Royal Hippodrome Theatre

4.7/5 based on 1438 reviews
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Lovely little theatre, had a great night😁
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Very helpful staff, fantastic shows, affordable bar. Excellent place for a night out!
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Good old fashioned theatre nice helpful staff.OK
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Always get a great show and a warm welcome
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Staff were friendly and helpful. Seating and sound was good. We had an excellent night would definitely visit again.
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Great fun, the staff are lovely
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a wonderful show and a lovley atmospheric theatre from the outside it looks shabby but once inside its lovley
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Brilliant night with jimmy osmond
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Fabulous dance show in a fabulous theatre.. old and nostalgic. Will definitely come again.
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they have good shows and some big names it good to visit the only thing is that the seating is very close to each other but this is a old theatre but it has some good shows
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Saw Totally Tina who was totally great. Great old theatre will make regular visits as they have an interesting programme.
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Very cold in there
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Great night
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Such a beautiful little theatre and run by charity. A real gem for Eastbournes heritage. Its a delight everytime I work here and the staff (mainly volunteers) are so wonderful and kind.
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Friendly and reasonably priced.
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A wonderful theatre steeped in history and tradition 😊
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What a fantastic theatre. Recently refurbished and looking great. Super friendly staff/volunteers. Great venue.
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Watched Cinderella today. Was really fantastic. My little girl loved every bit of it. It was really lovely how Cinderella and the prince came out at the end of the show and had there picture taken with the children.
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Lovely venue and gorgeous inside. Very friendly staff and great atmosphere. Location is the only thing to let this place down but that can't really be helped.
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Classic old school theatre. Lucky to still have such little pockets of history. Very helpful staff who were volunteers. Clean toilets and a reasonable price bar.
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Such a great Venue but be warned if you get front row seats your knees will literally be touching the stage!
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Nice
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Lovely traditional theatre on the up with imaginitive programming.
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Brilliant panto as usual.
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Want to the Hippodrome to watch the Wizard of Oz. The theatre needs some tlc on the outside and in the toilets. However, the seats were comfy and there was enough space for leg room for me (I'm 5ft 10) and you're not squashed in. We sat in the stalls in K9 and K10 and had a great view, The theatre is rather small compared to other theatres, which is great because it gives the show an intimate feel.

Although the review should be purely for the theatre, I have to say the show by AP theatre productions was fantastic, the actors were amazing and the show had enough adult humour yet was still appropriate for children. The show was pure feel good fun and was enough to get this middle age cynic's toe tapping. I have to say I really did love the show and thought the theatre itself was a good space.

My only gripe would be there was a French man who sat on our row and was translating the show all the way through to his daughter, did detract as you could hear him talking in the background throughout the show. I feel that staff should have addressed this.
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