STORY: the Nativity related by a number of rather comical animals - gentle doves, self-important cockerell, fluttering birds, wise owls, dozy donkey, street-wise cat and dog, motherly ox, friendly sheep and proud camels – who all played a vital part in this important event.

Key Stages 1 - 3 ; Duration approximately 40 minutes ;  Cross Curricular Aspects include religious education, history, geography, citizenship, music, dance, drama, art and design.

CAST:  to suit the number of performers available, the cast size is flexible with 25 to 30 evenly distributed speaking/singing parts and choruses ;  * = solo/small group singing part ;  ^ = solo/small group speaking part

Animals *^ :  Doves, Cockerel, Birds, Owls, Donkey, Cat, Dog, Ox, Sheep, Camels

Non-speaking :  Angel Gabriel, Angels, Mary, Joseph, Shepherds, Three Wise Men

Choruses : Birds, Street Animals, Stable Animals, Sheep, Angels

SONGS:  seven songs and dances explore a diversity of musical styles including gospel, carol, country, calypso, rock ‘n roll and old English.

 

	Overture, Gentle Beasts – instrumental version
	Peace and Love – Birds
	Sure-footed Friend – Birds/Donkey
	Go Somewhere Else Instead – Street Animals
	A Friendly Nod Of The Head – Stable Animals
	Singing Sheep – Sheep
	Camel Family – Camels
	Gentle Beasts – All

 

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CONVENIENT PROJECT and PERFORMANCE PACKS   SAVE TIME + MONEY + STRESS :

	Project Pack Includes the Director's Book, 24 Scripts and one extra CD with vocal and backing tracks. £54.00
	Single Performance Licence Please click on the image to view terms and conditions. £30.00 Additional Performance £12.00 each Recording Licence – non-commercial, each £1.00
	One-stop Performance Pack All the Staging Materials for a successful show : Director's Book, 36 Scripts, two extra CDs and three Performance Posters plus the necessary Licence valid for unlimited performances within one month. £112.00
	Director's Book 32 pages plus covers, includes script, score and one CD with vocal and backing tracks. For sample pages, including ideas of how to make animal costumes, please click the cover. £17.95
	Pupils' Script Packs 12 pages each, in packs of 12. Includes costume ideas, song and CD track references. Please click the image to view a sample page. £18.00
	CD Three-Pack Vocal and backing tracks with a wide variety of voices, instruments and sound effects for rehearsals, performances and listening. £18.00