We have an expanding programme of visual and digital arts in and around the theatre. See details of some of our exhibitions and projects below: 2023 Freefall 21st Anniversary Exhibition As part of Freefall’s 21st anniversary celebrations, you can discover more about this company’s extraordinary story in the exhibition in collaboration with Birmingham Royal Ballet through photos, film and testimony in various sites across the theatre.... 2022 One Dance, One City exhibition An exhibition of photographs celebrating One Dance UK’s relocation to Birmingham from London in 2019. Taking the sounds of the city as their orchestra, and the streets as their stage, some of the region’s finest dance artists were invited by One Dance UK to partner with the city itself. ... The City That Spoke To Me exhibition In this exhibition, photographer Paul Stringer showcased the poets that inspired his journey into spoken word through photographic portraits, audio interviews, poems and physical artefacts. ... 2020 Ways of Belonging: Taste An exhibition questioning the issue of working class representation in the culture sector through the work of four artists working and living in and around Birmingham... Home: Vanley Burke exhibition An exhibition of new, augmented-reality portrait photograph by renowned photographer Vanley Burke in collaboration with Friction Arts... 2019 Tower of Varieties - Hippodrome 120 Sculpture Commission As part of the celebrations to mark Birmingham Hippodrome’s 120th birthday, we commissioned a new site-specific sculpture for our foyers.... If Memory Serves A research project by Ryan Kearney looking to narrate The Nightingale Club’s previous venue on Thorp Street, which in 1994 was acquired for the Hippodrome’s expansion.... Pre-Windrush to the Present Day A History of Black Representation on stage at Birmingham Hippodrome. ... B-SIDE Graffiti Installation In celebration of B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival and Birmingham Hippodrome’s 120th birthday year, an 8.5 metre group mural, by renowned Birmingham graffiti artists Gent48, Wingy and Flake.... Once Upon a Time: Women Who Dared to Dream A lively introduction to 30 of Birmingham’s most awe-inspiring women from the book 'Once Upon a Time in Birmingham: Women Who Dared to Dream'. ... 2018 Once Upon A Time: A Visual History of Pantomime Craig Earp and Danny Lloyd's artwork is a response to the rich archive based at the Hippodrome which includes photographs, posters, programmes and records of the theatre’s history.... The Face of Suffrage Celebrating 100 years since women were first allowed the vote, this exhibition of photographs showcases some of the faces of the Suffrage movement.... In the Wings: New Perspective Birmingham Royal Ballet’s exhibition shares moments captured by two of the Company’s dancers turned photographers of preparation, performance and camaraderie ... Empire Soldiers VR Experience Empire Soldiers was a breathtaking virtual reality installation that told the compelling stories of the forgotten Caribbean and South Asian soldiers of World War One.... Steve Lilly's Comedy Classics As part of Birmingham Comedy Festival, we welcomed an exhibition of Comedy Classics in our gallery spaces.... Cover to Cover: Roald Dahl Around the World exhibition To coincide with Matilda The Musical, this exhibition of eye-catching international book covers celebrated the world’s number one storyteller.... In 'Side exhibition ‘In ‘Side’ was an exhibition of new photographs chronicling life in and around Southside, on display in our Thorp Street Atrium.... 2017 Big Tree Schools Challenge In December 2017, we asked schools from our Hippodrome Education Network to help us decorate our building for the festive period. ...
Freefall 21st Anniversary Exhibition As part of Freefall’s 21st anniversary celebrations, you can discover more about this company’s extraordinary story in the exhibition in collaboration with Birmingham Royal Ballet through photos, film and testimony in various sites across the theatre....
One Dance, One City exhibition An exhibition of photographs celebrating One Dance UK’s relocation to Birmingham from London in 2019. Taking the sounds of the city as their orchestra, and the streets as their stage, some of the region’s finest dance artists were invited by One Dance UK to partner with the city itself. ...
The City That Spoke To Me exhibition In this exhibition, photographer Paul Stringer showcased the poets that inspired his journey into spoken word through photographic portraits, audio interviews, poems and physical artefacts. ...
Ways of Belonging: Taste An exhibition questioning the issue of working class representation in the culture sector through the work of four artists working and living in and around Birmingham...
Home: Vanley Burke exhibition An exhibition of new, augmented-reality portrait photograph by renowned photographer Vanley Burke in collaboration with Friction Arts...
Tower of Varieties - Hippodrome 120 Sculpture Commission As part of the celebrations to mark Birmingham Hippodrome’s 120th birthday, we commissioned a new site-specific sculpture for our foyers....
If Memory Serves A research project by Ryan Kearney looking to narrate The Nightingale Club’s previous venue on Thorp Street, which in 1994 was acquired for the Hippodrome’s expansion....
Pre-Windrush to the Present Day A History of Black Representation on stage at Birmingham Hippodrome. ...
B-SIDE Graffiti Installation In celebration of B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival and Birmingham Hippodrome’s 120th birthday year, an 8.5 metre group mural, by renowned Birmingham graffiti artists Gent48, Wingy and Flake....
Once Upon a Time: Women Who Dared to Dream A lively introduction to 30 of Birmingham’s most awe-inspiring women from the book 'Once Upon a Time in Birmingham: Women Who Dared to Dream'. ...
Once Upon A Time: A Visual History of Pantomime Craig Earp and Danny Lloyd's artwork is a response to the rich archive based at the Hippodrome which includes photographs, posters, programmes and records of the theatre’s history....
The Face of Suffrage Celebrating 100 years since women were first allowed the vote, this exhibition of photographs showcases some of the faces of the Suffrage movement....
In the Wings: New Perspective Birmingham Royal Ballet’s exhibition shares moments captured by two of the Company’s dancers turned photographers of preparation, performance and camaraderie ...
Empire Soldiers VR Experience Empire Soldiers was a breathtaking virtual reality installation that told the compelling stories of the forgotten Caribbean and South Asian soldiers of World War One....
Steve Lilly's Comedy Classics As part of Birmingham Comedy Festival, we welcomed an exhibition of Comedy Classics in our gallery spaces....
Cover to Cover: Roald Dahl Around the World exhibition To coincide with Matilda The Musical, this exhibition of eye-catching international book covers celebrated the world’s number one storyteller....
In 'Side exhibition ‘In ‘Side’ was an exhibition of new photographs chronicling life in and around Southside, on display in our Thorp Street Atrium....
Big Tree Schools Challenge In December 2017, we asked schools from our Hippodrome Education Network to help us decorate our building for the festive period. ...
