather!

    This event is designed specifically for people of all ages with additional and complex needs, alongside their families, friends, and companions. Makaton is used throughout.

    Taking Place
    August 30 | 11am
    September 27 | 11am

  • Under the Apple Tree

    Under the Apple Tree

    Join us in MK Gallery’s Event Space for a unique storytelling and workshop event. Awaken the Green Man from his snooze to tell you a tale and craft your own juicy apple.

    Under the Apple Tree is a project exploring sculpture and storytelling. Developed by artist Alfred Beesley in collaboration with artists and facilitators from Blue Room, an inclusive arts project based at Bluecoat gallery in Liverpool.

    This event is inclusive for all and particularly suitable for children and young adults with learning disabilities, neurodivergence and sensory needs. A comfy breakout area will be provided, and the event will be supported by MK Gallery’s Inclusion team.

    Taking place

    •  1pm, older children, young adults and families
    •  2pm, children and families

    Ticket costs:

    £7 individual, plus companion (18yrs+)
    £10 family ticket

    Alfred Beesley is a Liverpool-based visual artist who creates sculptures exploring the life cycle of plants using papier-mâché, textiles and ceramics. Beesley often describes how he would like audiences to interact with his art, sharing magical scenarios that recall fairytales and folklore. He collaborates with acclaimed storyteller Gav Cross to bring to life his sculptural works for children and families through the legendary character of the ‘Green Man’.

  • Relaxed Exhibition Viewing Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look

    Relaxed Exhibition Viewing Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look

    These are quiet hours to view our current exhibition Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look, tailored to support visitors with neurodiversity, inclusive of communication or sensory needs. Ear defenders and sensory aids are available, the hand dryers in the toilets are switched off, and tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the galleries.

    Taking place
    27 July, 10-11am
    31 August | 10-11am
    28 September | 10-11am

     

  • Tactile Art Workshop

    Tactile Art Workshop

    Join artist Robin Clements for a hands-on creative workshop designed specifically for those who are blind or partially sighted, and their companions. Explore the exhibition Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look and create your own works inspired by our galleries.

    Taking Place
    Thursday 14 August, 10.30am

     

  • Audio Described Exhibition Tour Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look

    Audio Described Exhibition Tour Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look

    Join artist and tour guide Lisa Tilley to explore Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look. With in-depth descriptions and hand-held touch elements, Lisa will guide visitors through a unique selection of key artworks. This event is designed for those who are blind or partially sighted, and their companions.

    Please contact Rosie on rmay@localhost with any questions prior to your visit.

    Taking place:
    Tuesday 19 August, 10.30am

  • BSL Artist Led Tour Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look

    BSL Artist Led Tour Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look

    Join Deaf artist and tour guide Chisato Minamimura for an in-depth exploration of Paz Errazuriz: Dare to Look. This event will be delivered in British Sign Language (BSL), and is only suitable for D/deaf visitors and users of BSL.

    Taking place:
    Saturday 16 August 2025, 11am

  • Tactile Art Workshop

    Tactile Art Workshop

    Join Artist Lisa Tilley for a creative workshop, designed for people who are visually impaired to develop art works inspired by the current Andy Warhol exhibition.

    The workshop will start with an explanation and audio description of one the works on show. We’ll then experiment with techniques and materials such as stencils, stamp printing and exploration with textures, to develop creative works that can be experienced through touch. The aim of the event is to experiment with materials and techniques in a non-pressured way, that’s enjoyable for all.

    This workshop is tailored for adults who are blind or partially sighted. Companion tickets are free of charge, but should you have any questions, please call our reception on 01908 676 900.