Everyman Theatre
Awning of Everyman on MacCurtain Street
Everyman Theatre is located in Cork Central
Everyman Theatre
Everyman Theatre
Location within Cork Central
AddressMacCurtain Street
Cork
Ireland
Coordinates51°54′05″N 8°28′06″W / 51.9014°N 8.4682°W / 51.9014; -8.4682
Capacity650 seats
Construction
Opened1897[1]
ArchitectH. Brunton[2][1]
Website
EverymanCork.com

The Everyman Theatre is a 650-seat Victorian theatre on MacCurtain Street in Cork, Ireland.[3] It opened in 1897, and is the oldest purpose-built theatre building in Cork.[1][4] The Everyman has undergone a number of changes in name and use, through its days as "Dan Lowrey’s Palace of Varieties" (hosting Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin),[2] life as a cinema, periods of disrepair, and redevelopment as a modern theatre in the 1990s.[1]

The theatre is housed in a listed (protected) Victorian building with a large stage and auditorium, a proscenium arch, four elaborately decorated boxes, a studio space and a bar.

The Everyman's programme is a mix of plays, operas, musicals and concerts, but it specialises in drama and usually stages three in-house productions per year. In the summer months, it hosts productions by Irish playwrights. Other recurring events include the Guinness Jazz Festival in October (for which the theatre is a primary venue),[5] and the Christmas pantomime. A unique feature of the Everyman Palace is that its front of house ushering staff is composed entirely of volunteers.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Palace of theatrical delights - The Everyman celebrates 120 years". Irish Examiner. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Cultural Buildings - The Everyman". Cork Heritage Openday. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "About Us - The Everyman". EverymanCork.com. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "News - Artistic director Talbot to step down from Cork's Everyman Palace". The Stage. 15 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Guinness Jazz Festival Concerts Programme". GuinnessJazzFestival.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010.


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