____________________________________________________________________________________________

New Theatre and Opera House / Everyman, Regent Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

T.C. King, actor and Drury Lane Tragedian, and father in law to Arthur Lloyd was born in Cheltenham 1818

The Everyman was built by Frank Matcham and opened as the New Theatre and Opera House in 1891 with a production of 'Lady Clancarty' starring Lily Langtry.

Left - The Opera House, Cheltenham, 1891 - Courtesy Derek Aldridge, Marketing Manager of the Everyman, and Les Osman.

For more information and details of the Theatre's history you may like to visit the Everyman Theatre's own website here...

Above - The auditorium of the Everyman, Cheltenham in 1988 - Courtesy Ted Bottle

The Theatres Trust believe this Theatre to be the oldest complete surviving example of a Matcham Theatre although the Stage house is a 1960 rebuild. In 1960 the Theatre was renamed the Everyman. The Theatre has a capacity of 658 and is Grade II listed.

Right - The Everyman in the 1960s - Courtesy Derek Aldridge and Les Osman.

Above - The auditorium of the Everyman, Cheltenham in 1988 - Courtesy Ted Bottle