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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WALL FLOWERING in the Everyman Studio, Cheltenham

1 December, 2013
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By Michael Hasted
Life can be a very sad business. We all have dreams and aspirations and those of us who manage to fulfil even the smallest parts of them are the lucky ones, most of us having to make do with the realities of life. The si...
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CHIN-CHIN at the Everyman, Cheltenham

19 November, 2013
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By Michael Hasted
Our lives are often fragile things, a house of cards which can collapse completely if just one part is removed. We all know the devastation that can be caused by bereavement or the loss of a job. Chin-Chin is about what ...
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BALLET BLACK at the Everyman, Cheltenham

29 October, 2013
By Michael Hasted
The name of Ballet Black rather gives the game away. While not entirely a company of black dancers, there are not any white Anglo-Saxon performers either. Their stated aim is to “bring ballet to a more culturally diver...
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THE GRAND GESTURE at the Everyman, Cheltenham

2 October, 2013
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By Michael Hasted
In many ways the small(ish) independent, itinerant theatre companies have picked up the dusty baton of the old rep companies and are carrying on the good work. Many of these companies are producing work which compares wi...
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FOG at the Everyman Cheltenham and the Tobacco Factory, Bristol

17 September, 2013
By Michael Hasted
I am not generally a fan of community or “issue based” drama. Too often the emphasis is on the issue and not on the drama. While good, strong drama can powerfully put across any idea or point of view you want, withou...
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FALLEN ANGELS at the Everyman Cheltenham

10 September, 2013
By Michael Hasted
It’s amazing to think that after very nearly 100 years Noel Coward has never really been out of fashion. There are those who argue that the world he portrayed presented a rarefied atmosphere where his glamourous mortal...
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BUDDY at the Everyman Cheltenham

4 September, 2013
By Michael Hasted
Buddy Holly would have been 77 on September 7th An early death usually guarantees eternal fame and beatification for rock stars. Most of the famous ones like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Harry Nilsson or Jim Morrison, die...
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LESS THAN KIND at the Everyman, Cheltenham

17 June, 2013
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By Michael Hasted
Through the 1970s and 80s and much of the 1990 Terence Rattigan was rather out of favour. However, since the Almeida production of The Deep Blue Sea in 1993 he has gradually come back to the forefront of British theatr...
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FINDING THE WILL in the Everyman Studio, Cheltenham

17 June, 2013
By Michael Hasted
   Prequels and sequels are quite common nowadays especially with Star Wars, J. R. R. Tolkien stories, Star Trek and even Jane Eyre. For Shakespeare it’s a bit of a novelty. In principle it would certainly be intere...
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Theatre Témoin’s THE FANTASIST at the Everyman, Cheltenham

24 May, 2013
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By Michael Hasted
Things have moved on a bit since Sooty and Sweep and Muffin the Mule. Puppets are now for grown-ups and some impressive things are happening with them. I suppose it was with War Horse that the serious possibilities of ...
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TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA at the Everyman, Cheltenham

19 May, 2013
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By Michael Hasted
When I said that if you liked Propeller, you’d like Bristol based Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory’s production of Two Gentlemen of Verona I meant that if you liked Shakespeare well done, you’d like them. The s...
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Chris Barber Big Band at the Everyman, Cheltenham

7 May, 2013
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By Michael Hasted
It’s hard to believe that Chris Barber is 83-years-old and still going strong. His concert at the Everyman last night showed he had lost none of the enthusiasm and if anything had gained a lot more sophistication. He n...
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