Who? (Nativity)

Prologue

Three Narrators introduce us to two time travellers, Doctor When and Doctor What. They have been travelling through time and space trying to discover the true meaning of Christmas and find themselves on planet Earth to see if they can find the answer.

Scene One: The Christmas Store

Christmas time in a department store is always busy and Mrs Selway, the shop assistant, is dealing with the rush. A mother and her two whingey children are claiming that Santa has pinched a lollipop but we soon discover it's stuck to his beard! Enter the Doctors who decide to ask 'the funny old chap with the white beard' if he knows anything about Christmas. After a confusing conversation the department store Santa becomes frustrated and the Doctors leave.

Scene Two: The Cracker Factory

Ever wondered who chooses the jokes in crackers? They get auditioned and measured with a laughometer! Three contestants line up in front of the Doctors and deliver a series of awful jokes before the worst is chosen. After all, who ever heard of a funny joke in a cracker?

Scene Three: Pantomime

Cinderella is on at the Alhambra and the Doctors decide to attend. As they enter and sit down to watch the show a ballroom scene comes to life and the ugly sisters bustle on stage. The story of Cinderella unfolds as it is acted out in Track 4.

Scene Four: Down At The Farm

Mrs Fry shows the time travelling duo around her farm. A flock of gobbling turkeys enters and panic sets in when the Doctors discuss their fate with Mrs Fry. Only one way to calm terrified Turkeys.......Turkeys delight! After a sweet treat the bumbling birds perform 'The Turkey Trot'.

Scene Five: Going Backwards

Disappointed and frustrated by not finding the answer they have been searching for, When and What decide to take drastic action and set their spaceship to the year nought. After problems with a troublesome flat battery, the spaceship is 're-thwarfed' and they set off through time and space.

Scene Six: The Road To Bethlehem

The Doctors emerge from their ship to discover that they are in the middle of a desert. After a failed attempt to take a camel train they set off on foot in search of their answer which they soon find in a stable in Bethlehem. They learn of the birth of a baby, God's special gift to mankind and the true meaning of Christmas.

Suggested Cast List For 49 Actors

N.B. In the following list, the number shows how many spoken lines each role has. An asterisk (*) before the character's name indicates that this character ALSO has solo or featured sung lines.

Contestants 1 & 2 have an improvisational joke telling section in Scene Two.

Non speaking roles: Assistants 1 & 2 (Scene Two); Fairy Godmother and a Chorus of 8 Dancers (Scene Three); 6 Turkeys (scene Four); Mary, Joseph, Wise Men 1-3, Shepherds 1-3, Camel (Scene Six).

Suggested Cast List For 23 Actors

N.B. In the following list, the number shows how many spoken lines each role has. An asterisk (*) before the character's name indicates that this character ALSO has solo or featured sung lines.

Contestants 1 & 2 have an improvisational joke telling section in Scene Two.

Non speaking roles: (Contestant 2 also plays Turkey 6).
Assistant 2, who also plays Dancer 2.
Dancer 3, who also plays Joseph.
Dancers 4 and 5, who also play Wise Men 2 and 3.
Dancer 6, who also plays Shepherd 3.