A tour of the musical Copacabana planned for 2015 has been completely cancelled.
The 2014 leg of the musical, starring Jon Lee, was cancelled before the end of its run with performers, musicians and suppliers owed money and Equity and the Musicians’ Union announcing they were taking legal action against production company Dancing Fool Theatrical.
In a statement, Dancing Fool has now said that paying people from the 2014
leg was the “optimum priority” and added that continuing with plans for a
2015 tour would not “allow the required substance to resolve this
matter swiftly-Therefore the decision to cancel the remaining engagements, even
with strong advance sales, is deemed the correct step to move forward. Despite the best efforts of all involved continually
working to keep the production moving forward, it has reached the point
where certain criteria could not be met and regrettably the production
cannot be mounted for 2015.”
The statement added that the producers, including Antony
Stuart-Hicks, “would like to sincerely apologise to the cast, crew,
musicians and the many fans of this iconic show that had been greatly
excited by its planned revival”. The Fairfield Halls in Croydon and St Helens Theatre Royal had already cancelled planned runs of the show. but Jimmy Osmond who was due to appear
in the production, has still not been contacted by the producers about its
future.
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