Sir, – I was absolutely delighted to read Bryan Sell's letter in last week's edition of The Herald and to know that he now believes that "The Redgrave Theatre would be the jewel in the crown" of the East Street development. These are actually the very words which the New Farnham Repertory Company has used repeatedly ever since I founded the organisation in 1998. Mr Sell has not always been so supportive of the NFRC cause to restore The Redgrave Theatre. I applaud his conversion. Welcome to the fight, Mr Sell. He also refers to Waverley "allowing the two buildings to fall into such a state of disrepair as almost an act of vandalism"... again words used by the NFRC frequently over the last eight years. His letter also mentions a recent report by a theatre consultant, commissioned presumably at considerable expense, which reveals practically nothing that the NFRC has not been saying ever since we started. We said then that we were the most able and qualified organisation to reopen The Redgrave Theatre and we promised and illustrated that we could do it at very limited cost to the public purse. But our proposals were rejected by Waverley. The NFRC, now called the New Farnham Repertory Actors Company (NFRAC) is now being magnificently managed by its new committee under the inspired chairmanship of Brenda Longman, since my resignation last year, and is performing in a marquee right outside its rightful home, The Redgrave Theatre, described by Mr Sell, so accurately indeed, as "a sight of dereliction and a slum in the town centre". And what is the NFRAC doing in the marquee? The public has actually two more days to enjoy one of it finest achievements ever... its brilliant production of She Stoops to Conquer, playing to enthusiastic houses and performed beautifully by a richly talented company of players following in Farnham's spectacular theatrical tradition. This is the talented theatre company and these are the ardent theatre- lovers who deserve to have their unique theatre restored to them. And the idea that the cost of the theatre's restoration could reach seven million, as predicted by some Waverley officer, (according to Mr Sell's letter) is absolutely ludicrous. Such nonsense can only come from those who believe that if the building is left derelict for long enough, it will be impossible to restore it. Of course it can be restored – it is a modern building! And when the NFRAC performs there, my wife (Helen Dorward) and I will fly all the way from New Zealand to attend the opening night! Ian Mullins, ex-artistic director – Castle and Redgrave theatres, ex-chairman and director NFRC, Crosswater Lane, Churt