Cameron Mackintosh makes over 850 of his staff redundant

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Cameron Mackintosh has made over 850 of his employees redundant, following an extensive consultation period.

Redundancy proceedings began in June and now this has been completed, a large number of theatre workers across Cameron Mackintosh Ltd and Delfont Mackintosh are now without jobs.

Following announcements that his West End productions including Hamilton and Les Miserables will remain closed until 2021, it is likely that performers in these shows could also be in the firing line.

Cameron Mackintosh has been criticised for the lack of care shown towards his staff during this difficult time, with the head of theatre union BECTU Philippa Childs saying: “The entire industry has been shocked by Cameron Mackintosh’s unwillingness to use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in full or deploy resources beyond the furlough months to support his backstage and front-of-house staff.”

"Other West End employers have done their utmost to find creative ways to safeguard the livelihoods of their staff and pursue the bigger mission of saving the world-class skills and talents critical to the success of theatres up and down the country.

No one at Cameron Mackintosh’s companies has been willing to comment further on the number of jobs lost or the accusations against their leader.