Edinburgh’s beloved King’s Theatre is to be saved after both Edinburgh City Council and the Scottish government stepped in to plug a hole in the redevelopment fund.
The redevelopment of the King’s Theatre is being overseen by the Board of Capital Theatres, a charity which runs the council-owned King’s, who say they are now confident to proceed with the planned transformational redevelopment.
The future of the much loved theatre was under threat after a funding gap of £8.9m emerged last summer due to a variety of factors including the Ukraine invasion, the changing of trade routes and inflation. Edinburgh council was able to provide an additional £3m while the Scottish government stumped up an additional £3.85m for the project.
