Baddest of bad banks set to get new lease of life

It might considered too painful a subject for parody by some folk but the country’s baddest of bad banks is set to get a new lease of life with Anglo — The Musical.

Already the subject of several books and countless newspaper articles, the story of Anglo’s central role in Ireland’s economic woesis being given a comical and musical twist in the national interest.

The show is written by Paul Howard, creator of another Celtic Tiger antihero, Ross O’Carroll Kelly, and based on a story by Johnny Morrison, Darren Smith, and Colm Tobin, who are the creative powers behind Dustin the Turkey, Langerland.tv, and Anonymous.