Welcome to the University of Birmingham Panto Society!
We put on 3 large scale and up to 3 small scale pantomimes every year with auditioned and un-auditioned roles, giving you the opportunity to sing, dance, act, and laugh to your heart's content!
PantoSoc is a great place to meet new friends and have fun, and outside of our shows we also organise lots of fun socials as a society and with other drama societies too. Last year we celebrated our eight birthday which included throwing ourselves our very own birthday party with a cabaret show!
Panto celebrates inclusivity and diversity and we’ve been nominated for awards for this several times in the 7 years we’ve been running as a society. We are very proud to announce that we are repeat winners of the Inclusivity award, recently winning it at the 2025 Guild Awards and in 2023. Our 23/24 President Ellie Littlewood won Volunteer of the Year in 2024!
If any of this tickles your fancy, then follow our socials and become a member today - you know you want to! (Oh yes you do!)
Email: panto@guild.bham.ac.uk
Check out our Linktree for all of our socials & our YouTube channel, where you can buy tickets for our upcoming shows & even find recordings of some of our past shows! https://linktr.ee/UoBPantoSoc
25/26 Committee members:
President - Anna Tabner (she/they)
Secretary - Skylar Schwartz-Smith (any/all)
Treasurer - Ryan Midgley (he/him)
Vice-President - Marleen Tamtik (they/she)
Social Secretary - Isabel Johnson (she/her)
Press and Publicity Officer - Charlotte Davidson (she/her)
Welfare & Inclusivity Officer - Fish (they/them)
Music Liaison - Melissa Coles (she/her)
Writing Liaison - Jessica Langmead (she/her)
Guild Awards:
Winners:
'Outstanding New Group' Award (17/18)
'Diversity and Inclusion/Inclusivity' Award (22/23, 24/25)
'Volunteer of the Year': Ellie Littlewood (President, 23/24)
Nominations:
Oustanding Activity or Event of the Year:
- 'Cinderella' (17/18),
- 'Robin Hood' (18/19),
- 'A Very Merry Shawshank Redemption Christmas' (19/20),
- 'Frankenstein' (21/22),
- 'Snow White and the Seven Students' (22/23),
- 'The Wizard of Oz' (23/24),
- 'Hamlet: a Pantomime Tragedy' (24/25)
'Ian King Society of the Year' (19/20, 21/22, 23/24)
'Diversity and Inclusion' (19/20, 21/22, 23/24)
'Bounce Back' Award (21/22)
'Community Impact' Award (22/23)
'Volunteer of the Year':
- Ella Barnett (President, 22/23),
- Becky Popovich (Welfare & Inclusivity Officer, 22/23),
- Flora Knowles (Secretary, 23/24),
- Skylar Schwartz-Smith (Press and Publicity Officer, 24/25),
- Lucy Dunkerley (President 24/25),
- Anna Tabner (Treasurer 24/25)