....I was listening to XFm yesterday and one of my friends rang me to say that the play I directed and produced, 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan' was being highlighted on a 'Soul' show!! The writer and two of the actors were live on air! How could this be I replied? I live in Manchester. 'Puss' (cant use his real name!ha) has my number......no one mentioned it to me! I then sat through a program where 'Puss' talked about the play as if it had suddenly appeared on stage! No mention of the fact that it was a collaboration; the use of film, the soundtrack, teaching the actors to dance, the financing and losing money, the 'soul' of it, was down to me!! forgot my giving him scores of free tickets etc, etc. I am normally very quiet and seldom speak out, BUT I am appalled and hurt by the fact that, when the play was on, 'Puss' knew my number well, when it came to tickets etc. Ironic that the three people he had on had never been to Wigan!! Whats going on!? Could it be he is promoting something? Has he lost my number? He had it a couple of months ago, when he asked me to teach some teenagers to dance! HE even said that if a film comes out 'motown' are up for doing the soundtrack! f*** off! He cant remember most of what was played at Wigan, because I keep hearing him play same 50 records over and over again! It was'nt all Motown mate! In fact, where the f*** were Motown when I had no money to put the play on? When I had to re-mortgage my flat in order to go into rehearsal? Get a life and create something yourself! Trying to commandere the play and excluding the 'soulboy' who put his 'life' and 'soul' into it, shows how callous and commercial, your attitude to the 'soul' scene really is!! It worked because it was 'honest' and true. I am, in fact, still paying off the debt from the last tour!.....me, no one else! Which is fine. Apart from when prats choose to forget the truth! The crowning moment was when, at the end of the show, 'Puss' invited all the actors, by name and the writer, to go and see Dean Parrish when he is on. Somehow forgot the name of the guy who gave 3 years, 'full time', of his life towards creating 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan'. I even texted the show, but as of yet, no reply! Truly disgusting!
....I was listening to XFm yesterday and one of my friends rang me to say that the play I directed and produced, 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan' was being highlighted on a 'Soul' show!! The writer and two of the actors were live on air! How could this be I replied? I live in Manchester. 'Puss' (cant use his real name!ha) has my number......no one mentioned it to me! I then sat through a program where 'Puss' talked about the play as if it had suddenly appeared on stage! No mention of the fact that it was a collaboration; the use of film, the soundtrack, teaching the actors to dance, the financing and losing money, the 'soul' of it, was down to me!! forgot my giving him scores of free tickets etc, etc.
I am normally very quiet and seldom speak out, BUT
I am appalled and hurt by the fact that, when the play was on, 'Puss' knew my number well, when it came to tickets etc. Ironic that the three people he had on had never been to Wigan!! Whats going on!? Could it be he is promoting something? Has he lost my number? He had it a couple of months ago, when he asked me to teach some teenagers to dance! HE even said that if a film comes out 'motown' are up for doing the soundtrack! f*** off! He cant remember most of what was played at Wigan, because I keep hearing him play same 50 records over and over again! It was'nt all Motown mate! In fact, where the f*** were Motown when I had no money to put the play on? When I had to re-mortgage my flat in order to go into rehearsal? Get a life and create something yourself! Trying to commandere the play and excluding the 'soulboy' who put his 'life' and 'soul' into it, shows how callous and commercial, your attitude to the 'soul' scene really is!! It worked because it was 'honest' and true. I am, in fact, still paying off the debt from the last tour!.....me, no one else! Which is fine. Apart from when prats choose to forget the truth! The crowning moment was when, at the end of the show, 'Puss' invited all the actors, by name and the writer, to go and see Dean Parrish when he is on. Somehow forgot the name of the guy who gave 3 years, 'full time', of his life towards creating 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan'. I even texted the show, but as of yet, no reply! Truly disgusting! 
PAUL-S (Paul Sadot)