Laurence Pears News

Recent Cutbacks will present Hold on to Your Butts, a live, shot-for-shot parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Production photos been released for Recent Cutbacks’ Hold On To Your Butts, a live shot-for-shot parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time performed by just two actors and a live Foley artist, at the Arcola Theatre this Christmas for a limited run until Saturday 11 January 2025 prior to a UK Tour.

Created by Recent Cutbacks, Hold On To Your Butts is a “shot for shot” parody of the iconic Jurassic Park film, with three actors taking on the movie in only seventy minutes (the original film has a runtime of two hours and seven minutes). Jack Baldwin and Laurence Pears take on nearly all of the characters (yes, even Mr. D.N.A makes an appearance!) through simple costume and prop changes.

​​​​​​​Hold On To Your Butts has announced a one week extension at the Arcola Theatre, with performances on sale now. Following the London run, the show tours the UK, starting at Curve Theatre in Leicester.

Following a smash-hit run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer and multiple sold out seasons in New York, Sally Cade Holmes and Heather Shields have announced the London premiere and cast for Recent Cutbacks’ Hold On To Your Butts, a live shot-for-shot parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time.

After nearly 30,000 performances at the St Martins Theatre, Agatha Christie’s play, The Mousetrap is also playing to theatres around the UK as part of a 70th anniversary tour. This week, the classic whodunnit comes to the Glasgow King’s Theatre.

The world’s longest-running play, The Mousetrap, will play at The Belgrade from Monday 13 – Saturday 18 February.

Full casting is announced for the 70th Anniversary tour of The Mousetrap, the longest running play in the world, which will visit over 70 venues throughout the UK and Ireland from this September.

Happy Idiot Production’s subversive parody Not: Lady Chatterley’s Lover will bring a fresh twist to DH Lawrence’s classic story this autumn. Writer Lawrence Russell, has given this scandalous story the Mel Brooks treatment, with the help of acclaimed artists Simon Godwin, Stephen Harper and Laurence Pears.

Magic Goes Wrong, the box office hit created by Mischief Theatre with magic legends Penn & Teller, today announces a magical cast transformation at the Vaudeville Theatre, from March 2020.

Bryony Corrigan is part of Mischief Theatre and has been seen both on stage in The Play That Goes Wrong and Groan Ups, and also recently on our TV screens in The Goes Wrong Show on BBC1. She spoke to BroadwayWorld about her career and her current role in Magic Goes Wrong at the Vaudeville Theatre.

Mischief Theatre, the Olivier award-winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, has announced a new booking period for Magic Goes Wrong, with tickets now on sale until 30th August 2020. Created with magic legends Penn & Teller, this is the second production as part of Mischief Theatre's residency at the Vaudeville Theatre.

Created with magic legends Penn & Teller, Mischief Theatre conjure up an evening of grand illusion in Magic Goes Wrong. In the next 'Goes Wrong' comedy to hit the West End, the original Mischief company play a hapless gang of magicians presenting a charity event.

Mischief Theatre, the Olivier award-winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, has today announced the full cast for Magic Goes Wrong, created with magic legends Penn & Teller. This will be the second production as part of Mischief Theatre's residency at the Vaudeville Theatre, which opens with their new comedy Groan Ups in September 2019.

Alan Ayckbourn's 82nd play Better Off Dead completes the summer season at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre, in a production directed by the author.

Alan Ayckbourn's 82nd play Better Off Dead completes the summer season at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre, in a production directed by the author.

A classic play by Alan Ayckbourn receives its 40th anniversary production at the Stephen Joseph Theatre this summer.

A classic play by Alan Ayckbourn receives its 40th anniversary production at the Stephen Joseph Theatre this summer.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre company has returned from New York after a triumphant and record-breaking run with Alan Ayckbourn's A Brief History of Women, which wowed audiences and critics alike.

The stage is set and the time is now to get tickets for A Brief History of Women. It is being performed as part of the Brits Off-Broadway 2018 at 59E59 Theaters. This production is brilliantly written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn and features a superb cast.