Let It Burn (An Extract)
A play by Sarah Middleton
Stage@TheDock
Tickets (£4-8)
Let It Burn is presented alongside Save the Wreck by Jamie Lee Falk. Only one ticket is required.
Sat 18 July
2.45pm
Sun 19 July
2.15pm
Let It Burn
1869. Humber Street. Hull’s rebuilt Theatre Royal stands proud, ten years after burning to the ground, but existential threats are never far away...
As the theatre’s royal patronage faces the chop, director Clinton Hall assembles a rag-tag troupe of thespians to stage the ultimate stage mash-up: Hamlet Crusoe.
Will their desperate attempt to impress the powers that be succeed, or will their theatrical ambitions go up in smoke (again)?
Let It Burn is a farce about the noble pursuit of making art and a love letter to the Hull theatre that burnt down. Twice.
Let It Burn is Middle Child’s 2027 production and an extract from an early draft will be performed script-in-hand on Stage@TheDock.
Sarah Middleton
Sarah Middleton is an actor-writer from Derby. Her plays include SHEWOLVES, which toured the UK before transferring to Southwark Playhouse. Musicals by Sarah include Pinocchio and Little Red Riding Hood for Nottingham Playhouse; The Wishing Stone for Separate Doors/Derby Theatre/Chichester Festival Theatre and Wilf Goes Wild for MPTheatricals.
Her play Dweeb-a-Mania won the inaugural Polka Playwriting Award. It premiered at the Polka Theatre in October 2025 and won the 25/26 Fringe Theatre Award for Best TYA (Writing/Devising). Sarah is the recipient of a Hosking Houses residency, Peggy Ramsay grant and National Theatre Peter Shaffer commission.
SHEWOLVES is published by Samuel French and Dweeb-A-Mania is published by Methuen Drama.
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Contains strong language.
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Age recommendation 14+, with parental discretion. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
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Performed by Alice Beaumont, Rachel Dale, Jo Patmore, Andy Ross and Matt Sutton.
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Live captions are available at both performances and spaces will be reserved for wheelchair users.
See our Access page for more information about the festival.