ENTERTAINER John Barrowman has urged his fans to support the refurbishment of the stage inside the historic Britannia Panopticon.
The star tweeted to his 340,000 fans yesterday, telling them he is helping to save the stage and asking them to "buy a plank".
He received dozens of retweets.
The Panopticon in Trongate, Glasgow, is billed as the world's oldest surviving music hall.
A campaign has been launched to help with the refurbishment of the stage, which has been hidden from the public for decades.
As the Evening Times reported on Tuesday, each plank is being sold at £100 in return for a certificate.
Project founder and historian Judith Bowers said the plank owner's name will be "immortalised" in the Panopticon stage forever.
She said Mr Barrowman and The Krankies, who all starred together in the panto Cinderella at the Clyde Auditorium this year, snapped up two planks.
The stage has not been seen in public since 1938, when tailor's firm Weaver To Wearer moved into the premises and converted the music hall on the first floor into a workshop.
Ms Bowers discovered discovered the first floor in 1997.
Since then a charitable trust has been established to help preserve the building.
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