Hippodrome, Bolton

Productions
From programmes retained - some productions missing

1956
Wk Beginning: January 23rd
Separate Rooms
By Joseph Carole and Alan Dinehart

Wk Beginning: January 10th
To Kill A Cat
By Roland Pertwee and Harold Dearson

Wk Begining: February 5th
Cut For Partners
by Lionel Brown

Wk Beginning: February 13th
Mystery At Blackwater
By Dan Sutherland

Wk Beginning: February 20th
Ask Your Dad
By Edwin Lewis

Wk Beginning: February 27th
Sweet Aloes
By Jay Mallory

Wk Beginning: March 5th
Strictly Business
By Rosemary West

Wk Beginning: March 12th
Miss Mabel
By R C Sherriff

Wk Beginning: March 19th
A Husband For Nora
By Armitage Owen

Wk Beginning: April 2nd
Intimate Relations
By Strafford Dickens

Wk Beginning: April 9th
Leap In The Dark
By Wilfred Massey

Wk Beginning: April 23rd
Avril
By Stuart Ready

Wk Beginning: May 7th
The Eleventh Hour
By C. Neilson Gattey and Z. Bramley-Moore


Company Members

J Richard Austin
Dennis Scott
Maureen Norman
Jean Rimmer
Gerald Cowan
Herbert Evelyn
Frank Finlay
Bessie Osborne
Lora Layson
Julia Barron
Jean Wraith
Penelope Davis

The Hippodrome, Bolton

The Hippodrome opened in 1908. It was built opposite the Post Office on Deansgate and originally called The Bolton Empire Theatre. In in 1916 the Empire changed hands and became a Cinema and was renamed 'The Hippodrome'.

Sometime in the 1940's it returned to theatrical use, becoming the home of the Bolton Repertory Theatre. Productions continued until 1961 when the Theatre finally closed, sparking an outcry and protests. A campaign to turn it into a Civic theatre failed and the theatre was demolished. I believe the site is now a car park. Its neighbour, The Hen & Chickens pub, still stands.