The Theatre Royal in Dumfries is proud of its claim to be Scotland’s oldest working theatre.
However, there have been moments when its very future was most definitely in danger.
Opened in 1792, it flourished for more than a century but the advent of cinema saw it struggle for a role.
It screened films, was used as an auction hall and even a roller skating rink but by 1954 its declining fortunes saw it closed completely.
That could have been the end of this story.
However, the building’s fate would collide with that of another long-standing Dumfries institution.
Source: When Scotland’s oldest working theatre was saved – BBC News