01 August 2012

EXTRA workers have been drafted in to ensure Bahrain’s first national theatre, a BD19-million ($50.53 million) waterfront facility near the Diplomatic Area, opens on schedule.

Construction of the theatre has been going on for 12 months and is scheduled to be completed by mid-November. Spanning 11,669 sq m, it will accommodate more than 1,000 people and hopes to attract some of the world’s top performers to the kingdom.

It will be equipped to stage opera, drama, modern and classical dances and symphonic concerts, and features a flexible theatre.

Works Minister Essam Khalaf said nearly 700 people were now working on the project, including around 625 people during the day and another 70 at night.

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