The Hulme Hippodrome Theatre,
Chichester Road and Warwick Street, Manchester
Formerly - The Grand Junction Theatre and Floral Hall
Later - The Second Manchester Repertory Theatre
The Hulme Hippodrome on the corner of Chichester Road and Warwick Street, Hulme, Manchester was built next door to the Hulme Playhouse and designed by J. J. Alley who also designed several other Theatres in Manchester, including the Metropole, the Royal Osborne, the Hulme Playhouse, and the Queens Park Hippodrome along with the Pavilion Theatre in Liverpool, and several others in the Broadhead Circuit.
The Theatre was built as a home for melodrama and originally seated 3,000 when it first opened as the Grand Junction Theatre and Floral Hall in 1901. Both Theatres were connected by an arcade.
The Theatre was renamed the Hulme Hippodrome in 1905 when it became a Music Hall.
In 1942 the Theatre was renamed the Second Manchester Repertory Theatre.
In 1950 the Theatre was refurbished and the Gallery was reopened.
In 1962 the Theatre was converted for Bingo and Casino use, and then later became a nightclub which closed down in 1986.