The Management is a fly-on-the-wall look at the lives of three band managers in Ireland. Unlike the famous Louis Walsh, most band managers live on the bread line, pouring their money and time into the acts that they manage in the hopes of securing that elusive international recording contract.
Willie Carty, based in Portumna, near Galway, is one of Ireland’s leading managers and promoters. We follow Willie as he tries to make Mike Denver his new country act into a major star.
Denis Desmond, a Cork City based manager, is putting his energies into making his new solo act Pat Lavida into an international star.
And Jimmy Squires from Dublin has spent three years of his life, re-mortaged his house and sold his car, all to get his pop group Cross Fade on the ladder to success. Jimmy’s latest idea is to forget Ireland and try to launch the band in Germany. We fly out to Munich with Jimmy and his boys and join them as they gig in a small bar. To everyone’s surprise – Ralph Siegel – Germany’s leading record producer – walks in….