Editing Dumfries (section)

===Theatre, cinema and media===
[[File:Shakespeare St, Dumfries.jpg|thumb|The Theatre Royal in Dumfries. In the background can be seen the spire of the old St Andrew's Cathedral: the rest of the building burned down in 1961<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standrewsdumfries.org.uk/History_plus.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327015953/http://www.standrewsdumfries.org.uk/History_plus.htm|url-status=dead|title=St. Andrew's Catholic Church Dumfries website|archive-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> and was replaced with a new church on the same site.]]The [[Theatre Royal, Dumfries]] was built in 1792 and is the oldest working theatre in Scotland.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rinaldi |first1=Giancarlo |title=The hopes and fears of a 232-year-old theatre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crm2z0zvy2lo |access-date=21 September 2024 |agency=BBC |date=20 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2014 |title=Guild of Players – Home |url=http://www.guildofplayers.co.uk/ |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Guildofplayers.co.uk}}</ref>

The theatre is owned by the Guild of Players who bought it in 1959, thereby saving it from demolition, and is run on a voluntary basis by the members of the Guild of Players. It is funded entirely by Guild membership subscriptions, and by box office receipts. It does not currently receive any grant aid towards running costs. In recent years the theatre has been re-roofed and the outside refurbished. It is the venue for the Guild of Players' own productions and for performances from visiting companies. These include: Scottish Opera, TAG, the Borderline and [[7:84]]. The Robert Burns Centre is an art house cinema in Dumfries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre |url=http://www.rbcft.co.uk/ |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Rbcft.co.uk}}</ref> The Odeon Cinema, which showed more mainstream movies, closed its doors in mid-2018 due to issues with the building, forcing them to close. The cinema will reopen as The Regal in 2025.

Dumfries was formerly home to one of the 11 [[BBC]] studios in Scotland. ''[[Greatest Hits Radio Dumfries & Galloway]]'', part of [[Bauer Media Group]], broadcasts from Dumfries, and is also the main radio station for the area. Community radio station ''Alive 107.3'' broadcasts on 107.3FM in Dumfries and online.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} In 2018, Dumfries got a new radio station, ''Dumfries Community Radio''. Also known as DCR Online, it is not a traditional FM radio station, but an online radio station.

The two local newspapers that specifically cover Dumfries and the surrounding are:-
* ''[[Dumfries and Galloway Standard]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 August 2009 |title=icDumfries – Dumfries & Galloway Standard News |url=http://icdumfries.icnetwork.co.uk/dumfriesgalloway/ |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Icdumfries.icnetwork.co.uk}}</ref> (established 1843) publishing on Tuesdays and Fridays
* ''[[Dumfries Courier]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dumfries Courier – Regionwide news from your weekly newspaper |url=http://www.dumfriescourier.co.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926073214/http://www.dumfriescourier.co.uk/ |archive-date=26 September 2011 |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Dumfriescourier.co.uk}}</ref> publishing on Fridays