Birmingham Hippodrome News

Dazzling new production images released for the international smash hit production of Circus 1903 now at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre. The perfect Christmas treat over the festive season, Circus 1903 will run at Royal Festival Hall until 5 January.

This week, Panto dame Andrew Ryan took a break from the final week of rehearsals for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to visit Birmingham Bullring & Grand Central's world-famous bull statue.

The cast of the hit new musical Unfortunate took a break from performances at Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio and went 'under the sea' with a shark dive at the Bear Grylls Adventure.

Over £28,000 has been raised by generous donors for Birmingham Hippodrome to expand their work with over 5,250 young people in Birmingham and the West Midlands in 2020.

The Paper Birds has announced the UK tour of Ask Me Anything, a new immersive show in which members of the multi-award-winning theatre company become agony aunts for young people. Featuring real-life verbatim stories, the show is set to the original live music from the singer-songwriter Rosie Doonan.

Selladoor Productions will present a brand-new UK and Ireland Tour of the Tony Award nominated BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL opening at Birmingham Hippodrome from 2 a?" 6 June 2020. The production will then visit Sunderland Empire from 9 a?" 13 June, Milton Keynes Theatre 16 a?" 20 June, Wales Millennium Centre 23 a?" 27 June, Stoke Regent Theatre 30 June a?" 4 July; Hull New Theatre 7 a?" 11 July, Bradford Alhambra Theatre 14 a?" 18 July, Manchester Opera House 21 a?" 25 July, Dublin Bord Gáis Energy Theatre 4 a?" 8 August, New Theatre Peterborough from 18 a?" 22 August, Malvern Festival Theatre 17 - 21 November and Edinburgh Festival Theatre 24 a?" 28 November. Further tour dates and casting to be announced soon.

Birmingham Royal Ballet's critically acclaimed Swan Lake, first created in 1981 by Sir Peter Wright and Galina Samsova, will tour the UK from 29 January 2020.

Tyrone Huntley today announced the nominations for the 20th annual WhatsOnStage Awards via WhatsOnStage's social channels, the only major theatre prize-giving decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves. The announcement of the nominations marks the opening of the final voting stage (until 27 January), with winners announced at the annual Awards Concert held on 1 March 2020 at the Prince of Wales Theatre.

Disney villain. Octo-woman. Plus-size icon. But who is the woman behind the tentacles? Following a complete sell-out run at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and from the multi-award winning Fat Rascal Theatre, Unfortunate: the untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch comes to Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio from Monday 16 a?" Sunday 22 December 2019.

Circus 1903 has today released brand new production images ahead of its much anticipated Christmas run at London's Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre. Circus 1903 will be performing at Royal Festival Hall from 19 December through to 5 January. Press night will be on 19 December.

Baz Luhrmann's smash hit musical Strictly Ballroom is set to sweep audiences off their feet once more with the announcement of the new 2020/2021 tour, directed by dancer, choreographer and Britain's favourite TV judge; the fab-u-lous Craig Revel Horwood. Foxtrotting around the UK and Ireland from September next year, the show is based on the award-winning, global film phenomenon, 'Strictly Ballroom' that inspired the world to dance.

Birmingham Hippodrome have launched a seven day fundraising campaign today (3 Dec 2019) urging people to dig deep to raise £20,000 to give the gift of theatre to 3,000 young people. To achieve this ambitious target, the theatre has joined The Big Give's #ChristmasChallenge19, which will see all donations doubled for just seven days from the 3rd December.

With stories drawn from real-life testimonies collected through 40-hours of interviews with Deaf people from all over the UK, Ad Infinitum presents Extraordinary Wall [of Silence]*, a new production shedding light on a relatively undocumented history of oppression experienced by Deaf people. Helen, Alan, and Graham are told they are impaired and need fixing. As they begin to question the world around them, three powerful coming-of-age stories unfold, uniting them in a struggle against violence, ignorance and oppression. Connected through a shared past, they are transported to a crucial moment in 1880 that would impair the way the world views D/deaf people for over a century. The production premiered at Bristol Old Vic in October 2019 and now tours to seven arts venues across England.

Birmingham Hippodrome is urging people to dig deep during their annual festive fundraising campaign, aiming to raise £20,000 to give the gift of theatre to 4,000 young people. To achieve this ambitious target, the theatre has joined The Big Give's Christmas Challenge 2019, which will see all donations doubled for just seven days from the 3rd December.

Actor Killian Donnelly, will don the mask of the title character in a new UK tour of The Phantom of the Opera!

Continuing to strengthen the relationship between Elmhurst Ballet School and its associated company Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), the Edgbaston in Birmingham based school is thrilled a number of its young students have been selected to perform in Sir Peter Wright's world-famous production of The Nutcracker at Birmingham Hippodrome (22 November a?" 14 December) and the Royal Albert Hall in London (28 a?" 31 December) this Christmas season 2019.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh have announced three further venues for the UK and Ireland tour of the brilliant original production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. These are Sunderland Empire (4 November a?" 5 December 2020), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (9 December 2020 a?" 16 January 2021) and Plymouth Theatre Royal (20 January a?" 20 February 2021).

Circus 1903 has today released brand new production images ahead of its much anticipated Christmas run at London's Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre. Circus 1903 will be performing at Royal Festival Hall from 19 December through to 5 January. Press night will be on 19 December.

Phoebe Ellabani is currently playing the role of Annie in the UK Tour of Peter Pan Goes Wrong. She spoke to BroadwayWorld about heading to Neverland, Mischief Theatre-style. 

One of the West End and Broadway's most instantly recognisable voices and beloved leading ladies is heading out on her first UK tour. Marisha Wallace a?" the sensational star of such smash-hit shows as Dreamgirls, Waitress, Aladdin and The Book of Mormon a?" will come to Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio on Saturday March 14 2020.