2 Best Performing Arts Venues in Cheltenham, Bath and the Cotswolds

The early-20th-century assembly rooms are now a Grade II–listed (meaning architecturally or historically significant) performance venue hosting live events for up to a thousand people. Performances include dance, music, and comedy, including enjoyable tribute bands.

The late-Victorian Everyman is an intimate venue for opera, dance, concerts, and plays. The interior is the work of Frank Matcham, a famed architect of English theaters and music halls. There's a varied program of events year-round in the Main House, and the Irving Studio Theatre, a smaller, more intimate venue, stages more unusual productions. You can often catch pre– or post–West End productions here at a fraction of big-city prices. If you are visiting Cheltenham around Christmas and the New Year, try to get tickets for the annual pantomime, a family-friendly tradition that will have you rolling with laughter at familiar fairy-tale characters.