Very popular shows each with backing CD and ideal to help you celebrate Christmas
It's the story of Christmas as told by the animals. 50 minute cantata/musical for choir, narrator and animals. Use piano, backing CD or orchestra. There's the donkey which travelled to Bethlehem carrying Mary, the camels carrying the wise men, the sheep in the fields, the cattle in the stable, the innkeeper's dog and the mice under the straw near the manger. Ideal for schools and churches. The songs are catchy with simple part-singing. Each song is linked by a short speech from your narrator. He or she introduces each animal who could then appear. Loads of fun with wonderful costumes. Just think of those gorgeous tap-dancing mice! The story of Christmas is told in a fun, funny yet respectful way. You see when Mary and Joseph had to move to the stable, the innkeeper's dog just bounded along. He was a super friendly pooch who just loved being with people. And he has a story to tell. "I'm the Rin Tin Tin at a well-known inn in the town of Bethlehem." And those tiny terrified mice hiding under the straw near the infant Jesus. What a story they had to tell their children and grandchildren. Here are some of the words of the finale with all the animals, your choir and narrator joining in. Make Christmas A Part of You You might be part of Christmas but is Christmas a part
of you?
There are band parts if you have a live orchestra, the piano/vocal score is ideal for conductor and/or accompanist and the backing CD means you have another option for your instrumental accompaniment. Christmas of the Animals is very popular with young voices although the show is ideal for a mix of adults and children. You could even have a well-known person in your community as the Narrator - a sporting, political or show biz star. As with all FOX plays and musicals there is lots of free support material - free lyric sheets, notes for the director and musical director. Staged with much joy and success in the USA, Australia and Britain. Christmas of the Animals
Ideal for young even very young performers
Titles with main group of characters Santa Forgot A Reindeer [Elves] Christmas Pudding [Ingredients in Pudding] Christmas Decorations [Decorations] Christmas on Mars [Martians] Christmas Presents [Presents] SANTA FORGOT A REINDEER is a delight. All your actors are elves. The play is set in Santa's workshop on Christmas Eve. Your masses of gorgeous elves sing, "We are Santa's little helpers, Santa's little helpers are we." But no sooner has the song finished when one elf brings terrible news. There's a reindeer outside! Horrors. Santa has forgotten a reindeer. They call out to Santa to come back then sing. "Have you lost your marbles, have you lost your mind? You have gone and left one of your reindeer behind!" No joy there. Santa is far, far away. The script is written so that each performer can invent their character's name. The main names are given but everyone else makes up their own e.g. Scramlet, Freckles and Pixielater. Then some or all of the elves explain what they want for Christmas. Let's hope Mum and Dad aren't in the audience! This can be hilarious when a child, playing a character, talks about him or herself. Well things seem to get better when the reindeer is brought inside. And this is a special reindeer, one who can dance. And so the elves learn a new dance. It's The Reindeer Rap. What else? Finally the elves talk about the real meaning of Christmas and perform their Nativity Play. But they haven't got a donkey for Mary and Joseph. Oh yes they have. It's the reindeer! It's tremendous fun, perfect for young performers and a huge international success. Four catchy songs finishing with "Christmas Our Christmas." “My entire Infants’ Department presented Santa Forgot A Reindeer as the finale to our Christmas concert this year. It was easy to rehearse with the children loving each song and putting actions to them. As a director of my own Kids’ Theatre and being a person heavily involved in all areas of theatre, both professional and amateur, I must congratulate you on the suitability and great entertainment value of the play. It is always extremely difficult to find a play which involves a large group of children and is easy to teach. Santa Forgot A Reindeer fulfills every need. PLEASE publish more like it. PLEASE let me know whenever other such musicals become available. A purchase is guaranteed.” Ettalong PSCHRISTMAS PUDDING Your actors are all ingredients such as those found in a delicious Christmas pudding! Think of those costumes. Cherry, Raisin, Custard, Nutmeg, Currant and Almond. The ingredients bounce out to open the show and sing with custardy gusto. "Where would Christmas be without a pudding?" Where indeed but then the news is bad. Delicious home-made puddings are being replaced by mass-produced models. That's terrible. The ingredients decide to strike. "Hide all the holly, take down the tree, pack up your presents, forget the glee." Finally Mother arrives and talks some sense. She has a great idea for Christmas. Mothers everywhere should get a helping hand. We, the rest of the family, should help with the shopping, the meal preparation, the serving, the clearing up, the washing up, etc. It's all told in the song The Revolutionary Rap. It's a great idea and seems so appropriate for Christmas. Caring for others. When Mother promises to only use home-made puddings the ingredients are over the moon and sing the happy finale, "Christmas is for everyone, merry Christmas." A happy, bouncy show with outstanding reviews. "Christmas Pudding was a great success. Many thanks." Burraboi PS CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS Everyone's a Christmas decoration. A card, bauble, star, tinsel, candle, lantern, fairy, etc. Your set is a giant tree or a pile of presents or both. It looks enchanting. The decorations skip on and sing, "Christmas decorations 'round your Christmas tree." But their joy turns to sadness and squabbles when some decorations argue about their place on the tree. Why be traditional? Let's move to different places. It seems no-one can agree until Fairy announces that she's scared of heights and doesn't like the top spot. "I'm the fairy on top of the Christmas tree but I'm really scared of heights." So Fairy's spot is up for grabs and the bickering continues. Card doesn't seem interested in climbing to the top. Card is ridiculed. But there are more important things in life. Card tells everyone the story of the little old lady who goes out every night to feed stray animals. She cares about others. But sadly the old lady is not well and needs help herself. The decorations stop their bickering and decide to decorate the old lady's heart. Everyone comes on stage for the wonderful finale. "Think of others, help someone in need. Think of others, say goodbye to greed. Think of others, 'cos there is no doubt. That's what Christmas is really all about." A popular and beautiful looking show with excellent reviews. CHRISTMAS ON MARS A musical set on Mars and all about Christmas. Think of your striking set and way-out costumes. The Martians sing about themselves. "Life is a happy one here on Mars." But their happiness is rudely interrupted. A spaceship has crash landed on Mars. Oh no! That means we have to tidy up - again! This is the third space ship to crash land this year. But wait a minute. This isn't the usual space ship. This one is loaded with presents. Presents? Oh yippee. We're rich. The Martians are celebrating their new found riches when their celebrations turn to shock as they open the first present. Out pops Doll and soon puts them straight. "We're not a space ship. We're on Santa's sleigh. He went up too high and the wind has blown us off course. We should be on Earth under Christmas trees for girls and boys." Christmas? What's Christmas? The Martians have never heard of Christmas. So Doll explains in song. "A tree in a tub, loads of lovely grub. A peaceful dove and lots of love. When you celebrate at Christmas." During the song, a tree is brought on and the Martians start to understand. They learn the real meaning of Christmas is to care and share, to be friends and to have peace on Mars. The toys are sent back to Earth as the Martians have their very first Christmas. It's fun, funny and the costumes are marvellous. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Your characters are gorgeous. There's Socks [Sox], Hanky, Soap, Doll, Chocolates and more. They're inside a department store at night on the week before Christmas. They sing and dance with all their heart. "Christmas means presents and that's what we are, all sorts of goodies in bag, box and jar." They discuss the time of year. It's buying presents time. I'm popular. So am I. I'm more popular. They argue. Hanky settles it by reminding them that if ever a human is undecided, they can always buy a hanky. "If you don't know what to buy, always buy a hanky." Then the news breaks about the January sales. The what? Most of the presents hadn't realised that if they aren't sold by Christmas, they'll probably go into the January sales. Horrors! Their price will be dropped, they'll be tossed about and fought over and be badly handled. They'll be in bins without a nice presentation. This is horrible. They sing. "We only want December, the happiest time of the year." So the presents are worried. They have to be sold. Why don't they go strike? Christmas is all about presents. But Soap is not so sure. There's a book over here about the first Christmas. They read the book then decide to act out the first Christmas. A baby doll is wrapped in a large hanky. Some socks become the shepherds and Socks, Hanky and Chocolates become the three wise men. They soon realise that presents are important but the greatest gift is every little act of love. A wonderful finish to a wonderful Christmas musical. "The greatest gift at Christmas is every little gift of love." "We enjoyed Christmas Presents
very
much. Thank you!" Booleroo Centre PS
Each of the five Christmas
musicals [CD, book and royalties] is A$55 [US$45]
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