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National Theatre takes centre stage
11/09/2003
A National Theatre for Scotland is to be created with a
budget of £7.5 million over the next two years, the
Executive has confirmed.
It will be a a 'virtual' commissioning body with offices
located in Glasgow.
The new National Theatre will be expected to set
dramatic standards and provide strategic and artistic
leadership. It will commission work from Scotland's
existing creative talent for production that will tour the
country.
Culture Minister Frank McAveety said his immediate
priority was to identify a Chair, a Board and a creative
director.
The money for the new National Theatre has been secured
as part of the Finance Minister's re-allocation of End Year
Flexibility (EYF) funds, details of which were outlined in
Parliament today.