Stuff and Nonsense make their way across Dorset for half term (From Dorset Echo)

Stuff and Nonsense make their way across Dorset for half term

11:00am Saturday 11th February 2012 in Stage By Ruth Meech

THOSE fabulous puppeteers Stuff and Nonsense are all over Dorset this week as the schools break up for half term. On Monday you can catch them in their home venue, the Lyric Theatre in Bridport’s Barrack Street, where they will be staging Muttnik: First Dog in Space, while on Friday they are at Dorchester Arts Centre running a puppetry workshop for youngsters.

Next Saturday they are on stage at Dorchester Arts Centre performing Muttnik.

Muttnik is a stray: scavenging on the streets of Moscow until one day she is captured and finds herself at the Russian Space Centre to become the first ever ‘astro-dog’, going where no dog has gone before.

Niki McCretton, who formed Stuff and Nonsense with Marc Parrett, said: “We need you to help Muttnik as she learns to fly a rocket and dance in zero gravity.

“Will she skate on the rings of Saturn, what will be her first message home and what will it be like to dig holes on the moon?”

Told with dance, music and puppetry but without dialogue, this enchanting tale feeds the imagination and is suitable for children over three.

The show is approximately an hour long and the doors open roughly 20 minutes before the start of the show.

Pre-booking your tickets is strongly recommended.

Muttnik is a perfect half-term treat for all ages, having zoomed through sell-out UK tours and received five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Monday’s show at the Lyric Theatre is at 11am and 2pm and tickets are £9 plus concessions from the theatre, online at the-lyric.com and by calling 01308 423951 or emailing tickets@the-lyric.com.

The show at Dorchester Arts Centre is at 11am and 2pm on February 18. Tickets are £7 plus concessions and family rates. The workshop is on February 17 from 10am until 3pm and costs £20. Call 01305 266926 for all arts centre details.