The world premiere of the musical will have performances at The Lowry from the 2nd May until the 16th May before heading to the Curve from the 20th to the 30th May.
Rehearsal images have been released for the upcoming world premiere of Rob Madge and Pippa Cleary’s Bank of Dave which begins performances next month.
This new musical is based on the BAFTA Award-winning documentary, best-selling book, and hit film, with a screenplay by Piers Ashworth. The production is directed by Curve’s artistic director, Nikolai Foster.
The cast is led by Sam Lupton as Dave Fishwick, Hayley Tamaddon as Nicky, Lucca Chadwick-Patel as Hugh, Claire Moore as Maureen, Lauryn Redding as Alex and Samuel Holmes as Sir Charles Denbigh / David H.
They are joined by Zachary Willis as Danny / Andy, Mark Peachey as Cher / Clarence, Joni Ayton-Kent as Megan/Mary, Adam Colbeck-Dunn as Marco, Hannah Nuttall as Mavis, Rosie Strobel as Barbara, Minal Patel as Ali, Elliot Broadfoot as Omari, Althea Burey as Betty and Jhanaica Van Mook as Claire.
This feel-good show tells the true-ish story of Dave Fishwick: Burnley born and bred, and no ordinary man. A self-made millionaire, Dave spent years helping local people and small businesses when hard-nosed banks turned them away. Frustrated by the system, he has an idea…set up his own bank and put the profits straight back into his community.
With posh but principled lawyer Hugh at his side, Dave swaps Burnley for London to take on the banking bigwigs and fight for a fairer deal. But will the fat cats of the City make way for Dave’s dreams?
The musical features choreography by Ebony Molina, set and costume design by Amy Jane Cook, musical supervision by Toby Higgins, orchestrations by Tom Curran, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Tom Marshall, video design by Duncan McLean, casting by Harry Blumenau, associate direction by Ollie Khurshid and James Robert Moore, associate choreography by Dale White, musical direction by Matthew Jackson and production management by Chris Easton.