Limited disabled parking is available on Hurst Street and Thorp Street. The Arcadian Centre Car Park has specially allocated bays with easy access to street level and only about yds to our entrance. Wheelchair users and patrons with impaired mobility may prefer to use Thorp Street car park directly opposite our stage door which provide the easiest access to the theatre. Access To Toilets. Assistance Dogs. Assistance dogs are welcome to go into the auditorium with you, however some performances have special effects eg: gun shots, smoke, haze.
If you require a member of the Front of House team to look after your dog please register this when booking your tickets. Our trained Front of House team will toilet your dogs should you require. We do have wheelchair lounges that some audience members find useful for their dogs as there is more space for them to stretch out. Please ask for more details when booking. If you have an assistance dog, please advise Box Office at the time of booking and they can then allocate the most appropriate seating for you or make adequate provision to care for your dog during the performance.
Essential Companions. We offer concessions for people with access requirements. These vary from show to show. It is always best to book through our Access phone line when booking assisted performances. If you are coming to an evening performance you can pre-pay for your parking. You can pay a flat rate in the car park ticket machine after 5. There are two entrances to the theatre — one in Hurst Street and a side entrance in Thorp Street.
The main Hurst Street entrance has a ramped entrance on the right hand side with a touch button. The doors open outwards. The Ticket Sales counter will be directly in front of you. Headsets, large print and braille cast lists can be collected from the cloakroom which is to the left. If you would like to listen to the introductory notes, you should collect your headset in good time to take your seat 15 minutes before the start of the performance.
The main foyer is to the left, up four steps. There is a staircase directly ahead which takes you up to level 2. There is a lift to the right, as well as more stairs, which take you to all 4 levels of the theatre.
There is a bar on the far side of the foyer and a deli bar to the left, offering homemade sandwiches, hot and cold food, cakes and snacks. Stageside, a brasserie-style bar, is just over the road from the Thorp Street entrance and is fully accessible from level 2.
There are accessible toilets on every level and bars on levels 1, 2 and 3, as well as Sales points, selling ice-creams, soft drinks and confectionery. The Hippodrome Restaurant is on Level 3. If you wish to pre order drinks for the interval, these can be brought to you at your seats. Please tell the staff when making your order if you would like this service.
The auditorium was built in originally as a circus, and has changed very little over the years apart from some refurbishment. It seats approximately people — downstairs in the stalls, and upstairs in the circle.
The circle is large and steep, and there are handrails on either side. Level 1 entrances bring you in at the back of the stalls area, Level 2 at the bottom of the circle, Level 3 — half way up the circle, and level 4 — at the back of the circle. These shapes are scattered against a warm smudged background which is yellow at the bottom, blending into a salmon pink and then into a richer reddish pink at the top.
In the foyer and main facade were completely refurbished and the tower was demolished. With later improvements, the Hippodrome is the major regional touring house for opera and ballet in the Midlands and, since , the home of the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Parts of the theatre remain visible externally. The auditorium design appears to be in line of descent from Manchester Palace and Drury Lane with three bays of boxes set between fluted Ionic columns on either side of the proscenium opening.
There is a single balcony, with a long curving front, reflecting later, cinema-influenced styles. The annexe built in on land newly acquired, to provide the Birmingham Royal Ballet with its headquarters, is a self-contained unit, but linked to the theatre. Birmingham Hippodrome. Previous Pause Next. Dates of use.
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