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Doncaster�s new venue gets planning approval
2nd Sep 2010
Doncaster Council�s planning committee has approved plans for the complex, which will sit at the heart of the town�s new �300 million Civic and Cultural Quarter.
Earlier this year, The Stage reported that more than a third of the funding for the new performance venue hangs in the balance, as regional development agency Yorkshire Forward, one of its major supporters, awaits the outcome of the government�s spending review. The �9.1 million it pledged is contingent on the budget it is handed down this autumn.
The new space will include a 600-seat auditorium, a smaller, adaptable performance space and studios and it will replace the town�s Civic Theatre, which will close when the new venue opens.
Building work is expected to start next year and it is hoped the new venue will open in 2013.
Source: The Stage
