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. Comedian Benjamin Alborough said: "I'm owed just short of £2,000. It's very frustrating. I've got bills to pay like everyone else." Alborough, who works in comedy full-time, said pay issues were common across the board. "Between festival registration fees and travel and accommodation and production costs, I have to invest several hundred pounds per individual show," he said. The 33-year-old said he owed his career to the Leicester event after starting out there as a student. "I want the Leicester Comedy Festival to succeed because it's a brilliant thing. "But in order to do that, everyone needs to get paid. Artists need to be paid money," he added. Alborough is one of hundreds of performers owed money by the comedy f
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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,…
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