Fringe REVIEW: Fly, You Fools! - ★★★★★

Mix Up Theatre (Stewart)
1 day ago
2 min read

The Fringe 2025 smash hit returns! 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. A jaw-dropping blend of comedy, physical theatre and live Foley. From Recent Cutbacks (Hold On To Your Butts, KEVIN!!!!!). 'If I had a sixth star at my disposal, I'd gladly add it to the rating... Genius, sheer genius' ***** (Times). 'Glorious theatrical inventiveness' **** (Scotsman). 'Superb... the nostalgic Lord of the Rings parody to rule them all' ***** (theQR.co.uk).

Theatre - Comedy - Film

Age 8+

Recent Cutbacks

Where?

15:00 - Beyond at Pleasance Courtyard - until 31st August

WEBSITE

Archie (Age 13) - ★★★★★

"Fly you fools is a parody of the first lord of the rings film you will have to see the first Lord of the rings filmed to understand it but Some people I noticed had them but still enjoyed it. It had an intentionally very on a budget rubbish feel to it which made it so funny. They had mainly three people on stage so people constantly doubling up and making the environment and shapes of their bodies and at the beginning the new line cinema logo. There was a lot of mine involved with few props actually used and they have lots of sound effects that were being made live overall I thought it was very funny and I would definitely recommend."

Stewart - ★★★★★

"A fantastic creatively packed show recreating the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy with a very tongue-in-cheek sense of humour. Whilst it's a comedy it's lovingly created so it really does appeal to any Tolkien or Peter Jackson film. The little character traits that each of the original actors brought to the trilogy adds to the cheeky twinkle of humour here. Loved it and so did our teens!"

Mix Up Fringe Camp Teens - ★★★★★

Maddie (Age 12) - ★★★1/2

"I thought the show was very funny, however I didn’t understand some things they said because I couldn’t hear them clearly and they were talking very fast, so words became unclear and/ or hard to make sense of. Apart from that I thought the show was a great parody of The Lord Of The Rings, with funny jokes mimicking real life situations."