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: THE GOOD LIFE at Bath and Cheltenham

14 October, 2021
The Good Life – Rufus Hound as Tom Good, Dominic Rowan as Jerry Leadbetter, Preeya Kalidas as Margo Leadbetter, Sally Tatum as Barbara Good – Credit Dan Tsantilis
By Graham Wyles
★★★☆☆ It’s a pleasant enough step back in time some fifty years - with a nice twist lacking from the TV series - and yet better succeeds in pointing the way for a more radical reboot. ...
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Review: Matthew Bourne’s THE MIDNIGHT BELL at Cheltenham Everyman

12 September, 2021
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★★ The range and skill of the dancing is, as one might expect, phenomenal. The key to its success in a performance with such a strong narrative bent is that the choreography is always so on point for the ton...
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Review: PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT at Cheltenham Everyman

10 August, 2021
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By Graham Wyles
The three leading actors each find some substance behind the drag as they sweep across the outback with its inevitable rejection and surprising acceptance....
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Review: LITTLE WOMEN at Cheltenham Everyman

5 June, 2021
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ The Everyman’s opening performance is Jenny Wren Productions’ small scale adaptation of Little Women. The setup is an immediately interesting and ambitious take on the sizeable novel with its large c...
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Review: BAND OF GOLD at the Everyman, Cheltenham

3 March, 2020
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆ Gina is in a tight spot. Having thrown out her thug of a husband, she now has a loan shark breathing down her neck because her job flogging makeup won’t pay. Without any other options that do not invo...
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Review: SHIRLEY VALENTINE at the Everyman in Cheltenham

19 February, 2020
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆ Being a one-hander, the success of the drama rests on Claire Sweeney keeping the audience rapt throughout and this she certainly manages. Willy Russell’s scripts are of course renowned for capturing...
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Review: THE CROFT at the Everyman, Cheltenham

23 January, 2020
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆ Laura arrives at her father’s croft with her older lover Suzanne, determined to have a romantic break. Isolated from the modern world, the couple’s squabbling soon gives way to dredging up the hidden...
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Review: UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE at the Everyman Irving Studio, Cheltenham

11 December, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★★ With strong performances both in acting and on-stage musical accompaniment, which one has come to expect, Under the Greenwood Tree is a reflective and nuanced Christmas play...
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Review: CINDERELLA at the Everyman, Cheltenham

7 December, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ With a change in style, the Everyman is putting on something with the bombast and production values more akin to a West-End show than previous years, though with familiar factors like Tweedy the Clown a...
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Review: THE ENTERTAINER at the Everyman, Cheltenham

12 November, 2019
The Entertainer – Pip Donaghy (Billy Rice), Shane Richie (Archie Rice)
By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ The structure of the play breaks up the fractious tensions of the Rice family with the tired act that Archie (Shane Richie) rolls out on stage each night. Having failed to pull in the punters yet again, ...
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Review: PETER PAN GOES WRONG at the Everyman, Cheltenham

23 October, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
Peter Pan Goes Wrong does just what it says on the tin. The classic adventure story is brought once more to the stage but due care was not taken to keep the production up to health and safety standards . . .or many stand...
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Review: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER at the Everyman in Cheltenham

25 September, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ The music is of course the main draw for most of the audience. That and seeing the main stars gyrate around in tight flattering outfits. The classic disco hits are performed live by the band and three fi...
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