120 years a-growing: Cork's Everyman theatre celebrates landmark

Nostalgia ruled at The Everyman theatre last night as it celebrated its 120th birthday and those attending the commemoration recalled the giant names in entertainment who trod the boards there, including Charlie Chaplin and George Formby.

The 650-seat theatre, opened in 1897 by Dan Lowrey as the Cork Palace of Varieties, was a jewel of late Victorian architecture and today is protected as a listed building.

The Henry Brunton-designed ‘Music Hall’ had a stained-glass street canopy, several licensed bars, ornate ceiling and elaborate gilt boxes.