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SBC to consider Futurist Theatre proposals
Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) is to consider proposals for the future management of the North Yorkshire resort's Futurist Theatre at a meeting on 8 October.
A task group had been set up by the local authority to examine ideas for the 90-year-old venue's redevelopment and is to recommend that the theatre is not sold for at least two years. The Futurist Task Group has also called for supporters of a People's Trust to draw up a business plan for the operation of a theatre based on the model of Stockport Plaza.
A report to go before SBC's corporate strategy overview and scrutiny committee said: "The business plan would need to be based on the Stockport model with no ongoing revenue funding or other paid support from the council. "Consequently it would need to identify the funding sources to be relied upon to support the proposal for retention of a theatre."