Theatre company allegedly owes £5m

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group, the National Theatre, international producer GWB Entertainment, Australian promoter TEG Dainty and global company Base Entertainment have claimed they are collectively owed the money by Lunchbox Theatrical Productions Chief Executive James Cundall for international tours of four productions: The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Matilda and War Horse. All six companies owned by Lunchbox, including five overseas outfits, are about to enter or are already in administration. A Lunchbox spokesperson blamed its failings on "a number of factors including civil riots in Hong Kong, a terrorist massacre in New Zealand, competitive programming in Singapore, and consumer uncertainty due to Brexit in the UK, all of which have devastated ticket sales".