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73a: *Extra Episode - Harlequin '£10m decision' at RBBC council meeting 30.01.25
Sat, 01 Feb 2025
73a: *Extra Episode - Harlequin '£10m decision' at RBBC council meeting 30.01.25Funding has been earmarked for Redhill's Harlequin theatre which was shut in September 2023 due to unstable concrete in its building.On Thursday evening 30 January 2025,, Reigate and Banstead Borough Council agreed to allocate up to £10m for the theatre and "cultural offerings" in the borough.This is a full report on the meeting including clips from the discussion and background commentary.To read the full 38-page ‘Harlequin Options Analysis and Next Steps’ report that the council was discussing, go to the link in our show notes: https://tinyurl.com/prp73Harlrpt If you get value from The Planet Reigate Podcast, please give us value back in return; click here to support us with a small donation: www.buymeacoffee.com/theplanetreigatepodcast or share us with your colleagues. A list of ‘the best of the guests’, and a link to hear each one, is on this Facebook post: https://tinyurl.com/prpbestThe seven-note Planet Reigate Theme is ©Peter StewartListen: https://linktr.ee/PlanetReigatePodcastWeb: www.ThePlanetReigatePodcast.comFacebook: www.Facebook.com/ThePlanetReigatePodcastInsta: theplanetreigatepodcastX (Twitter): https://twitter.com/PlanetReigateEmail: Hello@ThePlanetReigatePodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This is the Planet Reigate Podcast.
Hello, I'm Peter Stewart. Welcome to our special edition of the Planet Reigate Podcast. And over the course of the next hour, we'll hear more about a big series of decisions which was made on the Harlequin on the night of Thursday, the 30th of January. A meeting of Reigate and Banstead Borough Councillors which went on for two hours discussing various recommendations made by the Council staff.
Over the course of the next hour, you will hear a cut down version of some of the comments, the questions, the debate, the discussions and sometimes the disagreements as well amongst various councillors and the council leader. And also you'll hear from council staff too. You'll hear the results of what they voted on and also the background as well.
Not all of the questions, not all of the answers. I've taken out all of the boring bits, but also given you a commentary explainer as we go through, so you know the background to the discussion taking place and the decisions that were made.
This is the Planet Reigate podcast with Peter Stewart.
So thank you very much indeed for listening to this special edition of the show. OK, so this is what they were voting on. And this is what they actually ended up voting through. I mean, you probably know the results by now. So hopefully this isn't too much of a spoiler for you.
To support groups that previously hired the Harlequin with alternative rehearsal performance spaces through small grants. To expand arts opportunities in Redhill and Boroughwide. To keep the Harlequin services net revenue budget for 25-26 at £360,000.
to agree to allocate up to £10 million for what they call the Harlequin Theatre and cultural offering in the borough, to get another report, another one, on the future of the Harlequin in June. So this one will be around getting approval for the budget and then getting authority to appoint a design team for new Harlequin plans.
to agree costs and responsibilities with the head leaseholder of the Warwick Quadrant and sort out a time frame as well. And also, in June, the Council will get another report on the detailed costed feasibility and potential for a 200-seater performance venue in Redhill. while the Harlequin is being rebuilt. Now, that would cater for commercial and community hirers.
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