Everyman Palace Theatre

Everyman Palace Theatre

Infobox Theatre
name = Everyman Palace Theatre


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address = MacCurtain Street
city = Cork
country = Ireland
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architect = H. Brunton [http://www.corkheritageopenday.ie/thebuildings/culturalbuildings/buildings/mainbody,10836,en.html Cork Heritage Openday: Cultural Buildings ] ]
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capacity = 650 seats
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opened = 1898
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website = www.everymanpalace.comThe Everyman Palace Theatre is a 628-seat Victorian theatre on MacCurtain Street in Cork, Ireland. [http://www.everymanpalace.com/pages/about-us.php EverymanPalace.com - About us] ] Originally opened in 1897/98, it is the oldest purpose built theatre building in Cork. [ [http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/17891/artistic-director-talbot-to-step-down-from The Stage / News / Artistic director Talbot to step down from Cork's Everyman Palace ] ] "The Everyman" has undergone many changes, through its days as "Dan Lowrey’s Palace of Varieties" (hosting Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin), life as a cinema, periods of disrepair, and reinvigoration as a modern theatre in the 1980s.

The theatre is housed in a listed (protected) Victorian building with a large stage and auditorium, with proscenium arch, four elaborately decorated boxes, two bars, a coffee shop and other services.

The Everyman's programme is an eclectic 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 major recurring events include the Guinness Jazz Festival in October (for which the theatre is the primary venue) [ [http://www.corkjazzfestival.com/Guinness_Jazz_Concert.html 2007 Guinness Jazz Festival Concerts Programme ] ] , and the Christmas pantomime. A unique feature of the Everyman Palace is that its front of house ushering staff is composed entirely of volunteers.

Up until 2007, The Everyman hosted the Irish regional festival of the National Theatre's New Connections program every May. It gained a reputationFact|date=July 2008 for supporting and enabling providing a platform for youth theatres such as Activate, Kildare Youth Theatre and Independent Youth Theatre.

References

External links

* [http://www.everymanpalace.com/ EverymanPalace.com - Official site]


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