Everyman Palace Theatre


The Everyman Theatre is a 650-seat Victorian theatre on MacCurtain Street in Cork, Ireland. Originally opened in 1897, it is the oldest purpose-built theatre building in Cork. The Everyman has undergone many changes, through its days as "Dan Lowrey’s Palace of Varieties", life as a cinema, periods of disrepair, and redevelopment as a modern theatre in the 1990s.
The theatre is housed in a listed Victorian building with a large stage and auditorium, with 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, 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.