Recent Cutbacks

Our Comedy Theater Shows

Live movie parodies made with joy, ingenuity, and zero CGI. Your favorite films recreated on stage with a handful of actors, household items, and live Foley sound effects.

Hold On To Your Butts key art, Recent Cutbacks' live Jurassic Park parody
Now on tour

Hold On To Your Butts

Two actors, one Foley artist, and the greatest dinosaur movie of all time, live. 65 million years in the making.

 Fly You Fools key art, Recent Cutbacks' live Lord of the Rings parody
Edinburgh Fringe 2026Off-Broadway at SoHo Playhouse

Fly, You Fools!

The Fellowship brought to life with mime, shadow puppetry, and heaps of imagination.

 KEVIN!!!!! key art, Recent Cutbacks' holiday movie parody
Edinburgh Fringe 2026Off-broadway at SoHo Playhouse

KEVIN!!!!!

Our holiday-movie parody, a cheerful explosion of puppetry and live projections.

More from RCB

There Is No Spoon show logo, Recent Cutbacks' live Matrix parody Next Day Thrones key art, Recent Cutbacks' Game of Thrones parody Zoomhog Day key art, Recent Cutbacks' Groundhog Day parody on Zoom Master Lecture Series key art, Recent Cutbacks' Audible Original

Catch us live

Hold On To Your Butts is touring North America September 2026 through April 2027. All three flagship shows play Edinburgh Fringe 2026 at Pleasance Courtyard. KEVIN!!!!! and Fly, You Fools! to play SoHo Playhouse Off-Broadway December 2026 through January 2027.

What critics are saying

"Painfully funny... a pure joy from start to finish"
Critics' Pick, Time Out New York
★★★★★
"Genius, sheer genius"
The Times
★★★★★
"A non-stop laugh fest"
Theatre Weekly
★★★★★
"A gloriously visualized and executed piece of comedy"
Binge Fringe Magazine
★★★★
"Glorious theatrical inventiveness"
The Scotsman
★★★★★
"Best Show at the Fringe"
Edinburgh Festivals Magazine