It is sad to see the demolition of the old Imperial Theatre.
I tried to convince Brighton and Hove City Council the property should not be sold for redevelopment but should be retained as a Lyric Theatre.
I refused to attend the recent, so-called ceremony to celebrate the clearance of the site, to which I was invited, because I felt a wake would have been more appropriate.
-Coun Geoffrey Theobald, Leader of the Conservative group, Brighton and Hove City Council
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