THIS IS NOT A CHILDREN’S NATIVITY PLAY!
Hillsborough school puts on a nativity play…with a difference! All the children are played by adults dressed as children!
It’s Nativity time again, and the kids are having the usual trouble – they can’t keep the lines straight, can’t pronounce the long words and want to wave at their parents as soon as they’re onstage. This play will feel very familiar to a lot of people!
The opening song is appalling, there a fight over who should hold baby Jesus and things go from bad to worse culminating in a free for all after which the teacher has to apologise to the audience!
Read an extract here:
Joseph: Can we come in please we’re cold and hungry and Mary has Jesus.
Innkeeper: No.
Joseph: (Whispers) That’s wrong
Innkeeper: Why?
Joseph: You’re supposed to say there’s no room at the inn.
Innkeeper: Who says?
Joseph: Mrs. Greatback
Innkeeper: I don’t care.
Mary: She’ll tell you off.
Innkeeper: I don’t care.
(Joseph pushes innkeeper)
Joseph: Do it properly.
(Innkeeper pushes Joseph, he stumbles back and knocks Mary over. She drops Jesus and begins to cry)
Prompt: Stop it! Stop it this instant. Get up Mary, you’re alright aren’t you? You’re not hurt are you?
Mary: Noo (Gets up with the baby still sobbing quietly) he has to say the right words though (points at innkeeper).
Prompt: Innkeeper, say the right words, like you were told.
Innkeeper: (Short pause) Well Mary and the horse can come in but Joseph can’t.
Joseph: Why not?
Innkeeper: Because I wanted to be Joseph and it’s not fair. You always get to be Joseph
Rehearsal time!! Twinkle twinkle little star…
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