The Star And The Animals

"The children and staff loved the memorable melodies and lyrics."

St Therese of Lisieux Primary School - Headteacher - Stockton on Tees

The Christmas Story Seen Through The Eyes Of The Animals
• 27 speaking roles plus several cameo parts; easily reduced or expanded.
• Unlimited chorus parts.
• Easy to stage with simple scenery - adaptable.
• Backing Tracks and separate Vocal Tracks on one easy to manage CD. No pianist required!
• Easily constructed and manageable props.
• Age range - Key Stage 2 Production. (7-11 years) Ideal for including Key Stage 1
• Duration - 50 Minutes.

Composer(s)	Peter Canwell
Age Guide	KS 1 (4 - 7 years), KS 2 (7 - 11 years)
Show Duration	about 50 minutes

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Script & Songs

“The Star & the Animals” tells the story of a group of young schoolchildren who are preparing a local farmer's barn for the Christmas Nativity. Having tidied the place up, the children paint pictures of their favourite animals to complete the Christmas card scenery for the evening's show. After they leave the barn, a group of animals appear and recognise themselves in the children's paintings - they are not impressed!

The kindly Professor (a sheepdog) feels that they should watch the play that the children are to perform and see what it is all about. Some of the animals are not in agreement with this, especially when they hear that the children will be dancing and singing as well but then the Star appears and tells them that this is a true story with a very important meaning. And so the animals watch the nativity, assisted by the star's narrative and realise the importance of the Christmas Story.

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Members of the school
Teacher
William
Kathy
Helen
Richard
Anne
James
Christopher
Lucy

The animals
Tich, the mouse
Rusty, the squirrel
Snowy, the rabbit
Robin
Remy, the fox
Professor, the sheepdog

Star

The performers
Mary & Joseph
Innkeeper
Shepherd 1
Shepherd 2
Shepherd 3
Angel 1
Angel 2
Angel 3
Caspar – A King
Melchor – A King
Balthazar – A King

Choir

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Peter Canwell has spent all of his working life in education. He taught in Primary Schools before becoming head teacher at RAF Disforth Primary School and latterly for over twenty years at Stokesley Primary School in North Yorkshire.

During this time he wrote many stories, songs and full scale musicals for primary and secondary schools, many of which have been successful on National Radio and Television, and published by international music companies such as EMI, Warner Chappell, Carlin Music, IMP and Collins Book Company.

Peter’s works have been televised by the BBC and performed at the Children’s Schools Prom at the Albert Hall.

He composed the theme music for a BBC drama series entitled ‘Goodbye Darling’ which was released on an album entitled ‘The Best of TV Themes’.

Sir Harry Secombe has performed one of Peter’s songs, “Silverbird’, on the very popular television series ‘Highway’.

Peter is now retired and still lives in North Yorkshire.

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The children and staff loved the memorable melodies and lyrics.

The children and staff loved the memorable melodies and lyrics. The story was wonderfully portrayed enabling the audience to understand the true message of Christmas.
Review by St Therese of Lisieux Primary School - Headteacher - Stockton on Tees

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MP3 Samples are 30-second audio clips taken from the songs of the show. Click each song title below to play each song.

Song Title

A Long, Long Weary Day

A Lovely Christmas Feeling

Ask For The Professor

Her Baby Sleeps

Let's Remember Christmas

We Have Been To Bethlehem

We Saw Three Kings

Wonderful, Wonderful Star

These samples have been compressed and do not represent the quality of the final product.

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Sample Score

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The Star And The Animals