Performed at the Pleasance 1 Theatre for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 11th August 2009.
Social & External
The people behind it
Scott Mills
David Hasselhoff / Sandy Foreskin
Joe Taylor
Laurie Hagen
Becky
David Paul West
The One That Doesn't Speak / Foreman
Andrew Hayler
Sir Andy Parfitt / Chris Moyles
Rebecca Huxtable
Jo Whiley / Kylie Minogue / Myleene
Kathy Clugston
Posh Radio 4 Lady
David Hasselhoff
Narrator
Jonathan Dryden Taylor
Chappers / Zane Lowe
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