A Christmas Carol

Family Panto

Rock’n’roll fun for all the family

Written by Paul Smith
Chosen by You

17-29 Dec

Social, 63 Humber Street

Children: £15.00-£16.00
Concessions: £18.00-£19.00
Standard: £21.50-£22.50

(No booking fee)

Tickets

Late-Night Shows

The Middle Child panto returns to Social with another rock'n'roll take on a Christmas classic.

This year Pattie Breadcake and the gang venture into Victorian Hull as Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas, with the help of not one, not two, but three festive ghoulies.

First performed in 2011, the Middle Child panto is a homegrown hit, with a different story chosen every year by our audience, performed in the intimate surroundings of a converted Humber Street warehouse.

This year includes BSL interpretation at both performances on Saturday 19 December and the return of our traditional “mischief show” on Monday 29 December.

“Still Hull’s funniest pantomime”

— Hull Daily Mail, 2025

Guidance

Approx. 2hrs 15mins, including a break after the first hour.
Our recommended age guidance for the family show is 4+. Younger children may enjoy the lights, music and sound, but the story is pitched a little older than that.
See also Snowmen, a show for 2-6 year olds.
Flashing lights (no strobes), with loud, amplified music and speech.
For regular family shows:
Children: £15.00
Concessions: £18.00
Standard: £21.50
For family shows on Christmas Eve and our final, Mischief Show:
Children: £16.00
Concessions: £19.00
Standard: £22.50
Concessions include NHS and students (with ID), disabled people and unwaged.
Our mischief show is a special tradition on the final performance of every year, where the cast and crew play pranks on each other with the audience in on the fun. It’s a lively, unpredictable show filled with laughs and surprises. Tickets for this popular show sell out fast, so we recommend booking early.

Access

Seating is reserved and you will be asked to select your seats when booking tickets.
We have three wheelchair spaces reserved for each performance.
These will be marked with an information icon on the seating plan.
A free companion seat is available next to each wheelchair space. You can also book an additional essential companion seat (see below).
The 1pm and 5pm performances on Saturday 19 December will be BSL-interpreted by Dave Wycherley.
Seats with the best view of Dave are reserved. Use the access code XMASBSL to reveal these on the ticket page.
See our ticket codes page for more information.
Free, no-questions-asked tickets are available should you need to bring a carer or essential companion.
Use the access code XMASC to reveal these tickets when booking.
See our ticket codes page for more information.