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Hundreds of comedians unpaid by one of UK's biggest comedy festivals
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- Charlie Haynes East Midlands Investigations BBCBen Alborough said he was frustrated money was not ringfenced to pay acts Hundreds of comedians have been unpaid by one of the biggest comedy festivals in the UK.
- Leicester Comedy Festival attracted about 100,000 spectators and more than 500 acts this year, including Sir Stephen Fry, Sara Pascoe and Rosie Holt, many of whom have not been paid.
- Organisers said they aimed to pay all performers as soon as possible after the event, which ran from 4 to 22 February, but added the delay was due to cashflow problems that they were trying to resolve.
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Charlie Haynes East Midlands Investigations BBCBen Alborough said he was frustrated money was not ringfenced to pay acts Hundreds of comedians have been unpaid by one of the biggest comedy festivals in the UK.
Leicester Comedy Festival attracted about 100,000 spectators and more than 500 acts this year, including Sir Stephen Fry, Sara Pascoe and Rosie Holt, many of whom have not been paid.
Organisers said they aimed to pay all performers as soon as possible after the event, which ran from 4 to 22 February, but added the delay was due to cashflow problems that they were trying to resolve.
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