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Bank of Dave: The Musical review – ebullient local hero story bursts into song

by Mark Fisher

Lowry, Salford The tale of a Burnley businessman who gives his town a financial leg-up overeggs the north-south cultural divide, but Pippa Cleary’s bright musical numbers propel the positivityWas ever a musical so eager to be liked, so anxious not to exclude? It is not just the patronising pre-show introduction, which assumes we have never been in a theatre and insists we all hate bankers. It is also the pathologic…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25am on May 10, 2026