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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.