Birmingham Hippodrome

Infobox Theatre
name = Birmingham Hippodrome

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caption = Birmingham Hippodrome
address = Hurst Street
city = Birmingham
country = England
latitude = 52.4746
longitude = -1.8976
architect =
owner =
capacity = 1,800 seats
type =
opened = 1895
yearsactive =
rebuilt =
closed =
othernames = Tower of Varieties, Tivoli
production =
currentuse = Ballet, Opera, West End shows, Pantomime and Drama
website = www.birminghamhippodrome.comThe Birmingham Hippodrome is a theatre situated on Hurst Street in the Chinese Quarter of Birmingham, England.

Although best known as the home stage of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, it also hosts a wide variety of other performances including visiting opera and ballet companies, touring West End shows, pantomime and drama.

Every summer, the Hippodrome usually houses a major West End touring show, some of these consist of "Starlight Express", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "Cats" and "Mary Poppins". Every year, the Hippodrome houses a pantomime from the company QDOS - the entertainer John Barrowman has been confirmed as the star of Robin Hood for 2008/09. The theatre's Chief Executive is Stuart Griffiths.

History

in 1924.

The exterior of the theatre was substantially rebuilt by Associated Architects and Law and Dunbar-Nasmith in 2001.

ources

*"Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham", Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5

External links

* [http://www.birminghamhippodrome.com Birmingham Hippodrome Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/birmingham_hippodrome Birmingham Hippodrome Official MySpace]