Santas Setbacks

Santa's Setbacks

"Just right for children of this age."

Key Stage 1 Teacher - South Ferriby Primary

Everything seems to be going wrong for Santa. His sleigh is broken, Rudolph has a cold, a blizzard is blowing and then he spills tea all over himself. Will he get those presents delivered?

• Production Pack (Script, Score and CD): £18.50

Composer(s)	Dave Corbett
Age Guide	KS 1 (4 - 7 years)
Show Duration	30 minutes

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'We Love Christmas' opens the show but just as soon as this song lifts everyone’s spirits, the mood quickly darkens as Santa is informed that his sleigh is broken-possibly cracked by the extra weight of all the Christmas pudding he has been eating! 'Working' follows as the elves set to work on the sleigh, trying their hardest to fix it in time before Christmas Eve.

Unfortunately, this is not Santa’s only setback as Rudolph is ill and only appears to be getting worse! As the nurse feeds the unhealthy reindeer some cough medicine, family and friends come to visit him and shower him with gifts to try and make him feel better; 'Poor Old Rudolph' is sung.

Just as things didn’t look as though they could get any worse, during 'A Nice Cup of Tea' Rudolph sneezes so loudly that Santa spills his cuppa all over his suit. They are put straight into the washer-dryer, but before Mrs Claus can even shut the door, the next setback arises during 'Blow Blizzard Blow' as icy winds uncurl and thick snow starts to fall. All the creatures begin to complain as they stand shivering, but the only ones to embrace the chill are the snowmen as they jump around in glee singing 'Snowmen quite like it.'

However, as they say, when things are looking terrible they can only get better! Just as the storm begins to lift, the elves reappear announcing that the sleigh is mended, and Rudolph’s nose is bright and glowing. Mrs Santa tops it off by announcing Santa’s suit is clean and dry and everyone joins together in unison to celebrate the lucky turn of events during 'Sing Merrily.'

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The ranks of elves, reindeer, snowmen and animals can be swelled by non-speaking actors.

Scene Announcer	5 lines
Narrator 1	7 lines
Narrator 2	6 lines
Narrator 3	6 lines
Santa	13 lines needs to be padded to make him fat
Mrs Santa	5 lines
Foreman Elf	7 lines
Elf 1	5 lines mechanic elves dressed in overalls
Elf 2	5 lines
Elf 3	4 lines
Rudolph	6 lines... and numerous sneezes!
Doctor	2 lines needs a stethoscope and white coat
Nurse	4 lines needs a nurse’s uniform and huge spoon
Dad Reindeer	2 lines
Mum Reindeer	2 lines
Reindeer 1,2	1 line each
Elves 4,5,6,7,8	1 line each

Creatures
Robin 1	2 lines
Robin 2	2 lines
Robin 3	1 line
Squirrel	2 lines
Hedgehog	2 lines
Mouse	2 lines
Snowman 1,2,3,4,5	1 line each

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Dave Corbett

Dave Corbett trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama and subsequently worked in repertory theatre. Later he gained a Cert. Ed. in music and drama and worked for many years in primary education. During this time he wrote and staged many musicals.

In 1989 he left teaching and set up Music in Education Works (MEW), touring schools with his music and drama workshops. These enabled children to experience first hand the world of electronic music.

In 1992 Dave got involved musically with the family business; his brother Matthew presented a very popular children's television programme called 'Sooty & Co.' Harry Corbett, father to Dave and Matthew, invented Sooty, a glove puppet, way back in the 1950's. It has been the longest running children's TV character of all time. Dave's job for many years was to compose and record music for both the TV and theatre shows.

Dave has composed and recorded a great deal of material for several educational publishers, among others Heinemann, (you may use the LIVELY MUSIC teaching scheme which Dave was heavily involved with), IMP (MUSIC ABOUT US series), and Collins Educational (LETTERLAND). He has also written extensively for BBC Schools’ Radio, (Time and Tune, Singing Together and Music Workshop).

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Just right for children of this age.

We were very impressed with the suitability of the amount of memorising both in the script and the songs - just right for children of this age.
Review by Key Stage 1 Teacher - South Ferriby Primary

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Santas Setbacks