From the Blog // Production and general manager, Emily Anderton, writes about the threat to BTEC qualifications and how she wouldn't be working in theatre without them. Read by Sophie Clay.

Upstairs in the Pub

Cutting theatre BTECs will hold back working class theatre makers

In a special episode, recorded at Queen's Gardens in Hull, Belle Streeton speaks with guest presenter, Jenni Harrison, about her Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme (RTYDS) placement as assistant director on 'we used to be closer than this'. 'we used to be closer than this' was a summer cabaret, written by Natasha Brown, Angelo Irving, Tabby Lamb, Jay Mitra, RashDash, Leo Skilbeck, Kobby Taylor and Tom Wells and performed at Absolutely Cultured's Creative Hull festival, from 16-18 July 2021.

Make Theatre Podcast #4 - Belle Streeton

In a special episode, recorded at Queen's Gardens in Hull, James Frewer speaks with guest presenter, Jenni Harrison, about working as composer and musical director on 'we used to be closer than this'. 'we used to be closer than this' was a summer cabaret, written by Natasha Brown, Angelo Irving, Tabby Lamb, Jay Mitra, RashDash, Leo Skilbeck, Kobby Taylor and Tom Wells and performed at Absolutely Cultured's Creative Hull festival, from 16-18 July 2021.

Make Theatre Podcast #3 - James Frewer

Danielle Harris joins Middle Child artistic director, Paul Smith, to talk about the ins and outs of deputy stage management.

Make Theatre Podcast #2 - Danielle Harris

George Devine Award-winning writer and actor Daniel Ward speaks with artistic director Paul Smith about the nuts and bolts of writing and performing your own work. Middle Child produced and premiered Daniel Ward's script The Canary and the Crow in 2019. It went on to sell out performances at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the Paines Plough Roundabout, before transferring to London's Arcola Theatre in 2020. Daniel has since won a Writers' Guild Award for Best Play for Young Audiences and the George Devine Award for most promising playwright.

Make Theatre Podcast #1 - Daniel Ward

An audio version of our detailed recruitment pack for the role of Executive Director (Maternity Cover), read by Sophie Clay. Deadline: 5 April 2021. See our website for more details: http://www.middlechildtheatre.co.uk/jobs-casting-calls

Track 1 - About Us

Track 3 - Being The Executive Director

Track 4 - My Maternity Cover Experience

Track 2 - Introduction To Middle Child

Track 5 - Our Work

Track 6 - The Past Year

Track 7 - Looking To The Future

Track 8 - Job Description

Track 9 - Person Specification

Five year old Finn, the son of Middle Child's general and production manager, Emily, is a regular fixture behind the scenes at our annual rock'n'roll panto. You can often find him sat in the middle aisle during tech rehearsals, making his way through a bucket of pick and mix while his mum works on the show. Who better then, we thought, to speak to ahead of the release of our panto-inspired YouTube production, Pattie Breadcake: Into the Pantoverse?

An Interview with Finn (Age 5)

We are Middle Child, theatre that makes a noise.

Cutting theatre BTECs will hold back working class theatre m...