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Performers left thousands out of pocket as concert producer goes into liquidation
By: Matthew Hemley
Performers and musicians left unpaid following their work on a West End production stand to lose thousands of pounds, after the production company behind the show went into liquidation.
Movies and Musicals, which was produced by M and M Associate Productions and starred Louise Dearman, Gareth Gates and John Owen-Jones, was staged at the Apollo Victoria Theatre last December.
The production company, headed by Matthew Hampson, failed to pay performers and musicians involved in the show after it failed to sell enough tickets to recoup costs.
It has since emerged that M and M Associate Productions has gone into liquidation, leaving artists unlikely to see money owed to them paid.
Hampson told The Stage: “We had a full financial review, and a company called Wilson Field is managing the business affairs, which – after reviewing everything – decided that was the best course of action.”
He added: “It has got to a point that I have tried every way imaginable to sort it out – it hasn’t worked. I am not going to try to excuse it. What happened is unfortunate for everyone including me, as I have put years and a lot of my own money into this.”
The Musicians’ Union said it had been pursuing money for two members through the small claims court.
Naomi Pohl, London regional organiser, told The Stage: “When a company goes into liquidation legal proceedings cannot continue, and sadly our members can end up as names on a long list of creditors. The reality is that they may not ever recover what is owing to them.” She added that “unpaid or late fees of this kind have a significant impact on musicians’ ability to make a living from their work”.
“We seem to be dealing with an especially high volume of unpaid fees at present, which shows that the financial crisis is still having a profound impact on the arts in general,” she said.
As reported by The Stage earlier this year, Dearman, Gates and Owen-Jones were in the process of legal proceedings against M and M Associate Productions to recover money owed to them.
Their managers did not want to comment on the situation.
The concert also featured the London Gay Symphony Orchestra, which has been left owed thousands of pounds.
Its manager, Peter Reynolds, said: “Not only that, but we shelled out our own money for rehearsal venues and instrument hire that was supposed to be reimbursed. We have not been, so not only are we short of our fee but we are also several hundred pounds out of pocket.
“As a self-funded charity organisation, this is really not very good for us.”
love Carol xxx
Performers left thousands out of pocket as concert producer goes into liquidation
By: Matthew Hemley
Performers and musicians left unpaid following their work on a West End production stand to lose thousands of pounds, after the production company behind the show went into liquidation.
Movies and Musicals, which was produced by M and M Associate Productions and starred Louise Dearman, Gareth Gates and John Owen-Jones, was staged at the Apollo Victoria Theatre last December.
The production company, headed by Matthew Hampson, failed to pay performers and musicians involved in the show after it failed to sell enough tickets to recoup costs.
It has since emerged that M and M Associate Productions has gone into liquidation, leaving artists unlikely to see money owed to them paid.
Hampson told The Stage: “We had a full financial review, and a company called Wilson Field is managing the business affairs, which – after reviewing everything – decided that was the best course of action.”
He added: “It has got to a point that I have tried every way imaginable to sort it out – it hasn’t worked. I am not going to try to excuse it. What happened is unfortunate for everyone including me, as I have put years and a lot of my own money into this.”
The Musicians’ Union said it had been pursuing money for two members through the small claims court.
Naomi Pohl, London regional organiser, told The Stage: “When a company goes into liquidation legal proceedings cannot continue, and sadly our members can end up as names on a long list of creditors. The reality is that they may not ever recover what is owing to them.” She added that “unpaid or late fees of this kind have a significant impact on musicians’ ability to make a living from their work”.
“We seem to be dealing with an especially high volume of unpaid fees at present, which shows that the financial crisis is still having a profound impact on the arts in general,” she said.
As reported by The Stage earlier this year, Dearman, Gates and Owen-Jones were in the process of legal proceedings against M and M Associate Productions to recover money owed to them.
Their managers did not want to comment on the situation.
The concert also featured the London Gay Symphony Orchestra, which has been left owed thousands of pounds.
Its manager, Peter Reynolds, said: “Not only that, but we shelled out our own money for rehearsal venues and instrument hire that was supposed to be reimbursed. We have not been, so not only are we short of our fee but we are also several hundred pounds out of pocket.
“As a self-funded charity organisation, this is really not very good for us.”
