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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1982 | Apollo Theatre, Hales Street | ||
Date(s) | Show | Notes | Images |
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Mon 1st Feb until Sat 6th Feb 1982 | Vienna Festival Ballet | Performing The Nutcracker. | |
Mon 8th Feb 1982 | Genesis - In Concert | On the movie screen. | |
Tue 9th Feb 1982 | Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii | On the movie screen. | |
Sat 13th Feb 1982 | UB40 | One night only. | |
Tue 23rd Feb 1982 | Mike Harding | One night only. | |
Sat 27th Feb 1982 | The Who - The Kids Are Alright | On the movie screen. | |
Wed 3rd Mar until Sat 20th Mar 1982 | My Fair Lady | Starring Tony Britton, Rebecca Caine, Peter Bayliss and Anna Neagle. | |
Tue 30th Mar until Sat 3rd Apr 1982 | Coventry Scout's Gang Show | Entitled "Ralph" in honour of Ralph Reader, the founder of the Gang Show. | |
Mon 5th Apr until Sat 10th Apr 1982 | English National Opera North | A different Opera each night. | |
Mon 12th Apr 1982 | The Krankies | Variety show including Dana and Franklin James & the Hot Dogs. | |
Fri 16th Apr 1982 | Elkie Brooks | One night only. | |
Wed 21st Apr 1982 | SHOW CANCELLED. | ||
Sat 24th Apr 1982 | The Spinners | One night only. | |
Mon 10th May 1982 | Sydney Devine | One night only. | |
Tue 11th May 1982 | Elkie Brooks | One night only. Date added due to the first show on 16th April selling out. | |
Sat 15th May 1982 | Frankie Laine | One night only. | |
Tue 18th May until Sat 22nd May 1982 | Oliver! | By the Coventry Musical Play Society. | |
Sun 23rd May 1982 | A Touch of Blarney | Irish variety show, including Gloria Hunniford. | |
Wed 26th May until Sat 29th May 1982 | Ballet Rambert | A different Ballet each night. | |
Mon 28th Jun 1982 | Toyah Willcox | One night only. | |
Thu 2nd Sep 1982 | Hot Chocolate | One night only. | |
Thu 16th Sep 1982 | Imagination | One night only. Supported by The Techno Twins. | |
Sat 18th Sep and Sun 19th Sep 1982 | UB40 | Two nights. | |
Sat 25th Sep 1982 | Festival Do Brazil | One night only. | |
Tue 28th Sep 1982 | David Essex | One night only. Supported by The Real Thing, and The Karl Whitworth Band. | |
Wed 29th Sep 1982 | The Shadows | One night only. | |
Tue 5th Oct 1982 | Dexy's Midnight Runners | One night only. | |
Wed 13th Oct and Thu 14th Oct 1982 | Shirley Bassey | Two nights. The show was rescheduled from the 18th and 19th April, which was postponed when Shirley was taken ill. | |
Mon 18th Oct until Sat 23rd Oct 1982 | Reveen - The Impossiblist | American Magician. | |
Tue 26th Oct until Sat 30th Oct 1982 | The Sleeping Beauty | By The Vienna Festival Ballet. | |
Wed 3rd Nov and Thu 4th Nov 1982 | Julio Inglesias | With the Four Tops. Two nights. | |
Sat 6th Nov 1982 | The Four Tops | One night only. | |
Tue 9th Nov 1982 | Yazoo | One night only. | |
Thu 11th Nov 1982 | Billy Connolly | Part of Billy's "Jocks Rap" tour. One night only. | |
Mon 22nd Nov until Sat 27th Nov 1982 | The Importance of being Earnest | Oscar Wilde play starring Judi Dench, Elizabeth Garvie, Zoe Wanamaker, Nigel Havers, Martin Jarvis, and others. | |
Sun 28th Nov 1982 | John Denver | One night only. | |
Fri 10th Dec 1982 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | One night only. (Tickets £9) | |
Wed 22nd Dec 1982 until Sat 29th Jan 1983 | Aladdin | Pantomime, starring Ken Dodd & his Diddymen, Nat Jackley, Susan Maughan and Alan Curtis. |
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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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