What the papers say...

Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph: "I emerged with a surprising spring in my step and without feeling that I'd been bludgeoned over the head...  The pair have done their homework and the result is an entertaining evening that treats its subject with wit, flair and something approaching even-handedness...  an impressive amount of musical capital...  O'Connor's score is redolent of rising and falling stock graphs with its rippling patterns...  Above all, he and Taylor understand that emotion is the principal currency in musicals...  they tap a potent sense of human paradises lost." 


Lloyd Evans, The Spectator  "The writers understand and sympathise with banking...the show is terrific fun. All the characters are credible and a good laugh. The production has a warm heart, a light touch and a witty, fleet-footed script."

Claire Allfree, Metro: "Taylor and O'Connor's new musical deserves a bigger space...  a slick send up of corporate ruthlessness...  the pert counter-harmonies of O'Connor's buoyant score...  Taylor's well-drilled production is studded with assured performances...  a shot of adrenaline for a neglected art form."

Ben Walters, Time Out: "Imagine 'Little Shop of Horrors' with short selling instead of man-eating plants and you'll have a ballpark picture of 'Toxic Bankers'... a workplace comedy for the post-crash era... tightly realised and offers cleverly-drawn, well-acted characters... pulls off the balancing act of using their narcissistic concerns to illuminate a culture of displaced responsibility without getting mired in righteous finger-wagging."

Lauren Paxman, The Stage: "This hard-working cast shows off just how much work went into Toxic Bankers, and why it was worth the effort...  Toxic Bankers surprises with the breadth of the topics it covers."