Had to see this amazing show twice, it was so spectacular!! The Royal Hippodrome Theatre plays perfect host to some of the best shows I've ever seen! Beautiful Victorian Theatre, helpful and friendly staff and some of the best talent on stage you'll ever see! Wonderful!

Lovely, friendly little theatre with an exciting but relaxing atmosphere. Could do with a little TLC here and there to restore it to its former glory.

We visited Eastbourne with our 3 children, 6,7 & 8 years to watch Annie at the Hippodrome. We visited the pier first and as the weather was so lovely which was amazing considering end of October we sat at a table and ate fish and chips, we had a lovely walk then went and found the theatre. The theatre looks quite shabby from the outside but once your inside it is ok, it is a lovely small theatre and was a perfect first theatre visit for my son. The staff very very helpful, plenty of booster seats, clean toilets. The show was fantastic my children loved it and I have to say the singing was brilliant. We were very impressed.

Went to see "Annie" last week and thoroughly enjoyed the superbly presented 'community theatre' musical. I loved it and hope to see many more projects from this company. It was extremely good value for money at £15 for adults and £10 for children. Can't moan about that as a good price for quality live entertainment. Yes, the building is old and in need of refurbishment, I quite liked it but appreciate refurbishment is a must to stop it falling into disrepair further. Hopefully, funding for this will be forthcoming very soon as it would be a great shame to see this delightful theatre disappear completely. The Hippodrome staff are, I understand, mostly volunteers and presume they are so because of their love for this theatre. They were courteous, friendly and helpful and all in all a very good experience.

This show was excellent myself, my 3 year old daughter & 9 year old son loved it. The only thing I would say is that we were in the dress circle and the sound did not really travel very well, could have been a bit louder & clearer, but overall it didn't spoil show.

Fantastic show. Professional cast, orchestra and theatre staff. Thoroughly enjoyed by the whole family. Great introduction to the theatre for our young daughter.

Went to watch Annie with my six year old. The theatre is stunning and had a great view from where we sat, the staff were very helpful and the show was brilliant. We had a wonderful time

Very good production our teenages throughly enjoyed it as well as us Amazed at professional way it was acted and they are all volunteers amazing to give us all so much pleaser We all left with a good feel feeling

Thought the show was extremely enjoyable. Everyone in the show gave it 110%. Well worth seeing. Also the staff within the theatre were really friendly a real asset.

Brilliant performance, kept two young children's attention the whole way through - beautiful old theatre and very friendly volunteer staff!!

We spent an enjoyable time watching the beautifull production 'Annie'
Friendly informative staff made the experience all the more enjoyable.
I had my youngest (5yrs) and oldest (18yrs) with me and we all enjoyed it very much.

Attended the Saturday matinee -an absolutely outstanding performance of Annie in a wonderful theatre.

Great show great venue. Friendly helpful staff..the only minor issue was the toilet queue. Would recommend.

Very nice show, we thoroughly enjoyed it. First time in there, so was surprized with its size, much bigger than we thought.

This was our first visit, to see Steeleye Span and relive (for the writer) some youthful memories. The venue is really charming and as others have stated, the staff are very friendly. Our enjoyment of the music was marred by a tendency to drown out the (essential) words of their songs with over-loud guitars, drum, bass, which was a shame. But we enjoyed the atmosphere in this charming theatre.

I recently hired the theatre for a charity concert. It is a great Victorian theatre built 135 years ago with a wonderful traditional atmosphere. The staff are very welcoming and friendly and the theatre puts on many good shows. It has a nice bar and comfortable seating with good views of the stage.

We watched the Stage Play - Jerusalem last Thursday at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre in Eastbourne. This not so well known play was performed by Pocket Size Theatre Company under the direction of Keith Smith. It was excellent and deserved a much wider and larger audience. It was so refreshing to see something different performed and so true to real life. The of the cast delivered a professional performance throughout and the main character must be singled out for special praise for the both the level of content and its retention plus the realistic delivery it required. I'm sure if this had been shown in Brighton or London it would be playing to sold-out audiences!

Great show was seen by us and our party of 19 taken, Musicality a great night was had by all price once inside were reasonable. It was a shame to be told that there was a chance of it closing for ever and hope the fund raising continues to keep it open.

Very keen volunteers. I had a great unplanned day out seeing old Hollywood dance and sing sketches from old favourites. However, the theatre itself is in need of restoration. I was told Lottery fund money is in its way.

Musicality the best summer show for ages- well done everyone!!

Great show by Joe Pasquale. Had not seen him for some time,unfortunately, but the wait was worthwhile.
The theatre was ideal for his performance although not full. Fellow Eastbourian did not know what they were missintg.

We sat upstairs on this occasion in the Dress Circle because by the time we decided to book to see Joe Pasquale on that Sunday evening, stall seats were very limited. After climbing the many stairs we arrived outside the Dress circle doors where we were greeted by a smiling lady who checked our printed E tickets and told us where to go to find D-11 & 12. We found our seats and sat down to recover from our climb up those stairs. I will just say as we have visited many dress circle and grand circle theaters in London and as they are all old buildings there is no lift, so I am not knocking the Hippodrome Theatre OK. One thing we did notice while waiting for the show to start was because there were not many other seats been sold upstairs, other people were coming in sitting down, and then moving to other seats. One elder couple actually did this three times before being happy with where to sit in the dress circle. The next strange thing we noticed was a gentleman made an announcement we think about not taking photos or videos during the performance, but we couldn't be sure as he didn't use a microphone so it was not possible to hear him clearly. The show started and the first half of Joe's performance was very funny and we enjoyed it as it was clear the rest of the audience did as well. The next strange thing for me, was as after retirement I have become a tech volunteer at the Underground theatre so play audience background music myself, was that the same tracks played before the show started were repeated again. We can't believe this was anything to do with Joe Pasquale.
Anyway we had an ice cream and then the second half was due to start but not before that old couple moved again this time close to us. We mention this seat moving as we have never witnessed it before, as we thought we had bought two dress circle seats and they were ours for the whole show and we had to remain in them, as we have always done in every other theatre we have purchased theatre seats for a show at anyway. The second half was better than the first in our opinion and it finished with an encore before the lights went up and we made the much easier journey downstairs, where in the foyer we were greeted by a gentleman asking for donations. I gave him a pound as I live in Eastbourne and the theatre is in need of some tender loving care due to its age, and also it may help them to buy another CD to play with the other one?
Please support this lovely old theatre guys Sue & John

Visited this venue to see the fantastic Joe Pasquale. Really intimate and cosy venue allowing a great view of the performance. Whilst the venue has a need for further refurbishment, what it has is a warm friendly atmosphere with helpful and welcoming staff. This venue needs visitors in order to help it stay in Eastbourne as it has been for the past 133 years, please don't let it vanish and help support it.

Lovely old theatre with friendly and helpful staff. Went to see Joe Pasquale and as always he was on top form and we even got to participate in his show 😀

Great venue run by happy volunteers. Much friendlier than visiting the larger venues in Eastbourne. Joe Pasquale was great too!