Listen again to our interview with Barrie Stead from the Futurist Theatre.

Listen to David Archer's, Strategic Director with Scarborough Council speak about the future of the Futurist Theatre.

Here's a selection of some of the comments received so far...

Ever since I was a small boy, the Futurist has always delivered TOP NAMES!!! It's like the West End of the East Coast!!! Do not stop bringing the celebs to Scarborough!

Take the cladding off!

I have seen some great shows over the last thirty years or so, and it would be a great shame to lose this facility.

It's the only place that can house the bigger acts and has the added benefit of being handy for all to get to.

The Futurist is the only venue in the area that can accommodate a large audience and needs to be kept. However, it does need to be brought into the 21st Century, both inside and out. As a cinema, it needs a better screen, and for both cinema and theatre a more efficient heating system. Please save this venue.

Please save and restore the Futurist. It's part of Scarborough's history

I can't understand why the council hasn't restored this building already considering what it brings into our town

Scarborough needs a venue for bigger names, it's sad to see the Futurist in its current sorry state. It needs a revamp and some help from the council. It would be a shame to see it disappear.

Scarborough has very few major theatrical entertainment venues. The Futurist should be restored to its former glory. It is in a far more accessible and convenient location for local and tourist customers, much more than the Spa and Scarborough, as a major tourist venue, needs the Futurist more that ever before.

Hope the Futurist can be saved. Money should not be spent on the Open Air Theatre which will only be used for a maximum of three months a year.

I've seen some wonderful shows at the Futurist and Scarborough would be losing one of its few cultural assets if it were to lose this. Once it's gone that's it - it would be unlikely that Scarborough would ever have the opportunity to re-establish such an asset.

Having grown up on the Yorkshire coast I can't believe anyone would even contemplate closing the Futurist. It is a Scarborough institution.

The Futurist is invaluable to us, money would be well spent by investing in the Futurist, compared to the open air theatre plans!

This is the only venue for miles around that can cater for such great entertainment, proven by this weekend.  KEEP FUTURIST FOR SCARBOROUGH AND FILEY

I would like to see the Futurist survive, because we need to keep great entertainment here in Scarborough, improving the facilities would give great benefit to the theatre's future and give it chance to attract bigger and better acts to attract custom. I've I give my whole support.

Please think again about closing the Futurist - The Spa and an open air theatre could never compete. With money spent on it, it would pay for its self with big shows and big showbiz artists. Listen to the people of Scarborough and what they want. DONT CLOSE THE FUTURIST.

The Futurist is a local landmark and we should be keeping it active and not letting it go to rack and ruin like most of the other empty buildings in Scarborough SAVE THE FUTURIST NOW!!!!!

I have been to see some great shows at the Futurist and it is a much needed venue for the town. If it were updated somewhat then we might see some big names returning here again

The Futurist is a historic building that over the decades has seen some fantastic acts.  The council of Scarborough should be doing more to save such buildings after all it is buildings like that, that make Scarborough what it is known for, a town with a historical past I am all for sprucing up the town to fit in with the modern day  but  the futurist should be part of that plan. Generations before us have the pleasure of remembering the good times they had there, so lets let the next  generation and the one after that have the same stories to tell.

Too much of Scarborough is dying. You need to keep it alive!