Get a glimpse into the fascinating history of Birmingham Hippodrome with our Hippodrome Heritage series of podcasts, hosted by Heart FM’s Ed James.  Episode 2 is now live and features a chat with our good friend and pantomime dame Nigel Ellacott.

  • Episode 1 – Ed James meets Media and PR Manager, Mandy Rose who reveals where our original stage door was located and the famous people who went through it.
  • Episode 2 – One of our favourite pantomime Dames and good friend of the theatre Nigel Ellacott chats to Ed about the history of pantomime ahead of Aladdin opening on 19 Dec. 
  • Episode 3 – Hippodrome Heritage Project volunteer Ivan Heard reveals some of the fascinating stories of the early days of the theatre.
  • Episode 3 – Birmingham Hippodrome Patrons Gill Tune and Sheila Ballantyne-Smith talk to Ed about why they support Birmingham Hippodrome.
  • Episode 4 – Ian Johnson talks about his great grandfather Henry Draysey, who with his brother built the original theatre back in 1899.

Our Heritage Project is supported by The Heritage Lottery Fund, but we need your help too! Our goal is to create a digital archive website and touch table installation that will be launched in May 2016. There are many ways you can help us; if you have any memories or artefacts you can donate these to our archive collection.

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