Middle Child

16/06/2026

⚡ Call out for writers for the In Good Company Midlands Writers Award ⚡

In Good Company, the flagship professional creative development programme for theatre makers and companies in the Midlands, is looking for a playwright from the region to commission for a new play, to be premiered at Middle Child in 2028.

This is a £7,286 straight commission for a new play, paid at Writers' Guild of Great Britain rates for a play up to 70 minutes in length.

The play will be produced by Middle Child and premiered at our theatre in Hull and at Derby Theatre in spring 2028.

Find out more about the commission and how to apply on the In Good Company website - see the link in the comments.

Applications close at 10am on Friday 3 July.

13/06/2026

Vikings ⚔️🔥

You have one more chance to catch Jorvik tonight at 7:30pm before they set sail for Valhalla.

Created by local artists Charlie Blanshard and Oliver Strong, join us in supporting homegrown talent and the future of playwriting

Tickets: https://www.middlechildtheatre.co.uk/jorvik

11/06/2026

Revealed ⚡ The full line-up for this year's Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival. A weekend of brand-new playwriting, writing masterclasses, industry talks and socialising across the Fruit Market.

Tickets are now on-sale from £4-8 per event, with a number of free events also available, at freshinkhull.co.uk

05/06/2026

Heads up! ⚡ The full line-up for this year's Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival will be revealed next week, on Thursday 11 June, when tickets will also go on-sale.

Expect a packed weekend of new plays, writing masterclasses, industry talks and social events (without the networking cringe) across Fruit Market Hull, over the weekend of 18-19 July.

04/06/2026

It's Volunteers Week! 🩵 And we can't thank HEY Volunteering enough for all their support with the work that we do, including greeting audiences to our new theatre down Humber Street. Much love! x

03/06/2026

The UK government has approved the EHRC’s Code of Practice on how service providers should treat trans people following last year’s Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of “sex” in the Equality Act.

Unless MPs reject it before the end of June, the code will become statutory guidance and effectively segregate trans and gender non-conforming people from public spaces and services.

Please write to your MP and ask them to sign Early Day Motion 240, which will reject the code of practice.

An online tool from Trans+ Actual, Trans Solidarity Alliance and Scottish Trans is available to make this easier by simply entering your postcode (see comment), or you can write to your MPs direct asking them to sign the EDM.

Trans people will always be welcome in Middle Child spaces.

01/06/2026

Next ⚡ Jorvik by Charlie Blanshard, an interactive, immersive Viking play set in the aftermath of the conquest of Eoforwic (York) and its rebirth as the legendary city of Jorvik.

Join us at 69 Humber Street from 11-13 June, with tickets now available through our website.

A dark thriller about legacy and inheritance. A sideways look at Hull’s middle class. 15-31 May 2026.

31/05/2026

If you're coming to see the final show of Isabelle this evening at 7:30, please note that Wellington St in the Fruit Market area is currently closed due to an ongoing incident.

Fruit Market Multi-Storey Car Park is still open.

26/05/2026

We have a poster for this year's Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival ⚡

Thank you to for the illustrations to accompany our seven commissioned writers and their plays, which will be performed script-in-hand at Stage@TheDock this summer.

The full programme of plays, workshops and talks will be announced in early June.

23/05/2026

WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE. 🐯👏