Birmingham Hippodrome News

Birmingham Hippodrome is honoured to have been recognised and listed 76th in the 2014 Sunday Times 100 Best Not-for-Profit Organisations To Work For.

Birmingham Hippodrome is delighted to announce that one of the most popular dance productions ever staged, Matthew Bourne'S multi award-winning hit SWAN LAKE, will return to Birmingham Hippodrome from today 5 -Saturday 15 February 2014.

Britain's biggest pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Birmingham Hippodrome, will complete its six and a half week runthis Sunday (2 Feb) having entertained over 115,000 theatregoers. And that figure makes it the best-selling Panto at the city's leading venue for over a decade.

The award-winning International Dance Festival Birmingham, one of Europe's biggest dance festivals, returns to the city from 24 April 2014 - bringing the theatres, streets and squares of Birmingham to life with four consecutive weeks of dance. Following three previous successful festivals in 2008, 2010 and 2012, this biennial event, co-produced by DanceXchange and Birmingham Hippodrome, once again features an eclectic and jam-packed programme bursting with world-class performers, unique international collaborations, premieres, new commissions and a range of participatory opportunities in venues across Birmingham and the West Midlands.

This year Birmingham Hippodrome will present for the very first time a specially adapted and relaxed performance of Britain's biggest pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on Thursday 30 January at 1pm.

The National Theatre's award-winning comedy One Man, Two Guvnors, embarks on its biggest-ever tour of the UK and Ireland in May 2014. Now seen by over one million people worldwide, this internationally-acclaimed smash-hit is a glorious celebration of British comedy: a unique, laugh-out-loud mix of satire, songs, slapstick and glittering one-liners.

Birmingham Hippodrome and Qdos Entertainment today announced a star-studded cast for the UK's biggest pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs opening today 19 December 2013 and running until Sunday 2 February 2014.

Celebrating its quarter century anniversary by joining a small - but lauded - number of iconic musicals including Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Miss Saigon, Evita and Cats in reaching a staggering 25 years on stage, Buddy The Buddy Holly Story today announces a further 27 touring weeks in 2014.

A brand new Birmingham Hippodrome Stagecast, hosted by Heart FM's Ed James, is now live! CLICK HERE to listen and download the Stagecast.

As part of the Britten 100 Celebrations Birmingham Royal Ballet will perform The Prince of Pagodas in 2014. Ahead of a London Coliseum season from Wednesday 26 until Saturday 29 March the ballet, choreographed by Birmingham Royal Ballet's award-winning director David Bintley, will be performed at The Lowry Salford Quays (30 Jan - 1 Feb), Birmingham Hippodrome (25 Feb - 1 March) and Plymouth's Theatre Royal (19 - 22 March).

Birmingham Hippodrome has been selected to join this year's Big Give Christmas Challenge with a focus on raising money towards the theatre's first ever 'relaxed performance'.

WICKED, the smash hit musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, will play its landmark 3000th performance at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre today (16 November 2013) at 2.30pm.

WICKED, the smash hit musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, will play its landmark 3000th performance at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre tomorrow (16 November 2013) at 2.30pm.

Birmingham Hippodrome will present Wagner's epic Ring Cycle conducted by Valery Gergiev with his world-famous Mariinsky Opera, making their Hippodrome debut, in four performances over five nights in November 2014.

On Wednesday 16 October the first ever UK tour of the National Theatre's War Horse officially opened at Birmingham Hippodrome. Four weeks and 31 performances later, the award-winning production has now been seen by just under 56,000 people playing to complete sell-out houses at every performance.

Grab your coat, round up your friends and family and get down to Southside for three spectacular and stunning nights of amazing interactive light artworks in and around Birmingham Hippodrome.

Birmingham Hippodrome hosts a family sleepover in the theatre's Patrick Centre inspired by the stories of National Theatre's War Horse and the commemoration of WW1.

This FREE event produced by Birmingham Hippodrome features the Lanterns of Terracotta Warriors Exhibition. This unique and breathtaking installation, originally created for the Beijing Olympics, comes to Birmingham for the very first time. The exhibition, situated in Gallon Car Park, Hurst Street, features over 90 larger than life size figures inspired by the 'Terracotta Army' which slowly light up to create an atmospheric and thought provoking experience.

Now in its fifth consecutive year, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre - the coalface of British Theatre - presents Vibrant 2013 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, its annual explosion of new writing, running between today, 6-25 October 2013

Grab your coat, round up your friends and family and get down to Southside for three spectacular and stunning nights of amazing interactive light artworks in and around Birmingham Hippodrome.