GLASGOW's Citizens Theatre, and its redevelopment, has been given an additional £1m by the city's council.
The money goes towards the £19.4m revamp of the theatre in Gorbals.
It brings the total of funding support for the project from the council to £5m.
Work is due to start on site later this year, and the work is expected to be completed by December 2020.
The theatre’s administrative, box office and other functions will relocate to Scotland Street School Museum, with the museum open as normal.
Carpentry, lighting, rehearsals, stage management and wardrobe will relocate to City Building’s Skills Academy in the Gorbals, and a number of performances will take place in Tramway.
The Citizens Theatre also plans to tour its work during the period of closure.
Judith Kilvington, Executive Director of the Citizens Theatre, said: "This additional funding is essential not only to the redevelopment of the Citizens Theatre, but to the regeneration of the Gorbals and Laurieston.
"Today’s announcement takes us one big step closer to securing our future.
"We are now calling on the general public to help us write the next act in our story by getting behind our We Are Citizens campaign to raise the final £1.6 million needed."
www.wearecitizens.citz.co.uk
NINE year-long traineeships for young people aged between 16-24 interested in working in the arts, screen and creative industries have been supported through a Year of Young People 2018 Creative Traineeship Fund.
Creative Scotland said traineeships are being supported at An Lanntair in Stornoway; Taigh Chearsabhagh in North Uist; Dundee Rep/Scottish Dance Theatre and Shaper/Caper in Dundee; Macrobert Arts Centre in Stirling; National Theatre of Scotland, YDance and film production company Barry Crerar in Glasgow and Collective Gallery in Edinburgh.
The National Theatre of Scotland will recruit a Creative Trainee, and working closely with the Artistic Director they will focus on researching a new potential international theatre project.
www.creativescotland.com
NEU! Reekie! is teaming up with the National Museum of Scotland for an event, Wild Night, on March 9.
The event, which takes place after normal visiting hours, will see music from eagleowl and Zed Penguin.
The night is based around the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which attendees can visit.
There will be poetry inspired by the natural world from award-winning Miriam Gamble and former Edinburgh Makar Christine De Luca.
Photographer Zoe Hamill will be giving advice on how to take photos, and there will be a taxidermy display from artist Fiona Dean.
DJ Kitchen Disco will play music in the Grand Gallery.
The Grand Gallery will also have pop-up bars and food.
nms.ac.uk/wildnight
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