ePetition - Save the Hippodrome for live performance

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Save the Hippodrome for live performance

We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to use its best endeavours and take every opportunity to bring the Hippodrome in Middle Street back into use as a versatile space for live performances in accordance with aspirations expressed in the CP5 Culture and Tourism section of the proposed City Plan (February 2013).

As a Grade II* listed building with an interior of national historic importance, the Hippodrome is the only surviving space of its kind and size in the city. It is top of the Theatre Trust’s list of English theatre buildings at risk.

In seeking to promote cultural tourism, the City Council should be aware of the need for a larger theatre capable of attracting top-class theatrical, musical and dance productions. The Hippodrome could be used in a variety of modes: as a proscenium theatre, as a theatre-in-the-round or with a thrust or open stage, or for ‘circus’ type of performance, similar to the Roundhouse in Camden, London.

Such a venue would significantly enhance the city’s appeal to visitors, attracting audiences from across a wide area, including London, helping to make Brighton the principal cultural hub of the south-east region. It should be recognised that converting the space into a multi-screen cinema would not contribute anything to this aspiration. Indeed, over-provision of cinemas, leading to unsustainable competition, could lead to a net loss of venues.


Links:
http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/41-hippodrome-brighton
https://www.facebook.com/Brighton.Hippodrome?fref=ts
http://www.alaskagroup.com/brighton-hippodrome-to-be-reinstated-as-entertainment-hub-of-lanes-following-18million-cinema-transformation/

The petition will be considered by the Economic & Development & Culture Committee on 23 January 2014

This ePetition ran from 23/10/2013 to 16/01/2014 and has now finished.

1083 people signed this ePetition.

 


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