As one of many people who protested against the viewing on TV of the Jerry Springer The Opera, I was sad to see it is intended that it should be performed live at The Dome in Brighton (The Argus, September 24).

Guy Morley, head of programming at the Dome, may feel it is one of the most important pieces of theatre produced in the UK in recent years but many people - even non-Christians - feel it is in poor taste.

A play seriously criticising Christianity is one thing but an adolescent ridiculing of a person and beliefs dear to millions of people is just negative and destructive.

Furthermore, it is to be produced in a public building, supported with taxpayers' money.

What authority has Mr Morley, a man who receives his salary from public funds, to decide ultimately, what should or should not be shown at The Dome?

Surely individual councillors should have some say? The good name of our city is at stake. Is a centre of our city's cultural life to be a place to show a musical of bad taste, rejected by a large number of theatres in this country and refused funding from the Arts Council?

What if Christians were to offer to put on something which was well-produced and showed Christianity and Jesus Christ in a positive light?

Would Mr Morley view it with the same enthusiasm?

-Rev John Webster, Hove