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 WOMAN IN BLACK at the Everyman, Cheltenham

17 September, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★★  I think the long-term success of the play, and the quality still shining through in this performance, is that The Woman in Black does a lot more than being scary. It’s tremendously funny, especially ...
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Review: A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at the Everyman, Cheltenham

7 September, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆ In Wilde’s play a young man’s career ambitions are jeopardised when his mother meets his prestigious and titled new employer at an affluent dinner party, and the concealed implications of their past a...
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Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT at the Cheltenham Everyman

28 August, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ The tone and calibre are everything you have come to expect from Joseph at this point: family-friendly, bubbly, bright, cheesy and still able to get a song stuck in your head for days. ...
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Review: AMERICAN IDIOT at the Everyman, Cheltenham

3 July, 2019
American Idiot
By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆ American Idiot is the stage musical of Green Day’s famous 2004 album about adolescent malaise and disillusionment. The ‘punk rock opera’ follows the Jesus of Suburbia through post-9/11 America. ...
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Review: DEAD DOG IN A SUITCASE at the Everyman, Cheltenham

25 June, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★★ Dead Dog is a story of hypocrisy, as the swaggering and corrupt upper echelons of society persecute the crimes of the commoners whilst going unpunished themselves. . . .The themes are highly relevant no...
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Review: THE HOUSE ON COLD HILL at the Everyman, Cheltenham

12 June, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★☆☆☆ Adapted from Peter James’ novel of the same name, the leads provide a sympathetic and an engaging anchor for the supernatural drama, but they sadly can’t compensate for some misconceptions on how h...
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Review: FLY EDDIE FLY at the Everyman, Cheltenham

24 May, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆ As a chirpy musical Fly Eddie Fly certainly endeared itself to the audience. Supplemented in parts by the Company and members of the Everyman’s Youth Theatre, most of the musical heavy-lifting was perf...
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Review: THE EDIT in The Irving Studio at the Everyman, Cheltenham

17 May, 2019
The Edit
By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ A lot of effort has gone into the minutiae of the characters and making their travails believable and relatable. Meghan Treadway (Elena) and Jamie Wilkes (Nick) give incredibly naturalised performances,...
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Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Cheltenham Everyman

11 May, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
BRB is presenting a pair of new performances aimed at entertaining the whole family. It’s an appealing set-up that intends to satisfy established ballet fans and introduce newcomers to the merits of the art form. Ruth ...
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Review: English Touring Opera’s MACBETH at Cheltenham Everyman

1 May, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ A less frequently performed opera of Verdi, Macbeth never reaching the iconic status of his much later cracks at Shakespeare, Falstaff and Otello. The piece has a very different feel to those operas but ...
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Review: RAIN MAN at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham

24 April, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ The stage version of cleaves very strongly to the film. Cuts and edits have of course been made to better fit the medium but this is not a drastic reinterpretation of the material. The story beats hit t...
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Review: CLUB TROPICANA at the Everyman in Cheltenham

9 April, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆  The musical numbers certainly got the crowd worked up, and in so doing achieved their goal. I will note that the sound levels could do with checking as the odd ballad was acutely drowned out by the acc...
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