Niki McCretton joined forces with Marc in 2008 bringing with her an incomparable array of theatre making experience including award-winning national and international tours with Heretic, Throw me a bone, Wormhole, Relative, Space 50, Muttnik, Hoof and Horseplay, plus important work with nursery aged children and 5x5x5 = creativity.

In a whirlwind decade we’ve produced and toured Across the Deep Blue Sea, two versions of 3 Little Pigs, a small version of The Little Red Hen, a larger version of The Little Red Hen, The Enormous Turnip and most recently The Elves and the Shoemaker! Even more productions are in the pipeline so keep checking this site to see what’s coming soon!

In September 2010 Stuff and Nonsense scraped together every penny they could find and bought a derelict theatre in Bridport, Dorset. The (old) Lyric came complete with exuberant flock wallpaper, snug little office, ballet studio (now the puppet workshop) and pigeon sanctuary in the rafters (ew!) With a bit of luck and a lot of help from a long list of eager volunteers the Lyric Theatre should be open for business Summer 2011 with a season of shows, events and who knows what!

The Team
The Stuff and Nonsense family has grown too! Bridport born Tessa Bide joined the company in 2010 as assistant producer, theatre manager and performer. Upstairs in the workshop modelmaking graduate Marta Gemma and fine art graduate Emily Faulkner are now the "resident" apprentice puppet and prop-makers, churning out elves and magic shoes by the score