The fight to save Adelaide's iconic Thebarton Theatre has been taken to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
In a statement issued on Monday night, representatives for the venue confirmed Federal Member for Adelaide, Steve Georganas, had written to Morrison and Minister for Transport and infrastructure, Stephan Knoll, asking "to assure that works associated with the South Road Upgrade will not damage the historic buildings including Thebarton Theatre and The Queen of Angels Church".
The statement reads that building up to the side of the Thebarton Theatre would "impact every aspect of the building".
"Patrons won't want to come and spend additional time at the venue or the surrounding businesses that benefit form the venue. If patrons are not comfortable, the bar trade will reduce and therefore staff numbers will too.
"The artists won't be happy if the patrons aren't.
"We are concerned that local businesses will be impacted and are asking that any option still enable us, and them, to continue to trade efficiently through the development process, and that any choice results in minimal impact to the existing landscape, in particular, all the other superb Heritage buildings in the vicinity.
"We look forward to discussing the needs of the venue with the necessary departments before any final decisions are made."
It comes a week after South Australian Premier Steven Marshall said a decision on the developments will be made by the end of the year.
Meanwhile a petition calling to save the live music space has garnered over 57,000 signatures.
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