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Summer blockbuster season may be over at the movie theatres, but one of the biggest blockbusters opened this past Tuesday as part of the Prairie Meadows Comedy Series. They are kicking off the season with the tour of 'Hold Onto Your Butts' for only its second stop. If the audience laughter was any indication, you won't want to miss this show.

In an inventively accurate live puppet parody of the quintessential 90s classic about leaving your kid alone at home, a five-person ensemble works in tandem to condense the full film into a high-energy hour of theatrical ingenuity in KEVIN!!!!!

Recent Cutbacks' Hold On To Your Butts has been named the winner of the 2026 International Fringe Encore Series at SoHo Playhouse, following an Off-Broadway debut and runs at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and London's West End.

You can now get a first off-Broadway premiere of Hold On To Your Butts from theatre company Recent Cutbacks, taking place at SoHo Playhouse as part of the International Fringe Encore Series.

SoHo Playhouse's 2026 International Fringe Encore Series begins on January 3 and runs through March 29, and provides opportunities to emerging artists who show exceptional talent at each season's Fringe Festivals both artistically and commercially.

SoHo Playhouse has revealed the lineup for the 2026 International Fringe Encore Series, running Off-Broadway. Shows include the U.S. premiere of Diana, direct from the Edinburgh Fringe, plus more.

Recent Cutbacks will present HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS at SoHo Playhouse as part of the International Fringe Encore Series from February 7 to March 15, 2026. Directed by Kristin McCarthy Parker.

Following their run of Fly, You Fools! at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Hold On To Your Butts on the West End, Recent Cutbacks will present the return of their holiday show KEVIN!!!!!

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.

Recent Cutbacks will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer with the UK premiere of Fly, You Fools!—a lovingly absurd live parody of one of the most beloved fantasy films of all time.

​​​​​​​Due to popular demand, Sally Cade Holmes and Heather Shields, producers of critically acclaimed hit Hold On To Your Butts, have announced a limited Summer West End engagement returning to the Arts Theatre.

Following the success of their show Hold On To Your Butts, Recent Cutbacks has announced the world premiere and preliminary casting for their new show, There Is No Spoon.

The off-West End hit Hold On To Your Butts will have a limited Easter West End engagement at the Arts Theatre from 7-12 April 2025 under The Choir of Man with performances on sale now.

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.

​​​​​​​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.

RECENT CUTBACKS will present HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS at Caveat, featuring Nick Abeel, Kyle Schaefer, and live Foley by Blair Busbee. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The three-week performance series will feature music, theater, comedy and cabaret work from Matt Bovee, Scout Davis, Amy Jo Jackson, Dan Mills and Ben Thornewill, Kristin McCarthy Parker, Adam J. Rineer, and others, as well as the world premiere of Witches!? In Salem?! by Matt Cox (Puffs).

PhysFestNYC, New York’s Festival Dedicated to Physical Theaters, announces its line-up for January 5–14, 2024. Over 100 artists and companies will participate in the 10-day festival, featuring performances, workshops, panels, and community events.

Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein today announced Hear/Now: LIVE!, the second season of audio drama, a cross between the old and new - commissioned world premieres presented using the traditional tools of radio broadcasts featuring live foley sound effects and live original music.