Everyman Theatre

• Theatre ID
  3359
• Built / Converted
  1920
• Dates of use
  • 1920 - 1931: as theatre
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Cinema
• Address
  5 Holly Bush Vale, Camden, London, NW3 6TX, England

Details

Opened as the Hampstead Drill Hall and Assembly Rooms, the building was a community centre for local people. Brick building in plain style, the interior had a curved ceiling with exposed iron trusses. In 1920 it became the Everyman Theatre with the addition of raked seating, a proscenium, a scene door, and the adaptation of the basement area to dressing rooms. The entrance was modified to form a foyer with exhibition space. The theatre passed through many changes of fortune and was best known for the presentation of modern plays. In 1931 the Everyman Theatre Guild moved to Swiss Cottage and the Everyman became the Everyman Cinema, now known as the Everyman Cinema Club.

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• Other names
  Hampstead Drill Hall & Assembly Rooms, Everyman Cinema Club
• Events
  • Owner/Management: Local Authority, owner
  • Owner/Management: Consuelo de Reyes (after 1920s)
  • 1888 Design/Construction: as drill hall and assembly rooms (architect unknown).
  • 1920 - 1931 Use: as theatre
  • 1920 Design/Construction: conversion to theatre (architect unknown).
  • 1921 Owner/Management: Norman MacDermott
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed