Jordan Young (River City, Scot Squad, and star of the King’s Panto) will be running a half<br />marathon as part of the Edinburgh Marathon Festival in May of this year. He’ll be joined by<br />a team of Capital Theatres staff, all running different distances from 1km to the full 26.2<br />miles in order to raise money for the King’s Theatre via Crowdfunder. The money raised will<br />help fund the transformative redevelopment of the King’s Theatre which will not only<br />preserve the history and heritage of one of Edinburgh’s most beloved buildings; but also<br />make it more accessible for audiences and artists; improve the public spaces; add a café and<br />creative engagement studio; and improve facilities to make it a world class venue for<br />generations to come.<br />For the launch, Jordan and the staff team will be joined by his fellow panto stars Grant Stott<br />(River City) and Allan Stewart concurrently starring in Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show<br />at the King’s Theatre. The hilarious trio will be back for this year’s Panto Snow White and the<br />Seven Dwarves at the Festival Theatre for the first time, as the King’s will close for its capital<br />redevelopment in September.<br />Thanks to support from the Scottish Government, City of Edinburgh Council, the National<br />Lottery Heritage Fund, our incredibly supportive patrons and donors, companies and trusts,<br />as well as Capital Theatres’ own contribution, we have just over £1 million to raise for the<br />capital project costs before we close the King’s. Our marathon runners’ efforts will make an<br />invaluable contribution to our Crowdfunder.
