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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Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Everyman, Cheltenham

27 May, 2015
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By Michael Hasted
" . . . Ballet is often talked about in hushed, reverential tones and taken awfully seriously. Façade, though, is wonderfully disrespectful and laugh-out-loud funny. After the first little cameo, Scottish Rhapsody, I sa...
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To Kill a Mockingbird at the Everyman, Cheltenham

28 April, 2015
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By Michael Hasted
". . . This production thought it had something new and original to bring to the proceedings. They wanted us to know that To Kill a Mockingbird was from a book. In fact, the whole company, with the exception of the three...
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THE GEORGE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK Everyman Studio, Cheltenham

23 April, 2015
By Michael Hasted
The Everyman's creative director, Paul Milton, is still tapping in to his rich seam of material based on the great pre-war American songwriters. After Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, The George Gershwin Songbook is anothe...
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MISSY MALONE & FRIENDS at the Cheltenham Playhouse

19 April, 2015
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By Michael Hasted
" . . . Last night’s two sell-out shows were a testament to the fact that people still want this sort of entertainment . . . Hats, and everything else, off to Missy Malone and her friends for their dedication to a styl...
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Ladies GoDiva at the Playhouse, Cheltenham

15 April, 2015
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By Michael Hasted
" . . . All the numbers were very theatrical and all of them could easily have come out of successful West End musicals. In fact, if you strung them together with a decent book you’d probably have a successful West End...
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BLOOD BROTHERS at Cheltenham Everyman

14 April, 2015
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By Michael Hasted
Blood Brothers, while not by any means a “rock opera”, certainly had Liverpool at its heart. It is the story of twin boys, separated at birth but growing up together only as the blood brothers of the title, without k...
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ENGLISH TOURING OPERA at the Cheltenham Everyman

9 April, 2015
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By Michael Hasted
THE SIEGE OF CALAIS, THE WILD MAN OF THE WEST INDIES and LA BOHEME. "If you thought The Siege of Calais was obscure, wait till you see The Wild Man of the West Indies (Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo). English Tourin...
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THE HISTORY BOYS at Malvern and Cheltenham

31 March, 2015
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By Michael Hasted
" . . . This production certainly conjured up the chalky feel of the school room and all the boys were excellent. I liked Richard Hope as Hector although he lacked the seedy edge of Richard Griffiths. Alan Bennett, the o...
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KING LEAR at the Everyman Cheltenham

25 March, 2015
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By Michael Hasted
"King Lear is arguably Shakespeare’s most moral play, dealing with themes of domestic frictions, sibling rivalry, loyalty and greed with which we are all very familiar - at least we are down our way. In spite of being ...
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Hattie Briggs in the Everyman Studio, Cheltenham

25 March, 2015
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By Michael Hasted
"Hattie Briggs was playing first-up in Corin Hayes’s annual Buzz, Buzz, Buzz celebration of the art of song-writing and acoustic music. She plays nice, simple unpretentious guitar or piano and was, last night, accompan...
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AN EVENING OF DECEPTION at Cheltenham Everyman Studio

19 March, 2015
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By Michael Hasted
" . . . The bulk of the second half was taken up by Peter Clifford whose warm, engaging and self-effacing performance created such a relaxed and happy atmosphere that audience members who would normally dread being calle...
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SERIOUSLY FUNNY at Cheltenham Playhouse

14 March, 2015
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By Michael Hasted
". . . Wink Taylor is right in his element playing Kenneth Williams. He is an extraordinary and impressive impressionist and has the voice, mannerisms and persona off to a tee. . . Messrs Taylor and Barton are to be cong...
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