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Comedy Sat Feb 13 · 7:30pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium · South End

Hold On To Your Butts – Feb 13

Two actors and a Foley artist recreate Jurassic Park shot-for-shot live at Rebecca Cohn—expect dinosaur chaos, sound effects, and pure comedy gold. This West End hit is touring through Halifax and it's absolutely wild.

65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the earth… 30 years ago, a movie about dinosaurs ruled the box office… This year, you are invited to… Hold On To Your Butts Following its critically acclaimed West End and Off-Broadway debuts, the smash hit show goes on tour! 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. ★★★★★ “A non-stop laugh fest” (Theatre Weekly) ★★★★★ “A chaotic masterpiece” (Stage to Page) ★★★★ “A funny, head-spinning Jurassic Park parody” (The Times) CRITIC’S PICK “Painfully funny … made us cry actual tears of laughter … a pure joy from start to finish” (Time Out) “It’s the hit of the Fringe” (Scottish Daily Mail) COMPANY BIO Recent Cutbacks is a creative ensemble founded in 2014. Our critically acclaimed work sits at the intersection of comedy and theater. We’re best known for our live movie parodies that fuse 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. Our projects: Hold On To Your Butts; Fly, You Fools!; KEVIN!!!!!; There Is No Spoon; Next Day Thrones; Zoomhog Day; Master Lecture Series: History of the Third Robot War (Audible Original) Run time: 60 minutes; Recommended age: 8+ Check them out here Please note: Alcohol may be served at this event.

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