Bank of Dave - Rapid Review ★★☆☆☆ #theatretok #theatre #review #musicals #leicester

Following the 2008 financial crisis, banks were more reluctant than ever to lend people money. It was this situation that led Dave Fishwick to attempt to start his own bank, a system designed to help the people of his home town Burnley to continue to run their businesses and live comfortable lives. Now Rob Madge and Pippa Cleary give this true-ish story the musical treatment, in a show that is loud, proud and Northern. The characters are larger than life, but are too often reduced to stereotypes, and we struggle to connect with the stories of the people that Dave is trying to help.
As Dave, Sam Lupton is energetic and likeable, yet often a little bland amidst the rest of the colourful characters on show. The show very quickly sets the scene with opening song “Burnley Born and Bred”. It is an exciting group number to start the show, but these group numbers feel draining after a while – there are very few quieter numbers, and even those that begin quieter, such as love song “My Kind of Happy” quickly introduces a backing choir to turn the song into yet another show-stopping number. It means the songs are not particularly character-focused, which is odd in a musical that is seemingly more about character than plot.
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