Our spectacular building in the heart of Birmingham provides a striking and dramatic location for awards and graduation ceremonies.
Why stage your ceremony with us?
Extraordinary rooms with theatrical flair
- Our historic auditorium dates back to 1899 and can seat up to 1,800
- The more intimate space of the Patrick Studio has a capacity of 200
A strong supporting cast of spaces
- Spacious and flexible breakout spaces for entertaining guests and hosting additional celebrations
- Large and comfortable foyers for chilling out with family and friends
- For graduations, a robing room for gowns and mortar boards and a dedicated space for official photographs
Showstopping service from an experienced team
- Dedicated and professional project management specifically for your event
- Expert in-house technical team to put the wow-factor in to your event
Magical and memorable touches – we can help you arrange…
- Ticketing
- Bespoke ‘private’ webpage on our website
- Inspirational speakers
- Set design for stage
- Musicians and other performers (jazz band, steel pans, string quartet – whatever you’re in the mood for!)
- Public speaking coaching
- Floral decorations
- Branded macarons or other corporate gifts
- Live streaming (for faraway friends and family)
- Photographers
- Selfie station
- Branding presence on our state-of-the-art digital screens
- Added extras e.g. red carpet welcome (you suggest it…we’ll make it happen)
A city centre location and the best transport links in town
- 5 minutes walk from New Street Station
- 15 minutes walk from Moor Street Station
- Easily accessible from the M6 and M5 motorways and all major routes in to Birmingham
- Birmingham International Airport is 20 minutes away by train
Support Hippodrome Projects
Birmingham Hippodrome is an independent not-for-profit charity reinvesting in building a better future through arts and culture. Any surplus we make from events helps to fund Hippodrome Projects – our own curated programme of indoor and outdoor live performance, community work and transformational learning projects that help more people experience arts and culture.