The playbill features a selection of the most famous artists who have trodden the
Hippodrome's boards over the last 120 years, such as The Beatles and Judy Garland.
Having joined in October 2015 and developed the theatre's festival strategy, youth programme and series of free activities in the theatre building, Fiona says it is now time to ensure the
Hippodrome continues to develop for the next 120 years.
Fiona Allan, Birmingham
Hippodrome artistic director and chief executive.
Details of the event, an afternoon when the theatre was filled with women who worked in shell factories, have been unearthed by
Hippodrome heritage volunteers Sophie Lewis and Ivan Heard.
"The
Hippodrome's unique style and location are a perfect fit for us to continue our work of matching employers with job seekers around the globe."
It will be staged at the
Hippodrome from June 28, 2016 to September 3, 2016.
The
Hippodrome in West Derby Road is pictured about this time with a tram stopped to take on passengers heading for town.
Turkish contractor Ali Demirhan has completed the first stage of construction of 1,700-meter-long
hippodrome in Dubai.
Glyn Hughes, 76, from Brynteg, said: "I used to go to the
Hippodrome when I was young, it was one shilling nine pence then.
"The Middlesbrough
Hippodrome was his third collaboration with the Birmingham firm of theatre architects Owen and Ward - Mr G F Ward was the architect of the Civic Theatre, formerly the
Hippodrome, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in September.
In 1846 in Paris, Victor Franconi, a member of a French circus family, built the first structure in modern times to be called a
hippodrome.
The
Hippodrome supplied feed and boxes and was part-owner of an adjoining hotel, at which the stable personnel were lodged.
