Senior producer Sarah Penney explains how we chose our ticket prices for Isabelle, the first show in our new theatre at 69 Humber Street.

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

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

Meet the writers commissioned to create seven new plays for Fresh Ink 2026.

Meet Royal Court artistic director David Byrne and associate playwright Ishy Din as they visit Middle Child on 10 December.

Meet Royal Court artistic director David Byrne and associate playwright Ishy Din as they visit Middle Child on 10 December.

Middle Child is looking for an experienced engagement producer to work on an 18-month long heritage project about the lost history of theatre in Hull.

Middle Child is looking for an experienced engagement producer to work on an 18-month long heritage project about the lost history of theatre in Hull.

How do we rehearse? How are we funded? How are shows cast? Learn more about the differences in this Q&A with Hessle Theatre Company.

Ideally, research and development should be a space to play, to experiment and to discover, writes Matthew May of Middle Child theatre company. But that ideal is shifting to more risk-averse practice.

Middle Child are looking to cast three roles in our forthcoming production of Isabelle by Marc Graham.

Audience development manager, Jamie Potter, shares the results of our recent ticket survey as we prepare to open a new theatre on Humber Street.

Hull-based Middle Child has unveiled plans for its first permanent venue, vowing it will become the ‘most influential new writing theatre outside of London’

More information about the different writing commissions available at Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival.

Ahead of his show The Torch at Freedom Festival later this month, Kobby Taylor reflects on his journey into making theatre with Middle Child

Ahead of his show The Torch at Freedom Festival later this month, Kobby Taylor reflects on his journey into making theatre with Middle Child