There’s no easy way to break the news that everyone’s favourite cheesy nightclub is potentially being bulldozed. So, I’m just going to say it: plans are being made for Cindies to be ‘relocated’, dismantled, torn apart, bludgeoned – pick your adjective of choice.

Proposals have been put forward to move the location of the club, officially known as Ballare. A consultation period in May will officially decide the fate of the beloved Wednesday Cindies.

Webber’s proposal is to move Cindies to the “basement” of Lion’s Yard, which he describes as a “concrete bunker”.

Aberdeen Standard Investments, the company responsible for renovations, claims that there are “structural issues” with the current site and they’re “looking at taking these down” to replace them with “units which will sit with the architecture of the church”. This means the end of Cindies – a treasured historical and cultural institution – as we know it.

Henry Webber said to Cambridge News that the destruction (read: relocation) of Cindies will “give the church more breathing space”.

Webber’s proposal is to move Cindies to the “basement” of Lion’s Yard, which he describes as a “concrete bunker”.

Some students might be concerned that Cindies is going to take on the distinctive underground aesthetic of Life, complete with charmingly-sweat-dripping walls. However, Webber describes the ceilings of the Lion Yard basement as being “much higher” than the existing Cindies space and claims it’s “a much bigger open space.”

As to what will happen with the current Cindies location – a beloved space of social gathering and alcoholism – it’s going to become a “mid-range hotel”.

Cindies has been located at Heidelberg Gardens since the 1970s, so this really could be the end of an era. While it has undergone brand transformations aplenty (Ronelles, Cinderella Rockerfellas, Fifth Avenue and finally Ballare), a location change will be the first of its kind.

Before these planned changes, Cindies is enjoying a temporary renovation to become a theatre, staging the musical Merrily We Roll Along in Week Three. Describing itself as a production about the loss of authenticity, loosening morals and failed relationships, this show promises a final opportunity to make fond memories before Cindies in its current form is no more.