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The Highlands’ biggest arts complex has welcomed new “lifeline” emergency funding support from the Scottish Government.
Eden Court Theatre in Inverness, Scotland’s largest single-site arts venue, will receive £800,000 of the £3 million of additional Covid-19 funding for culture.
Aberdeen Performing Arts, which runs His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen Music Hall and The Lemon Tree, will receive £1.4 million.
Eden Court chief executive James Mackenzie-Blackman said: “All of us at Eden Court are immensely grateful to the Scottish Government for this lifeline support.
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Eden Court Theatre in Inverness secures another £800,000 in Scottish Government support to help it weather the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and lockdown; the Highland venue has welcomed culture secretary Fiona Hyslop s announcement By Philip Murray Published: 00:01, 17 January 2021
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James Mackenzie-Blackman outside Eden Court. Picture: Gary Anthony.
EMERGENCY cash support worth £800,000 has been given to Eden Court Theatre after the Scottish Government announced £3 million of new Covid pandemic aid for the arts.
The cash is part of a £185 million package of targeted Covid-19 funding announced by the Scottish Government last month.
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