Fringe REVIEW: KEVIN!!!!! - ★★★★★

Aug 10

2 min read

From the creators of smash hits Hold On To Your Butts and Fly, You Fools comes a new UK premiere! Four actors and a Foley artist perform a live, shot-for-shot parody of the greatest Christmas film of all time. Recent Cutbacks returns with an astonishing blend of comedy, puppetry, live projections and Foley in this wildly inventive and hilarious homage to the 90s classic about leaving your kid alone... at home. 'Laugh-out-loud funny' (StageBuddy.com). 'One breathless hour' (New York Times). 'Loving parody at its finest' (ManhattanDigest.com).

Theatre - Comedy - Film

Age 5+

Recent Cutbacks

Where?

12:20pm - Forth at Pleasance Courtyard - until 31st August

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Stewart - ★★★★★

"A wonderful homage to the family holiday classic movie, Home Alone. The film itself is a comedy so doesn't instantly feel the right fit for a somewhat loving homage parody which is what Recent Cutbacks do so well with their other shows, Fly, You Fools and Hold on to Your Butts. So a lot of the laughs do actually come from lines from the film - just said by a talking donught or a sock.

Yup this is the puppetry remake and it's the skills of the work on show here that really appeals - there's so many different styles of puppety used within the show that it's exciting just to see what's going to be used next. There's also great use of a blue screen to integrate the actors into the show and the live accapella music and song is an added bonus.

The Kevin puppet is a brilliant creation also and there's a hilarious joke about the stairs at the Pleasance's forth building that had the whole audience in hysterics, so this is one to definitely try catch at the fringe this year especially if the film is a firm family favourite at Christmas time. One request would be to have some sort of acknowldgement of the passing of the brilliant actress Catherine O'Hara who passed away earlier this year - her performance in the film is iconic, and there's no way of saying the title of this show without hearing her voice in your head.

We had a group of 25 kids along to see the show last week and they were all engrossed throughout so from Mix Up, this one is a must-see!"

Mix Up Fringe Camp Kids - ★★★★★

Georgie (Age 11) - ★★★★

"I liked it, it was good cool puppets and the coin kart was smart. It was also funny and lots to see but I do prefer the real home alone it's the best.

I give it a 4 out of 5 nothing beats the movie that's all."