Vintage venue hosts musical event
The venue first opened in 1857
One of the world's oldest music halls is to reopen for a one-off performance on Tuesday evening.
Glasgow's Brittania Panopticon - where Stan Laurel and Cary Grant once performed - has not been in use for more than 60 years.
But musicians are due to fill the venue's old rafters with sound as part of the annual Celtic Connections festival.
It is hoped the event will raise the profile of the historic building.
The hall, which has existed in Glasgow's Trongate as a zoo, a freak show, a music hall and later a cinema, closed down 65 years ago.
New era
It has been estimated that it would cost £4.6m to restore the building's dust-filled interior to its former glory and a trust hoping to carry out such a project believes the celtic event could help attract funding.
The Panopticon, a converted warehouse which opened in 1857, was where Stan Laurel made his stage debut in 1906 and Archie Leach performed before moving to America and changing his name to Cary Grant.
Fiddler Gillian Frame is set to be the first person to perform there in more than half a century, following in the footsteps of such legends.
Fire regulations mean only 60 people will be able to attend, a far cry from the thousand-strong audience the venue held in its heyday.
But supporters hope the event will be the start of a whole new era for the venue, and that there will be more performances to come.
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