Bank of Dave the Musical cast revealed & it include's Blackpool star Hayley Tamaddon

What is Bank of Dave The Musical?

Announced back in September, the upcoming musical is all about the life of Nelson born David Fishwick who’s story is known across the World thanks to the Netflix films Bank of Dave (2023) and Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger (2025).

Bank of Dave: The Musical promisesto be a home-grown, brand-new British musical, bursting with northern grit, laugh-out-loud humour and what Dave himself calls “the best songs in any musical ever.”

The show information reads: “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?

“From Sunday Times bestseller to Netflix’s #1 UK film, Dave’s inspiring underdog story now bursts onto the stage as a laugh-out-loud British musical packed with heart, humour and cracking new music.”

Presented by ROYO, Future Artists Entertainment, Curve and The Lowry, Bank of Dave The Musical has a book and lyrics by Rob Madge (My Son’s a Queer, But What Can You Do), with music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary (The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾: The Musical) and it will be directed by Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster

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So who does star in the musical?

Just this week it was revealed that Blackpool born actress Hayley Tamaddon, perhaps best known for her roles on Emmerdale and Coronation Street, will play Dave’s wife Nicky Fishwick.

Lucca Chadwick-Patel (Mean Girls, Savoy Theatre) will then play Hugh, Claire Moore (The Great British Bake Off Musical, Noël Coward Theatre) will play Maureen and Lauryn Redding (Coven, Kiln Theatre) will play Alex.

The role of Dave is yet to be announced.

Sharing the news of her role with her , Hayley wrote: “ THE NEWS IS OUT!💕

“Goodness it’s been hard keeping this one a secret! I am thrilled and honoured to be playing the role of NICKY Dave’s wife in @bankofdavemusical

2The most brilliant, laugh out loud, heart warming musical. Written by the uber talented @robmadge02 and @pippa.cleary and directed by my wonderful talented friend @nikolaifostertheatre .. you are really in for a TREAT with this one.

“A massive thanks to my ace @agentmford and Sophie and Alice @hatch_talent . For working so hard as my agents and always opening new doors for me.And to the amazing @roomonyourown and @hjbcasting for casting me.

“And to my parents. Who without their love and help with Jasper, none of this would be possible.

“And a special mention to @nikkifishwick .. who at the read through told all the producers “I want Hayley to play me” 🥹😂 I won’t let you down love.

“BOOK YOR TICKETS COZ THIS ONE WILL FLY😍”

Where can we catch Bank of Dave The Musical?

Bank of Dave The Musical will make its debut at The Lowry in Salford from May 2- 16 2026, before heading to Leicester Curve from May 20-30 2026.

Tickets for the Salford show can be bought online here with prices starting from £30.50, whilst and Leicester tickets go on sale on October 7.

What has Dave said about the musical?

We had a great long chat with Dave just before Christmas all about his life so far and during that we of course had to ask about the msuical so take a look at what he said next:

Q) How do you feel about your story getting told in a musical format?

Dave: “It's taken two years to get it to stage. It's a big job is a musical. It's cost 2 million pounds so far. There's been 57 people working on it for two years, and I've now seen it front to back with my wife, Nicky. We've been to the Leicester Curve to watch the rehearsals, and that has been so exciting. The people that's involved in that is this guy called Nikolai Foster who made Kinky Boots, obviously one of the very big musicals,. and he's also involved in the Cher musical, the new Great British Bake Off musical, the Tina Turner one. There's so many he's done, he's just huge in the musical world and he flew in, especially from Japan, to the press day. And then Pippa Cleary, and Rob Madge, they wrote the songs, and they wrote the award-winning My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?) so it's got some really, really good foundations for it to sit on. It's obviously very, very involved with Netflix as well, it's based on the first Netflix movie. They've wrote lots and lots of songs about Lancashire, which is really cool.

“I mean, it's one thing, watching somebody play you in a movie, you know, it's quite strange watching myself on television do things, but to watch somebody play you in a musical, that's another level. Things are getting a little bit bonkers now, but great fun. So we're really excited about that. That world premiere launches on the second of May. It'll sit up in the Lowry for a few weeks, and then it goes to Leicester Curve, and then it'll go to some other theatres across the UK, and then down to the West End, and it'll sit in the West End for a few years, and hopefully across to Broadway.”

Q) Can we expect it to come to Lancashire?

Dave: “Well, I'm hoping. I mean, to be honest, I wanted it to premiere here in the North, and it is doing in Manchester/Salford and that's really important to me, because not everybody can afford to go to the West End. You know, it's an expensive weekend out to the West End, that's for sure. So it were really important for me, for it to world premiere in the north, just like the movies… I'm not allowed to release them just yet but I do know some of the other places it's going. So if the theatre is big enough, it will go, you know, it's a multi thousand people musical. It's a very, very big show. I mean, just to give you an idea, there's been 251 actresses that have applied for the job of Nicky, Mrs. F… So there's a lot of interest in it already, even from the world of showbiz.”

Q: Did you have any involvement in writing the musical and could we expect to see you on any of the stages?

“There's always a chance of me getting up and saying a few words. I'd especially love to say thank you to people so at some point, you know so, I will get up and say a few words. But the musical is very much based on the first movie and I was very pleased with the first movie. These people that make musicals are very, very committed. They are very, very good at what they do and they don't need a lad from Burnley who sells busses to stick his nose in, so I try and keep out enough, but if there was something I didn't like, I would have already said. I have some sort of editorial control, obviously, because I'm Dave, and that's what it's about! But they have been so wonderful to work with and they've asked me lots and lots of things- as Netflix are, Netflix are amazing to work with. You know, they ask you if you're happy with a scene, ask you if you're happy with how it's going.

“I mean, I'm working from home today and this kitchen here is where they put a train track through my house to make the movie, and it were a massive train track for the actual cameras to sit on. The cameras were huge and it was just unbelievable. You'll be upstairs at half five in the morning, 127 people descend onto your house. There's wagons and trucks and things like a circus and in every part of the house there's just people and cameras and equipment, and it really is a very, very well run operation. The musical is exactly the same. The people really know what they're doing, and it's just a pleasure to go and watch them perform the songs. You know, there's a few of them that are quite moving. There's one about my dad, and, yeah, it's really nice.”