The Everyman Palace Theatre is a 630-seat Victorian theatre on MacCurtain Street in Cork, Ireland. Originally opened in 1897/98, 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" (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 lavish auditorium, with proscenium arch, four ornately 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 listening venue), and the Christmas pantomime (which is routinely sold-out for its five week run). A unique feature of the Everyman Palace is that its front of house ushering staff is composed entirely of volunteers.
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