The Everyman Cork

Located in Cork city centre, The Everyman is a 650-seat listed building and a jewel of late Victorian architecture. The building possesses a rich and fascinating history and the stunning auditorium is a favourite with audiences and performers alike for its intimacy and atmosphere.

The Everyman opened in 1897, and at that time was called the Cork Palace of Varieties. In its earlier years it hosted performers such as Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy. With the advent of the ‘talkies’, The Palace became a cinema in the 1930s, but closed in 1988. 1990 marked the reopening of the building as a working theatre, known as the Everyman Palace Theatre. In 2012, it rebranded to The Everyman, although many people still affectionately call it the Everyman Palace.

The organisation is a registered charity whose mission is focused on audiences and artists in Cork, and on building its profile nationally as a producer of top-quality theatre.