Review: To Kill a Mockingbird, Birmingham Hippodrome

Review: To Kill a Mockingbird, Birmingham Hippodrome

Harper Lee’s classic novel makes a surprisingly sharp and humorous transformation as a stage play

To Kill a Mockingbird – Birmingham Hippodrome

Like all great classics, “To Kill a Mockingbird” has been filmed, staged, adapted into many other genres, yet at heart it remains a substantial component of the literary canon having made immeasurable contributions to understanding racial tension and segregation and gaining itself a Putlizer Prize in the process. Harper Lee penned the novel to reflect her childhood in 1930’s America when times were less enlightened and drew her inspiration from …

To Kill A Mockingbird Review

Birmingham Hippodrome – until 18th April 2026 Reviewed by Emma Millward 5***** Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird began a brief run at Birmingham Hippodrome last night. Lee’s classic 1960 novel has been adapted before, as a play and a movie, but in this version, writer Aaron Sorkin has added a fresh perspective to certain elements of the storyline, shifting the focus onto more of the characters than previous adaptations. Sorkin’s dialogue is fa…