GLASGOW is to host the glittering Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland.

The prestigious event is being staged at Oran Mor on June 15 as part of the West End festival.

The Citizens' Theatre has scooped five nominations for the play Angels In America.

Glasgow's poet Laureate, Liz Lochhead, has been nominated for Best New Play for Educating Agnes which stared Kevin McMonigle and Sean Scanlon.

Other Glasgow companies on the shortlists include Vanishing Point, NVA, Burnt Goods and Rapture.

And the city-based National Theatre of Scotland has received 15 nominations for plays it has co-produced.

King's Theatre panto Sleeping Beauty is up for Best Ensemble for Sleeping Beauty.

Bailie Liz Cameron, Vice Chair of the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, said: "It's appropriate that a theatrical event such as this should be held in what is certainly a most theatrical' city.

"Glasgow is flourishing in all aspects of arts and culture just now.

"In music, theatre, and the visual arts there's so much going on in our vibrant and dynamic dear green place. I'm really looking forward to it"

Tickets for the ceremony, priced £15 (including wine and refreshments), are available from Oran Mor or from Tickets Scotland, 239 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8DL. Telephone: 0870 220 1116.