The first day of rehearsals for Treasure Island is rapidly approaching, but there is one…
Jamie Potter20 November 2024
Audience development manager, Jamie Potter, grapples with our future on Twitter/X Any user of Twitter/X will…
Jamie Potter15 November 2024
Budding playwrights in Hull are invited to apply for the Middle Child Writers’ Group, which…
Jamie Potter1 November 2024
Senior producer, Sarah Penney, talks about why we pester you with so many questions when…
Jamie Potter17 October 2024
After a successful pilot festival over the weekend of 20-21 July, applications are now open…
Jamie Potter25 July 2024
Middle Child are delighted to welcome seven new faces to the Board of Trustees. Top:…
Jamie Potter16 May 2024
Dear Hull, I’m writing to say thank you for responding so unequivocally since my previous…
Jamie Potter29 April 2024
Siân Thomas tells us about her process for designing the costumes for Baby, He Loves…
Jamie Potter13 April 2024
Artistic director Paul Smith writes about the need to support arts and culture in Hull,…
Jamie Potter12 April 2024
RTYDS Intensive Residency Director, Rachael Abbey, shares reflections from the first two weeks inside the…
Jamie Potter5 April 2024
Middle Child literary manager, Matthew May, explains the process of finalising our six writers commissioned…
Jamie Potter4 April 2024
Middle Child are pleased to announce the six writers commissioned for Fresh Ink, a new…
Jamie Potter4 April 2024
Feast your eyes upon the fabulous new character portraits for Baby, He Loves You, our…
Jamie Potter2 April 2024
We sat down with Hull-based playwright, Maureen Lennon, to find out more about forthcoming production…
Jamie Potter29 March 2024
As we reveal our new show, Baby, He Loves You, audience development manager Jamie Potter…
Jamie Potter14 February 2024
Red Riding Hood opens in just one week, almost a year after you chose it in…
Jamie Potter14 December 2023
Artistic director, Paul Smith, blogs about our launch of a new writing festival, coming to…
Jamie Potter16 November 2023
A new playwriting festival is coming to Hull next summer, supported with funding from founding…
Jamie Potter16 November 2023
Outgoing trustee, Jay Mitra, shares a behind the scenes view of being a young trustee…
Jamie Potter27 October 2023
Audience development manager, Jamie Potter, shares some of the headline results from our recent Hull…
Jamie Potter17 October 2023
The harvest moon is a-rising and trouble is on the way... in the shape of…
Jamie Potter29 September 2023
Middle Child welcome a new senior producer and general and production manager to the teamSarah…
Jamie Potter1 September 2023
An inside perspective of Three Minute MonologuesThree Minute Monologues is a collaborative writer showcase between…
Marketing23 August 2023
Our most recent edition of Out Loud, a scratch night in association with Silent Uproar,…
Jamie Potter18 August 2023
It seemed like only yesterday that Modest wrapped, but there’s one last treat for you.…
Marketing8 August 2023
Lindsey Alvis reflects on her time as executive director of Middle Child, after leaving the…
Jamie Potter7 June 2023
Modest is finally out there in the world, having premiered at Hull Truck Theatre 23-27…
Jamie Potter1 June 2023
Hull writer, performer and poet Michelle Dee responds to seeing Modest at Hull Truck Theatre…
Jamie Potter26 May 2023
Playwright Ellen Brammar sits down with us for a look inside the creation of her newest…
Jamie Potter23 May 2023
The first performance of Modest, our new show in collaboration with Milk Presents, written by…
Jamie Potter18 May 2023
What would happen if we invited a visual artist into the Modest rehearsal room to…
Jamie Potter16 May 2023
Distinguished guests of the Royal Academy summer exhibition, welcome to the rehearsal room of Modest…
Jamie Potter4 May 2023
Music hall, theatre and drag king swagger collide as Modest brings you Elizabeth Thompson –…
Jamie Potter27 April 2023
We are delighted to have been awarded £5,000 from the Equity Charitable Trust to buy equipment…
Jamie Potter26 April 2023
Hold tight, Hull, here’s what we’ve got planned for you over the next 12 months!A…
Jamie Potter23 March 2023
Artistic director and chief exec, Paul Smith, writes about our move to a four-day week,…
Jamie Potter23 March 2023
After five years as executive director and joint-CEO, Lindsey Alvis is leaving Middle Child for…
Jamie Potter23 February 2023
We are delighted to reveal arts consultant and facilitator Amanda Smethurst as the new chair…
Jamie Potter27 January 2023
Huge congrats to our 2022 Writers' Group who shared their first-ever scripts with a wee…
Jamie Potter20 January 2023
The votes are in and, after pulling an all-nighter to check the count with David…
Jamie Potter19 January 2023
Evie Osbon writes about their recent experience in the rehearsal room with Middle Child and…
Jamie Potter8 December 2022
Hold tight, Hull - we're back at Hull Truck Theatre in 2023 with a brand…
Jamie Potter22 November 2022
This week, 13-19 November, is Transgender Awareness Week, in which trans people and their allies…
Jamie Potter18 November 2022
Audience development manager, Jamie Potter, writes about the value of BBC local radio to arts…
Jamie Potter10 November 2022
Middle Child can confirm we have once again been invited into Arts Council England’s National…
Jamie Potter4 November 2022
Earlier this month our Concrete Retreat writer residency returned for its first in-person gathering since…
Jamie Potter25 October 2022
Sessions begin at Bond 31 on High Street in Hull, from Monday 10 OctoberExciting news…
Erin Anderson3 October 2022
There will be tears in the Middle Child office today as we say farewell to…
Jamie Potter30 September 2022
By Hattie Callery, executive director (maternity cover) For the past 14 months or so, I’ve…
Erin Anderson23 September 2022
For when things start to feel a little bit bleak, playwright Tom Wells has assembled a mix to remind…
Erin Anderson5 September 2022
Middle Child and the Warren Youth Project are excited to reveal a new campaign to…
Jamie Potter30 August 2022
Audience development manager, Jamie Potter, explains some of the decisions we've made around Robin Hood,…
Jamie Potter25 July 2022
The stage: Bond 31. The questions: hard. Karaoke: painful, as per. But didn't we have…
Erin Anderson17 June 2022
A work-in-progress list of the things we do at Middle Child to support people with…
Jamie Potter7 June 2022
Nearly two years after leaving Darley's, we're ready to open our new space to the…
Jamie Potter25 May 2022
Middle Child company member, Marc Graham, writes about his experience of attending this year's National…
Jamie Potter20 May 2022
Our brand new, hip hop family musical There Should Be Unicorns premiered to a sold…
Jamie Potter11 May 2022
Rehearsals for There Should Be Unicorns, our new hip hop family musical, are well under…
Jamie Potter28 April 2022
Last month we took over Humber Street Gallery, along with Silent Uproar, for three nights…
Jamie Potter6 April 2022
Free tickets are now available for There Should Be Unicorns, our new hip hop family…
Jamie Potter30 March 2022
Literary manager, Matthew May, writes about what a literary department does in an organisation like…
Jamie Potter18 March 2022
Middle Child are delighted to welcome five new faces to the Board of Trustees. Clockwise…
Jamie Potter9 March 2022
Every year our panto audience decides which fairy tale they'd most like to see us…
Jamie Potter13 January 2022
Rapunz'ull, our rock'n'roll Hull panto, is go, go, go at Social this Christmas! Family and…
Jamie Potter20 December 2021
The government last night introduced new measures against Covid-19 that affect theatres, such as mandatory…
Jamie Potter9 December 2021
Ever wondered how we came up with the name of our panto dame, Pattie Breadcake?…
Jamie Potter7 December 2021
We swear it's still September, but the calendar don't lie and rehearsals for this year's…
Jamie Potter23 November 2021
There’s something humbling about reading the words on a page you had just madly written…
Jamie Potter16 November 2021
Middle Child turned 10 years old on Wednesday 6 October. That's a full decade of…
Jamie Potter8 October 2021
Audience development manager, Jamie Potter, writes about the pressures of putting a pantomime on-sale –…
Jamie Potter30 September 2021
We have a new moonbase: Bond 31. One year after we left Darley’s, our home…
Jamie Potter7 September 2021
Kerrie Marsh reflects upon taking part in the Recover, Restart and Reimagine programme. It’s funny…
Jamie Potter20 August 2021
The Middle Child Writers' Group, led by Tom Wells, is back in October! Burning to…
Jamie Potter18 August 2021
By Joe Hakim Beginning June 2021, Middle Child facilitated a three-week programme entitled Recover, Restart,…
Jamie Potter11 August 2021
Throughout the summer Middle Child have been joined by the wonderfully talented Belle Streeton, on…
Jamie Potter9 August 2021
by Michelle Dee (she/her) - writer and performer This piece was written in June 2021…
Jamie Potter4 August 2021
If you’ve been keeping up with us, you’ll know that we are celebrating togetherness by…
Jamie Potter14 July 2021
Each week as part of Recover, Restart and Reimagine, there is a set play text…
Jamie Potter5 July 2021
Last week, the Recover, Restart and Reimagine group joined Steve O’Smotherly to learn about a…
Jamie Potter5 July 2021
On Friday 2 July we drew to a close Recover, Restart and Reimagine, our gently…
Jamie Potter5 July 2021
Michelle Dee, writer and performer, is one of our participants for the Recover, Restart and…
Jamie Potter24 June 2021
After more than a year away from the stage we make our long-awaited return with…
Jamie Potter22 June 2021
Today sees the start of our gently radical Recover, Restart and Reimagine programme, in which…
Jamie Potter15 June 2021
The Middle Child family is growing! This month we welcome Hattie Callery to the core…
Jamie Potter14 June 2021
Artwork by Joseph Cox By Paul Smith, artistic director This time last year I wrote…
Jamie Potter12 May 2021
Ever wanted to know more about our creative process, how we make award-winning gig theatre and…
Jamie Potter13 April 2021
Middle Child artistic director, Paul Smith, has today been recognised for his “exceptional encouragement of…
Jamie Potter8 April 2021
The start of this week saw restrictions on the toughest lockdown yet ease for the…
Jamie Potter2 April 2021
Congratulations to the cast of The Canary and the Crow for their success at the…
Jamie Potter24 February 2021
In January the press reported that the Department for Education was considering proposals to cut…
Jamie Potter3 February 2021
Middle Child have asked me, Peter Snelling of My Pockets, to write a blog post…
Jamie Potter21 December 2020
We finally get to share Pattie Breadcake: Into the Pantoverse with you from tomorrow, but…
Jamie Potter17 December 2020
Five year old Finn, the son of Middle Child's general and production manager, Emily, is…
Jamie Potter17 December 2020
We are very excited to reveal that our panto-inspired show, Pattie Breadcake: Into the Pantoverse,…
Jamie Potter7 December 2020
This year’s long-awaited Middle Child Christmas show has finally been revealed - and for the…
Jamie Potter7 December 2020
In May 2020 we invited writers across the country to submit their scripts to us,…
Jamie Potter25 November 2020
