The future of two of the three theatres that the Isle of Wight council looks after for the Island have once again come up for discussion (original discussions of closure first floated in 2007).
A cabinet meeting on 19 January 2010 will decide the future of both Ryde and Shanklin Theatres.
The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Economy, Tourism, Leisure – George Brown – and Planning and the Cabinet Member for Resources – Peter Bingham recommend the following …
Ryde Theatre – the only theatre on the Island of it’s size that can host standing gig – be sold to a mysteriously unnamed “not-for-profit local organisation that aims to use the building to provide music-based education activities and offer it for community use.”
Shanklin Theatre is recommended for closure.
We’re reading through the twelve page background paper and will bring you more when we find it.
Obviously feel free to look through it to and highlight any points in the comment below that you think are of interest.
Update 18.Jan.10: David Pugh says that he’s keen to save Shanklin Theatre.
