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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment

Hooray for the Hippodrome

London Hippodrome
The neon lights at the Hippodrome have beckoned punters for years Photograph: Brendan Beirne/Rex Features
London Hippodrome
1907: An exceptionally tall woman arrives in London to give a performance at the Hippodrome. The Hippodrome opened in 1900 as a circus and variety venue Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty
London Hippodrome
1926: Claude Hulbert and chorus girls in a scene from the musical comedy Sunny. In 1909, the Hippodrome was reconstructed as a music hall and variety theatre Photograph: Sasha/Getty
London Hippodrome
ca. 1927: American cabaret dancer Ardath de Sales in Mercenary May Photograph: Alex Stewart Sasha/Corbis
London Hippodrome
1931: Pamela Newell and Diana Barnato arrive in costume to perform in the children's dancing matinee in aid of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty
London Hippodrome
ca. 1930: Prize pedigree dogs and their owners watch a film called The Outlook starring show dogs Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis
London Hippodrome
1936: Helena Taylor, Kitty Glen and Viviette Donnelly in the revival of No, No, Nanette Photograph: Alex Stewart Sasha/Getty
London Hippodrome
1939: Dancers wait to go on stage Photograph: Tim Gidal/Getty
London Hippodrome
1945: Ivor Novello and Roma Beaumont in Perchance to Dream Photograph: Alex Bender/Getty
London Hippodrome
1945: Sailors of the Royal Canadian Navy in their show Meet The Navy, which includes a Russian dance scene Photograph: Haywood Magee/Getty
London Hippodrome
1956: The Tiller Girls Photograph: Bert Hardy/Corbis
London Hippodrome
In 1958 the interior of the Hippodrome was gutted and converted into a cabaret restaurant, The Talk of the Town Photograph: Dezo Hoffmann/Rex Features
London Hippodrome
1962: Terry Downes and Sugar Ray Robinson shake hands at the weigh-in for their middleweight boxing match at the Hippodrome Photograph: S&G and Barratts/PA
London Hippodrome
1980s: A drag queen performs at the London Hippodrome nightclub, opened in 1983 by Peter Stringfellow Photograph: Jeanette Jones/Rex Features
London Hippodrome
1989: Boogie nights ... Clubbers dancing at the sixth birthday of the nightclub Photograph: Peter Brooker/Rex Features
London Hippodrome
2004: A contestant on stage during Alternative Miss World Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
The English Gentlemen, part of La Clique
2008: A show by the burlesque act La Clique marks the reopening of the Hippodrome as a performance arts venue. The English Gentlemen are acrobats with a difference Photograph: Tristram Kenton/Guardian
Yulia Pikhtina, part of La Clique
Reviewing La Clique, Lyn Gardner found Yulia Pikhtina's hoop routine "enchanting" and deep Photograph: Tristram Kenton/Guardian
Captain Frodo, part of La Clique
La Clique's Captain Frodo performs the old climb-through-a-couple-of-tennis-racquets routine Photograph: Tristram Kenton/Guardian
La Clique
David O'Mer's bath-time aerial piece is, for Lyn Gardner a 'sexy showstopper and a knowing subversion of advertising's eroticisation of everyday life' Photograph: PR
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