At the end of 2011 the Council chose the Odeon as the site of the new theatre. When the Council chose the Odeon as the option, the Latham / Gibson / Woods theatre option was disregarded. As with any major decision, a number of factors had to be taken into consideration. These being finance,
A new theatre for Chester would have been delivered by the Northgate Development, had it been signed off as planned in July 2008. Since that did not happen and negotiations to achieve it have dragged on for a long time, it would surely be better to delay a little longer rather than to make the
Dodleston resident Lynne Russell makes the case for ‘the only sensible choice’ for Chester’s proposed theatre. 13th October is when the Council will finally decide on the location of the new theatre for Chester. The obvious choice is the Latham /Gibson / Woods option, simply because this option