On Friday last, we went to the Theatre Royal, Brighton. There have been some changes.

The nice elderly ladies and gentlemen who did the bar, took the tickets and so on have been replaced by youngsters.

One cannot buy decent chocolates any more but has to take the offerings from a stand more appropriate to a garage, with the usual packets of wine gums, After Eights and Allsorts.

The background music was ghastly pop - all bad enough.

However, when we came out, I was amazed to find leaflets for Puppetry Of The Penis on ample view in the foyer.

Am I a prude, or is it really sick that the Theatre Royal should sink to the level of a sleazy, low-life Soho club?

In any event, I do not think youngsters should see such rubbish on display.

I intend to take this further.

M K Waistell, Church Lane, Ardingly

-* Jakki Hall, marketing manager of the Theatre Royal, replies: The Theatre Royal does not consider these leaflets to be gratuitous or offensive. They have been on display for some weeks and this is the first complaint we have received. As the South-East's premier theatre, we try to provide a programme as diverse as the region we serve. Puppetry Of The Penis was a West End smash and received rave reviews from national newspapers, including the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph. The Ambassadors Theatre Group acquired the Theatre Royal in 1999 and has invested heavily to improve it. Inevitably, some changes - all of which we deem positive - have been made to the day-to-day running of the theatre.