n attempt to list all the shows ever performed at our Hippodromes, beginning with the temporary circus buildings, which from 1884 were specially erected on Pool Meadow for each visit - then, in 1903, to the first permanent, but short-lived, 'Tin' Hippodrome on the Priory Street side of Pool Meadow facing the old Swimming Baths. The popularity of these shows created the demand for a theatre worthy of our city, and so in 1906 began the construction in Hales Street, next to Swanswell Gate, of what we now regard as the Old Hippodrome.
Again, the success of this theatre meant that barely three decades later a greater capacity was required, and so we come to our lovely art-deco New Hippodrome in Hales Street, once known as the Showplace of the Midlands. Opening on the 1st November 1937, it was renamed Coventry Theatre in 1955, then from 1979 became The Apollo, giving its final performance in June 1985. After a short spell as a bingo hall it was eventually realised that such a building could not be put to any practical use, so, sadly, it was demolished in 2002. If anyone still has any tickets or programmes and would like to see them used to illustrate a show, please contact me.
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1967 | Coventry Theatre, Hales Street | ||
| Date(s) | Show | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 14th Mar until Sat 29th Apr 1967 | Black and White Minstrel Show | TV's Fastest Spectacular. | |
| Sun 19th Mar 1967 | Gene Pitney & The Troggs | Plus The Vision, Sounds Incorporated, The Loot, Normie Rowe & The Playboys, and David Garrick. One night only. | |
| Sun 26th Mar 1967 | Roy Orbison & The Small Faces | With Paul & Barry Ryan, The Settlers, Robb Storme & The Whispers, Sonny Childe and The Jeff Beck Group. One night only. | |
| Sun 2nd Apr 1967 | Mantovani and his Orchestra | One night only. | |
| Sun 16th Apr 1967 | Buddy Rich and his Orchestra | One night only. | |
| Tue 2nd May until Sat 6th May 1967 | Scout Gang Show | Cast of over 250. | |
| Mon 8th May until Sat 20th May 1967 | The Dickie Henderson Show | Variety, with The Rockin' Berries, Arthur Worsley, the Three Monarchs, and many others. | |
| Tue 23rd May until Sat 17th Jun 1967 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Starring Roy Hudd, Kenneth Connor, Eddie Gray, and many more. | |
| Mon 19th Jun until Sat 1st Jul 1967 | D'Oyly Carte Opera | A different Opera each night. | |
| Mon 3rd Jul until Sat 15th Jul 1967 | Billy Cotton and his Band | With Kathie Kay and Alan Breeze, Gert & Daisy, Hutch, and more. | |
| Sat 22nd Jul until Sat 29th Jul 1967 | Georgian State Dance Company | From the USSR - "The World's Most Exciting Dancers". (Theatre closed until 26th August for Summer Vacation.) | |
| Mon 28th Aug until Sat 2nd Sep 1967 | The Bed Sitting Room | Comedy, starring Spike Milligan, with Bill Kerr, Valentine Dyall and John D. Collins. | |
| Fri 8th Sep and Sat 9th Sep 1967 | Engelbert Humperdinck | With guests, Joan Regan and The Settlers, plus others. | |
| Mon 11th Sep until Sat 16th Sep 1967 | The Shadows | Plus Les Dawson and many others. | |
| Mon 25th Sep until Sat 30th Sep 1967 | Old Time Music Hall | With Hetty King, Billy Russell, Adelaide Hall, and others. | |
| Fri 6th Oct until Sat 2nd Dec 1967 | 1967 Birthday Show | Starring Frank Ifield, Ted Rogers, and many others. | |
| Sun 29th Oct 1967 | The Who | With Traffic, Marmalade, The Tremoloes, and The Herd. One night only. | |
| Sun 5th Nov 1967 | Sam & Dave | With Arthur Conley, Percy Sledge, and others. One night only. | |
| Sun 19th Nov 1967 | Jimi Hendrix | Supported by The Move, The Nice, Pink Floyd, Amen Corner, The Outer Limits and Eire Apparent. One night only, but two shows - 6:30pm and 8:00pm. | |
| Sun 26th Nov 1967 | Tom Jones | With Kathy Kirby, and the Ted Heath Orchestra. One night only. | |
| Mon 27th Nov until Sat 2nd Dec 1967 | Sooty and Sweep | The 1968 Sooty and Sweep Talent Show, mornings and afternoons. | |
| Mon 4th Dec until Sat 9th Dec 1967 | Oklahoma | By The Coventry Amateur Operatic Society. (Theatre closed next week for Pantomime rehearsals.) | |
| Wed 20th Dec 1967 until Sat 9th Mar 1968 | Cinderella | Pantomime, starring Jimmy Tarbuck, Anita Harris, Richard "Mr. Pastry" Hearne, Audrey Jeans, Sue Nicholls, and many others. | |
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Also of interest might be A short history of Coventry's Theatres and Cinemas, by Bill Birch.
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