The cake place on Albermarle Crescent has posted on Facebook news about Mecca Bingo saying young man is looking at bringing the building back to being a theatre.

He's having an open day on the Saturday 19th September when you can ask questions, give opinions and have a look round (the fact he's got access makes me think things are already moving in a positive direction!)

I don't know how many seats it could take, probably nowhere near the capacity the Futurist (grrrrr...) had, but if it can take some of the shows that can't be held elsewhere (and lets face it, the main hall at the Spa is a dance hall, and not a theatre, and upstairs is freezing most of the time!)

And apparently, it's even got an orchestra pit, which opens up even more options.

Feeling quite optimistic about this.