City Council visited the site with a view to serving an Urgent Works Notice. However, the visit showed no evidence of water penetration so the council is considering other options and actions. These have yet to be determined and in the meantime the building is subject to continued deterioration. Ferrer resigned from the trust in January 2014 and Lucas resigned in January 2015. Two new directors, Samantha Kelly and Ray Walker, were appointed in November 2015. In December 2017 Quays News reported that SVTT was being relaunched with the support of Salford City Council's mayor Paul Dennett and the local MP Graham Stringer. However, in September 2018 the theatre was put up for auction with a guide price of £350,000 which prompted the SVTT to campaign to have the building recognized as an 'asset of community value'. The council's Draft Local Plan (2016) document promised protection for the building, "securing its positive reuse, preferably for a community use in keeping with its original function and design", but its sale has caused concern within SVTT that the revised plan, due to be published in November 2018, will include a plan to demolish the theatre. Dimensions The current stage dimensions are as follows (year): Stage dimensions (1972): Depth: 12.19m (40 ft) and 0.61m (2 ft) Forestage width: stage left: 10.97m (36 ft) / stage right: 7.92m (26 ft) Proscenium width (1972): 9.75m (32 ft) Height to grid: 15.24 m (50 ft) Orchestra pit (1972): area with rail (now modified) References Further reading Flynn, Tony (1987) The History of Salford Cinemas. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson ; pp. 39–40 External links Save the Victoria Theatre Trust Victoria Theatre History Theatres Trust info about Victoria Theatre 1900 establishments in England Former cinemas in Manchester Grade II listed buildings in the City of Salford Theatres completed in 1900 Theatres in Greater Manchester