The Everyman Theatre
Regent Street
Cheltenham
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Box Office: 01242 5725

The Opera House in Cheltenham’s Regent Street opened on 1st October 1891 with a performance of Lady Clancarty starring Lillie Langtry. The theatre was designed by one of the greatest theatre architects of all times, Frank Matcham, who designed nearly 200 theatres in Great Britain including the London Palladium. Over the next seventy years The Opera House was to play host to some of the greatest names in British theatre and variety.

The theatre survived imminent closure in 1959 to rise from the ashes as the re-named Everyman Theatre in 1960. For the next 35 years it was the home of repertory, nurturing such talents as Steven Berkoff, Josephine Tewson, William Gaunt and Penelope Keith.

When the rep ended in 1995 the theatre reverted to being a venue for touring shows and has presented some of the best pre and post West End plays and musicals ever since.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Review: FAME at the Everyman in Cheltenham

22 January, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆ It started as a film, before becoming a TV series that itself had a spin-off, a stage musical, and rounded out by a cinematic remake. Selladoor Productions brings the stage version back to the UK with al...
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Review: ALADDIN at the Everyman Cheltenham

8 December, 2018
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ The Cheltenham Everyman closes out the year with an enjoyable pantomime that neatly encapsulates a traditional silly and raucous family outing, whilst heralding a year of change and ambitious programming...
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Review: THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP in The Studio at the Everyman, Cheltenham

6 December, 2018
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ There’s not a complaint to be found in the cast, and as usual I have to commend actors who are called upon to do more than just act on stage. You get your money’s worth for song, dance, puppetry, in...
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Review: Cheryl Campbell stars in DRACULA at the Everyman, Cheltenham

3 October, 2018
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★☆☆☆ Ultimately what struck me was the dissonance of sensibilities. The staging is very effective at evoking a sense of dread. But as ominous as the lighting, set and scene transitions may be, much of the ac...
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Review: RUSSIAN STATE OPERA at the Everyman in Cheltenham

21 September, 2018
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆ Liubov Dobrynina and Dmitry Smekin were both on form as Carmen and Don José, respectively, but it was Valeriya Balandina’s Michaela who seemed to win the most profuse appreciation from the audience. ...
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Review: THE FULL MONTY at the Everyman, Cheltenham

12 September, 2018
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆ The play as much as the film is framed as equal parts engaging comedy-drama as raucous girls’ night out. I personally was more there for the former but there’s no shame in being a full-throated cham...
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Review: LET IT BE at the Everyman, Cheltenham

29 August, 2018
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆ Vintage rock n’ roll stage musicals are a well-established genre. Let It Be is a bit of a deviation within this brand as it plants itself squarely on its chops at musical impersonation. It’s not here...
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Review: OTHELLO at the Everyman in Cheltenham

16 July, 2018
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By @BookingAround
★★★★☆ The timelessness of Shakespeare’s work has often resulted in efforts to modernise and contextualise his plays in different ways, and with varying results. This English Touring Theatre production of Othe...
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Review: MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT at the Everyman in Cheltenham

11 July, 2018
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ For the uninitiated, this is how it works: Mischief Theatre specialise in improvised stagings where the actors construct a shambolic, daft and eclectic play on-the-spot based on audience suggestions....
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NAMING THE VIEW in the Everyman Studio, Cheltenham

7 June, 2018
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ This was a more than satisfying outing. Naming the View is a simple two-hander with a rather multifaceted premise. At the surface level, it concerns Kate and Horten, two estranged friends who happen to b...
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BalletBoyz FOURTEEN DAYS at the Everyman, Cheltenham

22 May, 2018
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ For those not familiar, Balletboyz is a dance company founded in 2000 by a pair of alumni from The Royal Ballet. Their multi-award winning record speaks for itself and it has been with some anticipation ...
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Great Expectations at the Everyman, Cheltenham

9 May, 2018
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★☆☆☆ It is intensely frustrating when there are clear virtues in a play but it is ultimately unwound by too many hiccups and overarching structural issues. Such is the case with Great Expectations . . . It’s...
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