Pinocchio-a-go-go!

We are delighted to announce that Arts Council England have awarded Stuff and Nonsense funding to complete the creation of our new show, Pinocchio.

Having already completed Research and Development, including crucial experimentation and collaboration time with local children and production time on the mainstage at Lighthouse, Poole, we are delighted to now confirm that we’ll be able to bring this incredible new show to fruition and begin to tour it this coming autumn.

Using the classic elements of the tale – a poor woodcarver, the tell-tale growing nose, the dream of becoming a real boy – Stuff and Nonsense add their hallmark hilarity, cleverness, puppetry, music, fantastic staging, outstanding performers and extraordinary physical tricks, in their most ambitious production to date.

Suitable for all the family, ages 3+.

Stuff and Nonsense are leaders in family theatre and Director Niki McCretton has children’s sensibilities in her heart and family connection as her mission. Families don’t stop talking about our shows!

Pinocchio is a co-production with Theatre Royal Plymouth, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, with additional support from Lighthouse, Poole, The Point, Eastleigh and The Lyric, Bridport.

Autumn tour venues
Lighthouse, Poole: Saturday 2^nd October (PREMIERE)
CAST, Doncaster: Wednesday 27^th October
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich: Friday 29^th – Saturday 30^th October
Cambridge Junction: Sunday 21^st November
The Civic, Barnsley: Friday 17^th – Friday 24^th December
Bridport Electric Palace: Friday 31^st December – Sunday 2^nd January

To buy tickets, follow the links on our tour dates page.

Photography: Mark Morreau, taken during the creative process at Lighthouse, Poole.