What’s on – Birmingham Hippodrome

10 Jun 2012 - Theatre at Birmingham HippodromeA special one off Gang Show is being staged at the Birmingham Hippodrome on 10th June 2012. Featuring 150 scouts and guides from 30 Gang Shows across the UK. Come and enjoy this evening of comedy, music and dance. Curtain up at 7pm, don't be late, the gang's all here. Every night of every year, somewher […]

9 Nov 2012 - Classical at Birmingham HippodromeFiordiligi is engaged to Guglielmo, and her sister Dorabella is engaged to Ferrando. The two men are Italian sailors stationed in a British seaside town and their fiancées are coming to visit. Their friend Don Alfonso, a local pier entertainer, believes that by nature all women are fickle and unfaithful, and mak […]

10 Nov 2012 - Classical at Birmingham HippodromeLove at first sight: Mimi and Rudolfo meet on Christmas Eve, and instantly fall in love. Their happiness is short lived. Mimi’s health deteriorates and to make matters worse she must deal with Rodolfo’s growing jealousy. Their friends, Musetta and Marcello rekindle their love for each other. […]

8 Nov 2012 - Classical at Birmingham HippodromeLove at first sight: Mimi and Rudolfo meet on Christmas Eve, and instantly fall in love. Their happiness is short lived. Mimi’s health deteriorates and to make matters worse she must deal with Rodolfo’s growing jealousy. Their friends, Musetta and Marcello rekindle their love for each other. […]

7 Nov 2012 - Classical at Birmingham HippodromeThe offices of state weigh heavily on Jephtha’s shoulders. He has led his people through war to victory, he is a hero, the man of the hour – but there is a catch, a terrible catch. Before victory, Jephtha vowed that, if he was to win, he would sacrifice the first living creature he encountered on his return. The […]

2 Oct 2012 - 6 Oct 2012 - Dance at Birmingham HippodromeA timeless story of good, evil and the all conquering power of love, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake is without doubt the most famous of all classical ballets. In mourning for his father, Prince Siegfried finds solace in hunting in the forest. He comes across a moonlit lake and is astonished to see one of the s […]

26 Sep 2012 - 29 Sep 2012 - Dance at Birmingham HippodromeCreating her first piece for a major European company, award-winning American choreographer, Jessica Lang crosses the Atlantic to make this ballet, jointly commissioned by International Dance Festival Birmingham 2012 and Birmingham Royal Ballet. Set to romantic musical miniatures by Norwegian master E […]

13 Nov 2012 - Dance at Birmingham HippodromeBatsheva Ensemble is the younger wing of Israel’s outstanding and world class contemporary dance group Batsheva Dance Company and this is their first visit to the UK. Led by choreographic supremo Ohad Naharin, Batsheva’s dancers were described as “acrobats of God” by the San Francisco Chronicle. Naharin has said of […]

16 May 2012 - 18 May 2012 - Theatre at Birmingham HippodromeCIRCOLOMBIA’s members are all in their teens or early 20s, and some are graduates of the remarkable Circo Para Todos, Columbia’s national circus school, which takes young people off the streets and teaches them circus skills. Circo Para Todos is the only school in the world set up to train disadvant […]

22 Oct 2012 - 3 Nov 2012 - Theatre at Birmingham HippodromeWritten by Willy Russell, the legendary BLOOD BROTHERS tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with tragic consequences. The superb score includes Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe and the emotionally charged hit […]

9 Oct 2012 - 20 Oct 2012 - Theatre at Birmingham HippodromeBased on the movie of the same name, this fabulous, family-friendly, feel-good show is packed with songs inspired by Motown, funk, soul & disco, which more than a million people saw in the West End! When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the on […]

6 Jun 2012 - 9 Jun 2012 - Classical at Birmingham HippodromeFollowing its critically acclaimed UK debut in 2009, the globally renowned Cape Town Opera brings the rarely performed George Gershwin masterpiece Porgy and Bess to Birmingham for the very first time. Porgy and Bess has emerged as one of the great icons of American music theatre, known around the wo […]

11 Nov 2012 - Comedy at Birmingham HippodromeKevin Bridges returns to the road in the Autumn of 2012 with a brand new show called the 'The Story Continues...' which follows up the huge success of his sell-out UK & Ireland tour of 2010. Having made his debut on BBC1's Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow in 2009 he has now gone onto host […]

29 May 2012 - 2 Jun 2012 - Theatre at Birmingham HippodromeStarring Elaine C Smith, best known as Mary Doll in BBC TV’s Rab C Nesbitt, the musical follows Susan Boyle’s meteoric rise from humble beginnings to global icon and features signature songs from her multi-platinum selling albums. […]

22 May 2012 - 26 May 2012 - Theatre at Birmingham HippodromeConnie Fisher, star of The Sound of Music and winner of the BBC's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria, returns to the Birmingham Hippodrome in the multi award-winning musical comedy, Wonderful Town. Featuring a superb score by legendary American composer Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story), t […]

27 Jun 2012 - 30 Jun 2012 - Dance at Birmingham HippodromeAll aboard for the roaring 20s! The Grand Tour sees our heroine, a doughty American spinster, embarking for Europe. She can’t believe her luck when she finds herself on board with a feast of famous faces. However, it turns out that Noël Coward, Gertrude Stein and George Bernard Shaw, to name but a few […]

20 Jun 2012 - 23 Jun 2012 - Dance at Birmingham HippodromePassions run out of control in this balletic adaption of Thomas Hardy’s famous novel by David Bintley, Company Director and award-winning creator of the Company’s huge Christmas hit, Cinderella. An enrapturing story of lust, deceit and murder, with one woman at the centre of it all. Bathsheba Everdene […]

4 Jul 2012 - 25 Aug 2012 - Theatre at Birmingham HippodromeDIRTY DANCING - THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, passionate romance and sensationally sexy dancing. Seen by millions across the globe this worldwide smash-hit tells the classic story of Baby and Johnny, two fiercely independent young […]

16 Jun 2012 - Theatre at Birmingham HippodromeCast includes Jay Hunter Morris as Tristan, Ann Petersen as Isolde, Susan Bickley as Brangaene, Phillip Joll as Kurwenal, Matthew Best as King Marke and Simon Thorpe as Melot […]

13 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012 - Theatre at Birmingham HippodromeCast includes Anita Hartig as Mimì, Alex Vicens as Rodolfo, David Kempster as Marcello, Kate Valentine as Musetta, David Soar as Colline and Gary Griffiths as Schaunard […]