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: HAIR at the Everyman in Cheltenham

3 April, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★☆☆☆ Hair is a series of tangentially related scenes and musical numbers with the barest hint of a story to string these elements together. It is much more focussed on its tone and the introduction of wacky ch...
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Review: Agatha Christie’s THE MOUSETRAP at the Everyman in Cheltenham

19 March, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ It is somewhat redundant to extoll the virtues of The Mousetrap as a murder mystery play at this point. Aside from being one of many feathers in the cap of the country’s most prolific crime writer, it ...
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Review: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS at the Everyman Cheltenham

5 March, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ This is an expletive-ridden and motor-mouthed dive into the unscrupulous world of real estate agents battling to close deals in the 1980s. It is a look at the salesmen who embody all the most exploitativ...
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Review: CAROLINE’S KITCHEN at the Everyman in Cheltenham

27 February, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★☆☆ Caroline’s Kitchen charts the evening of Caroline Mortimer (Caroline Langrishe), renowned TV chef and bulwark of upper middle class aspirational values, as she tries to enjoy a family dinner upon the r...
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Review: THE VERDICT at the Everyman Cheltenham

20 February, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★☆☆☆ The Verdict is an archetypal example of a legal procedural with a smattering of dysfunctional-but-endearing male protagonist tropes thrown in. Frank’s a bit of a drunk, he’s separated from his wife...
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Review: WAITING FOR GODOT at the Everyman, Cheltenham

12 February, 2019
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By Fenton Coulthurst
★★★★☆ Within the continuum of Godot productions, director Paul Milton’s take is certainly a traditional one. The air of this staging is not so much deference though, more an attitude of if-it-ain’t-broke-do...
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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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