A REGULAR theatre-goer has vowed to boycott the Pavilion after they cancelled a show due to ‘commercial interests’.

The customer slammed the historic theatre after they cancelled The Story of the Beach Boys, booked to take place on August 3 after another bigger show required the same slot.

The theatre has advised that they will be issued refunds but those who have booked travel and accommodation have been left out of pocket.

Gordon Simpson, who had booked two tickets, said the way the theatre has acted is ‘unacceptable’.

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The City of Glasgow College worker added: “After buying the tickets, I had to arrange for my friend to fly from Exeter Airport to Glasgow Airport and book accommodation to coincide with the show. Unlike the cost of the tickets, these additional costs are non-refundable.

“If a show had to be cancelled because of what happened at the weekend, that would obviously have been understandable but simply not where the reason is wholly commercial.

“Following such shabby treatment and ‘a couldn’t care less attitude’ I, for one, will have to carefully consider if I will ever wish to purchase a ticket for any future performances at the theatre.

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The Pavilion Theatre, which is unsubsidised, said that they had only sold 40 tickets to the show before taking the decision to pull the plug.

General manager, Iain Gordon, said: “The original show date was booked for August during this we had a conversation with the band asking if we could move this as August is not the best month in the year for shows of this nature and we were worried about the lack of ticket sales.

“During this period this was the only show we had in the diary and out of the blue we got a request for a major production that wanted a two week run, we clearly had to consider this and commercially it was the right decision for the company to take this as it is likely to generate over £200,000 of income against a £1,000 of income for The Beach Boys show.

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“We try hard not to cancel shows but at times a theatre like the Pavilion, unlike all other Glasgow theatres, is fully subsidised and has to think commercially and given the circumstances as we had only sold 40 tickets for this show then we felt it the best thing to do.

“When contacting the customers again we felt it the best thing to do was to tell the truth and not come up with fictitious excuses like technical or contract problems.

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“Again we did try to move the date to later in the year where this show might have generated more sales but the band declined this offer and said they would go somewhere else in Glasgow which again is disappointing.”