First hand news about Derek Lever’s agency commission fees

28Oct09

“Joe Blow” contacted me and said:

Hello, I know from first hand experience that Derek Lever expects a 10% commission on the acts he books for the Blackpool convention. However I refused and told the treasurer paying me that it was not coming out of the agreed amount as I had never heard of this commission until the moment I was there getting paid.

I heard from other performers that he tried to pull the same thing with their fee. All of them refused to pay anything out of their fee.

But whether the Blackpool Magician’s Club paid 11.1111% (the amount necessary to result in Derek receiving 10% of the total paid for my act) over and above my fee to Derek Lever and his partner (whose name I do not recall) I do not know.