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Little Donkey by Dominique Vaughan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 36. Chorus. Characters include a donkey (obviously) and lots of other animals. Flexibility for more non-speaking (but singing) chorus members. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 9 songs to accompany the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Children's nativity play. |
Synopsis | A charming and refreshing retelling of the nativity story. The old donkey uses flashbacks to tell the children about his younger days and his part in the events of the very first Christmas. The nativity happenings unfold before us as all of the customary human and animal characters come to life with lots of opportunity for children of all abilities to take part. There is even the prospect of a comedy double act as the chickens get into their stride. |
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A Little Elfin Magic by Donna Brightwell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Whilst some of the characters are written as male or female, this is largely a matter of personal pronouns, so the script can easily be adjusted to accommodate anything from ten boys through to ten girls. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act (well, technically two acts, but of one-act play length!) secular Christmas play. Aimed at junior school children, but could enjoyably be played for laughs by older groups! |
Synopsis | It's September and the Elves in Santa's toy workshop are in a spot of bother - they've only just woken up after their New Year Party and they have three months to make a year's worth of toys. Worse still, could the new department member be a spy? |
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The Little Watch Girl by George Douglas Lee |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and children which could be played that way or could all be played by children. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play based on Hans Christian Andersen's Little Match Girl. Single set. Props include a rather under-cooked roast goose. |
Synopsis | A familiar Christmas story is given a major twist when a starving, freezing girl out on a snow Christmas Eve supplements her match selling income by stealing watches from passers by. She is visited by several visions to help her learn the true meaning of Christmas. |
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Look Down And Follow The Star by Pippa Lund |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for introduction and six songs is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | A Nativity Play with music and dance with various simple settings. |
Synopsis | In this refreshingly different look at the Nativity - based on a legend of the journey of the magi - the three wise men lose sight of the star and become lost. Only by looking down can they get themselves back on the right course. |
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Lord of the Mince Pies by Ashley Smith |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 25. No chorus. The pupils of St Hippocampus' School are written male, but really could be any combination. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Three Christmas Carols are suggested during the course of the show. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Comedy melodrama for kids - with a gruesome flavour! Alternates between full-stage sets and front-of-curtain scenes. Simple props. |
Synopsis | An outbreak of Tebbit's Disease (which turns teachers insane and mean) coincides with a heavy fall of snow, cutting off St Hippocampus' school (from the village of Chipping King Edwards). The teachers' nerves are at breaking point, supplies are low and now the roads are cut off by snow! What will the teachers do for food? (If you need a clue, it is likely that the teachers are familiar with Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal'...) |
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The Mayor's Christmas Masquerade by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play based on Mary E. Wilkins's The Christmas Masquerade |
Synopsis | The Mayor is throwing a masquerade party for the children of the town at Christmas, and a new Costumer has provided costumes for all the children. However, when the party is over, the costumes won’t come off. The Costumer has demands to make of the Mayor, or the kids stay Princesses forever. |
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Merry Christmas Everyone by Mark Seaman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Simple, thoughtful short play for Christmas. Single set (just enough to indicate a family home). Originally published 2013, revised 2019. |
Synopsis | The family are just trying to have a day together to enjoy the important things of Christmas - the food, the presents and not having to watch the Eastenders special with Grandma - when a homeless man at the door really spoils the mood. But he must be mad... He says he's Jesus. |
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Merry Christmas Mr Toad by Richard Coleman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 39 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act rhyming comedy for performance by children, with a range of simple settings. |
Synopsis | Mr Toad wants to mend his ways and provide the River Bankers with a good Christmas. But the Chief Weasel has other ideas, and when Mr Toad buys a rocket-powered sleigh off him, mayhem ensues |
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A Merry Lyttle Christmas by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Requires a mixture of adults and children. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act festive comedy. |
Synopsis | Tess Steadman wants a Christmas like she had when she was a little girl, Tess Lyttle. She invites her brother and his family to Christmas Dinner, but not everyone has the same experience of Christmas as Tess. |
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Mr Scrooge by Peter Bond Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 7 or 8 songs (including some original lyrics). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act comedy with songs and elements of English pantomime, with plenty of opportunities for audience participation. All scenes are interiors, and it could be played with a single set with items of furniture brought on to indicate the different rooms. |
Synopsis | This cut-down version of the Dickens' Christmas classic has a Sherlock Holmes cameo for good measure. Audience interaction, a moral and starving orphans mean there's something for everyone here. |
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