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 act, dance, sing 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 sixth 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
24/25 Committee members:
President - Lucy Dunkerley (she/they)
Secretary - Emeline Brown (she/her)
Treasurer - Anna Tabner (she/they)
Vice-President - Rose Smithet (she/her)
Welfare & Inclusivity Officer - Rhys Wernham (he/him)
Music Liaison - Corry Jaffre (he/him)
Writing Liaison - Eva Parks (she/they)
Social Secretary - Cam O'Leary (he/him)
Press and Publicity Officer - Skylar Schwartz-Smith (any/all)
Guild Awards:
Winners of 'Outstanding New Group' Award (17/18)
Winners of 'Diversity and Inclusion/Inclusivity' Award (22/23, 24/25)
Winner of 'Volunteer of the Year': Ellie Littlewood (President, 23/24)
Oustanding Activity or Event of the Year Nominees: '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' Award Nominees (19/20, 21/22, 23/24)
'Diversity and Inclusion' Award Nominees (19/20, 21/22, 23/24)
'Bounce Back' Award Nominees (21/22)
'Community Impact' Award Nominees (22/23)
'Volunteer of the Year' Nominees: 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),