The Stockport Hippodrome was located on St Petersgate, Stockport. Originally named the Empire Theatre, the building opened in 1905, exactly where the Grand Theatre lay from 1869 until 1904, the year it was demolished. Before the architect Peter Cummings converted the Stockport Hippodrome into a cinema in 1931, the Hippodrome was known for its professional theatre, with shows including Money for Nothing (1916) and Married on Leave (1918), which toured most of England's Hippodromes at the time. As a cinema, the Stockport Hippodrome was taken over by Associated British Cinemas (ABC) in 1932. During this time, the cinema had a Western Electric sound system, which was top of the range during this period. Six years later, the ABC had opened their Ritz Cinema and the Hippodrome was taken over independently, returning to live theatre. In 1951, it would become the Astor Cinema, with the building lasting not a decade longer, as a fire sealed its fate. The last screening was A Bucket of Blood with Dick Miller.
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