Auditions

Well James thats a bit uninformed of you

And further more is nothing but hearsay. You yourself were not the volunteer with the complaint you have stated it was another party so in fairness that comment holds no wieght legally at all.

You are refering to Omnibus.
For all who do not know Omnibus was the company of Gloria Underwood, Brian Underwood, Tanya Martin (Underwood), Mike Oshay and Pat Barton.
Iff (if and only if) Pat Barton treated a volunteer unfairly then it was not he in isolatiion it wasin fact OMNIBUS the company which has 4 other persons involved that you failed to neglect. One can safely assume you are refering to an incident where a somewhat distrort woman threw a glass of wine in Pats face.

James that incident was many years ago and given your age and your current relationship to the woman involved perhaps your view has been somewhat distorted.

It should also be remembered that Omnibus did indeed give you many opportunities in theatre , at the time, that you were not being offered elsewhere.

To continue, with some other statements made on this site, I would also like to point out that Pat Barton is currwently still in England (His native country) with his frail(90plus) mother. Mr Barton wished to retain the name Music Spectrum but, he was NOT the main decision maker in Music Spectrum. A quichk search of company records will show anyone who cares to get the facts, Jane Pyke and Glade Pyke were also running Music Spectrum so once again saying that Pat Barton had anything but a subbordinate role to the husband and wife team is absurd.

As to Mr Bartons wealth, he lives in a one bedroom, dark morbid little, townhouse which has certainly had no renovation nor extension. Furthermore it is not possible to extend , there is absolutely no yard what so ever. Mr Barton does not own a motor vehicle of any sort.

But most importantly Mr Barton is not in the country and did not set up On Stage Productions and has not been holding meetings at the Regal (PS the regal apparently cost $30,000 so who ever thought Pat got it free is dreaming. I am sure you can look at the Regal Books so look at the facts before you comment LES)has signed no documents etc etc

So in effect some of you have been attacking a company without any basis other than you did not get the roles you wanted previously, something Pat has never and will never have any say in as he is not a director.

Or because you accepted that it was amature theatre (that you would not be paid )and then you complain about what you agreed to So infact a contract you were party to and yet attempted to rescind

Were you paid in JC, Mack and Mabel, Little shop of Horrors etc etc etc
Is your real complaint about how much work you were required to do becasue from all accounts Most of the Les Mis principles had swings so they did half the work and any time wasting re rehearsals was the fault of Jane Pyke the director and NOT surely Pat Barton the ticket seller. It is usual practice for Mr Barton to not be involved in any part of rehersals or schedules etc etc so it is beyond me how anyone can comment.

As for swet shop comments as petty and as inappropriate as they are my my dont we all wear Nikki, addidas etc etc .

I would hasten to add that this is a new company where the intention is to do the very best by way of assisting cast members to ease the out of pocket expences of the cast where ever it is possible. The female Producer involved (who is basically using her house to finance this show)would be quite dismayed if she were to read the comments that have been made about her company as would the very reputable Mr Justin Friend(MD) and Ms Marg Kinneen(director)

I stongly suggest that people seek out facts before they defame anyone or anything. A quick call to the producer will clarify any questions you may have and that is exactly what I have done and suggest those of you with a "bee in your bonnet" do the same. And base all future comments on FACT and not on distorted prima donnarish innuendo