FRINGE 2025

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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

“A perfect, sixty minute, rock and roll comedy
drum solo”

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.

ONSTAGE

“Pure joy for lovers of The Lord of the Rings

STAGEBUDDY

“A total riot… brazen joyful silliness ”

VULTURE

“The kind of comedy that cannot be taught”

POP CITY LIFE

The Company

Hold On To Your Butts

Created by RECENT CUTBACKS
Performed by NICK ABEEL, LAURENCE PEARS & KYLE SCHAEFER
Foley by KRISTIN R. PARKER
Lighting Design & Stage Management by
JAMES APPLEBY
Directed by KRISTIN MCCARTHY PARKER

Fly, You Fools!

Created by RECENT CUTBACKS
Performed by NICK ABEEL, KYLE SCHAEFER & REGAN SIMS
Foley by KELLY ROBINSON
Lighting Design & Stage Management by
JAMES APPLEBY
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.