PROGRESS Chapter 22: Trust, Encouragement, Reward, Loyalty, Satisfaction
Synopsis
and we’re back to Camden’s Electric Ballroom for PROGRESS Chapter 22 from October 2015, and the overly-titled “Trust, Encouragement, Reward, Loyalty, Satisfaction”. If that sounds familiar, it might be because you’re a fan of a British comedy… We open up with a spoof of a scene from the British version of The Office, featuring the GZRS’ Tom Irvin in the role of David Brent. Funny if you get the reference, and still pretty good if you didn’t!
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