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The best of Brum - part three
29th September 2010. Posted by Sam Dowling. Trackback
Having spent all my life in and around Birmingham it was very difficult to choose just one location as I have lots of very fond memories including workshops at the old MAC and lunchtimes at the Botanical Gardens. Incidentally I also have some decidedly blurry memories and I’m not sure it’s wise for me to own up to the fact that I was around before Broad Street even opened The Works! However one place that has always remained close to my heart has to be the Birmingham Hippodrome.
As a theatre enthusiast I’ve enjoyed numerous performances in both the old and new Birmingham Hippodrome and it’s still a family tradition to see the pantomime every Christmas eve. As a child I was enthralled by the glamour and prestige of the building and as an adult the Hippodrome has welcomed me as visitor, employee and actress!
Yes that’s correct, as a budding young actress I even graced its infamous stage as part of Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera workshops. I was also foolishly signed up for an array of dance classes in the DanceXchange studios despite my lack of fancy footwork!
During my student days I happily took a part time job as an usher at the theatre and enjoyed many summers sat on the sidelines watching performances of Joseph, Saturday Night Fever and Tell Me On A Sunday. I was even lucky enough to meet the fabulous Joan Collins, who is making a return visit to the theatre to star in the 2010 pantomime.
The Hippodrome’s continued popularity represents Birmingham’s growing arts and culture sector and earlier this year participated in the International Dance Festival which saw an excess of 50,000 people watch performances within the four week festival. Nowadays I am a regular visitor to the Hippodrome and thoroughly enjoy the diversity of acts that it presents. In fact the Rewired team enjoyed an outing to Traces earlier this year as part of the festival and are looking forward to seeing the new production of Blood Brothers next month.
Finally, you can imagine my delight when I arrived at the theatre to have my Rewired photographs taken and discovered a giant poster advertising a current performance of Joseph, truly compounding my choice and completing my trip down memory lane!
Over to Tom...