Komedia to become a cinema?

The owners of the Komedia, Gardner St., have submitted a planning application (BH2011/0493) to convert the first floor  to a three screen cinema. The application does not propose any external alterations to the building but would involve a revised internal layout as follows:

• Basement – Main theatre space and bar (as existing);
• Ground Floor – Separate entrance to Komedia basement.  Ancillary café and bar (in existing locations);
• Mezzanine – Ancillary offices and customer toilets;
• First Floor  – Cinema 1 (125 capacity), Cinema 2 (53 capacity), Cinema 3 (71 capacity) and ancillary bar.