{"id":696330,"date":"2026-01-14T22:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/696330\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:42:16","slug":"edinburghs-kings-theatre-lands-extra-2-5m-towards-redevelopment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/696330\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh&#8217;s King&#8217;s Theatre lands extra \u00a32.5m towards redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KINGS-Theatre-edinburgh_RENOVATION_NEW_STAGE_FROM_AUDITORIUM1_LargeLandscape.jpg\" alt=\"The building of the new stage of the King's Theatre, Edinburgh, part of the venue's renovation. Photo: Anneleen Lindsay\" title=\"The building of the new stage of the King's Theatre, Edinburgh, part of the venue's renovation. Photo: Anneleen Lindsay\" class=\"aos-Image aos-W100\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The building of the new stage of the King&#8217;s Theatre, Edinburgh, part of the venue&#8217;s renovation. Photo: Anneleen Lindsay<\/p>\n<p>The redevelopment of Edinburgh\u2019s King\u2019s Theatre has received an extra \u00a32.5m from the Scottish government that \u2018closes the funding gap for the main construction works\u2019<\/p>\n<p>THIS IS NOT A PAYWALL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Serious about theatre?<\/strong><br \/>Join over 100,000 theatremakers who rely on The Stage for trusted news, reviews, and insight.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\ud83d\udd13 Sign in below or <a style=\"color: #00929e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestage.co.uk\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create a free account<\/a> to read 5 free articles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to support independent theatre journalism? <a style=\"color: #00929e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestage.co.uk\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a><\/strong> from just \u00a37.99 and unlock:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddde\ufe0f Unlimited access to award-winning theatre journalism<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50 1000+ reviews from across the UK<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udce7 Breaking news and daily newsletters<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1Insight and opinion from writers including Lyn Gardner &amp; Amanda Parker<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0fDiscounts and early access to The Stage\u2019s events<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #00929e;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestage.co.uk\/99p-trial-promo?utm_source=Web&amp;utm_medium=RegGate&amp;utm_campaign=99trial-part1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Or, why not try a subscription for just 99p?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The building of the new stage of the King&#8217;s Theatre, Edinburgh, part of the venue&#8217;s renovation. Photo: Anneleen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-696330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115895870875905214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}