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FRINGE 2025

Hold On To Your Butts

Pleasance Courtyard | 12:30

 ★★★★★

EDINBURGH REVIEWS

“THE HIT OF
THE FRINGE”

SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL

Following its critically acclaimed UK Tour and West End debut, the Fringe 2024 smash hit returns!

Two actors and a Foley artist perform a live, shot-for-shot parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time. A wildly inventive tour-de-force of comedy, physical theatre and live Foley.

CRITICS PICK
“Painfully funny... a pure joy from start to finish”

Time Out New York

★★★★★
“A chaotic masterpiece”

Stage to Page

★★★★★
“Hilarious and entertaining”

Edinburgh Reviews

★★★★★
“A gloriously visualized and executed piece of comedy”

Binge Fringe Magazine

★★★★★
“A non-stop laugh fest”

Theatre Weekly

★★★★
“Brilliant… a must see”

A Young(ish) Perspective

Fly, You
Fools!

Pleasance Courtyard | 15:10

★★★★★

From the creators of smash-hit Hold On To Your Butts comes a new UK premiere!

Three actors and a Foley artist band together – in fellowship! – to perform a live, shot-for-shot parody of the most epic fantasy film of all time.

“GENIUS, SHEER GENIUS”

“IF I HAD A SIXTH STAR AT MY DISPOSAL, I’D GLADLY ADD IT TO THE RATING… ONE OF THE MOST INVENTIVE SHOWS I HAVE EVER SEEN IN EDINBURGH”

★★★★★

“LO-FI MAJESTY SOUNDS LIKE A CONTRADICTION, BUT… RECENT CUTBACKS CONJURE EXACTLY THAT WITH GLORIOUS THEATRICAL INVENTIVENESS”

★★★★

★★★★★
“SUPERB… THE NOSTALGIC LORD OF THE RINGS PARODY TO RULE THEM ALL”

THE QUINTESSENTIAL REVIEW

★★★★★
“HILARIOUSLY PERFECT AND PERFECTLY HILARIOUS”

THIS WEEK CULTURE

★★★★★
“IT IS FANTASY GENIUS, AND A MUST SEE”

STARBURST MAGAZINE

★★★★★
“GLORIOUSLY SILLY”

★★★★
“THEATRICALLY INVENTIVE, UNASHAMEDLY NERDY, AND ULTIMATELY AFFECTIONATE”

LONDONTHEATRE1

THE STAGE

★★★★
“MASTERFUL… STUNNING”

BROADWAY WORLD

The Company

Hold On To Your Butts

Created by RECENT CUTBACKS
Performed by NICK ABEEL, LAURENCE PEARS & KYLE SCHAEFER
Foley by KELLY ROBINSON
A Cappella Arrangements by KELSEY DIDION
Lighting Design & Stage Management by
JAMES APPLEBY
Developed with BLAIR BUSBEE
Directed by KRISTIN MCCARTHY PARKER

Fly, You Fools!

Created by RECENT CUTBACKS
Performed by NICK ABEEL, KRISTIN MCCARTHY PARKER, KYLE SCHAEFER & REGAN SIMS
Foley by KELLY ROBINSON
A Cappella Arrangements by KELSEY DIDION
Lighting Design & Stage Management by
JAMES APPLEBY
Key Art by LIGATURE CREATIVE
Developed with BLAIR BUSBEE & MATT ZAMBRANO
Directed by KRISTIN MCCARTHY PARKER

Recent Cutbacks

is a creative ensemble founded in 2014. Our work sits at the intersection of comedy and theater, fusing humor, nostalgia, and lo-fi spectacle. Our projects invite audiences to see the world with a newfound exuberance and remind us why we fell in love with movies, theater, and storytelling in the first place.