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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 06-12-24
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[01] CTO - NEW THEATRE
[01] CTO - NEW THEATRE
Cyprus Theatre Organization Board of Directors Chairman Demetris
Karagiannis welcomed on Friday, the Council of Ministers decision to
approve the construction of the Cyprus National theatre.
The new building, which will be situated in Nicosia, at the old GSP
stadium premises and will cost 9,4 million Cyprus pounds, aspires to
give a new momentum to the theatre activities on the island. The
building will include two state-of-the-art stages (550 and 150 seats),
offices, an exhibition area, a foyer, a bookshop, a restaurant and a
cafeteria.
The building will be constructed based on modern specifications and
will provide all necessary facilities for people with disabilities,
while it was included among the nine best public use buildings
internationally, according to Estates Gazette. The construction will
commence at the end of 2007 and will finish in 2010.
``With this project the Cypriot theatre makes a big step forward not
only because the Cypriot Theatre Organization was, perhaps, the only
theatre without a home, but because from this building, a momentum will
emerge so that the idea of theatre will rise in the Cypriot peoples
minds,`` the organization`s Board of Directors Chairman Demetris
Karagianis told a press conference.
Cyprus Theatre Organization Director Antis Partzelis described this day
as the happiest day of his life. ``This day marks a new era for the
Cyprus Theatre Organization,`` he added.
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