I’ve been contacted by Phil Hurst, who is directing Even Greedy Bankers Deserve Freedom, a bonkers-crazy play about one credit crunch casualty that’s previewing at the Custard Factory Theatre on 30th July before going onto the Camden Fringe Festival:
Even Greedy Bankers Deserve Freedom asks a questions many of us have wondered about for years – what was going through those banker’s minds?…
Harvey Brian Oliver Simons is a man who has been persecuted since the credit crunch started. His ridiculous bonuses and exuberant wages soon made him top of the list for recriminations. Scared for his own life, he feigns insanity and takes cover in a mental institution. It is only when he meets his roommate – a disturbed man who believes a rock band is following him around – and his doctor – who has not only guessed Harvey’s motives but is determined to oust him as a fraud – that he realises that staying insane will be more difficult than he thought.
All narrated musically by the Dead Crabs (Harvey’s roommate’s band – who are live on stage throughout) the script takes on greedy bankers, corrupt politicians, sneaky journalists, drugged musicians and lazy doctors, before finishing with a spectacular musical finale!
