Annie, Steve and Polly find themselves in some very strange situations when they visit Santas grotto.
Great songs and an exciting script. The production pack contains the script, sheet music, and CD of backing tracks and vocals to all the songs. Age Guide 5-9 Duration About 40 minutes 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). Synopsis | Scene 1 The Grotto. | | | Stevie and Annie are in a store waiting to see Father Christmas. They are rather badly behaved. To avoid being told off after trying to pull Santas beard they rush through a no entry door, which locks behind them. Some surreal scenes unfold. | | Scene 2 Party Time in Santas Place. | | | They find themselves at a table set for a party. Flaky and his party friends turn out to be very strange indeed, as is Flakys idea of tasty food. | | Scene 3 The Posties. | | | Penguins are sorting the Christmas post. They helpfully tell the children to climb the second class stairs. | | Scene 4 Snowmen: The Abominable Variety. | | | A dormouse, rabbit and rat complain of the naughty snowmen pulling their tails. The snowmen are no help at all in helping the children get back to Father Christmas. | | Scene 5 What Time Is It? | | | Its two oclock, and Father Christmas has overslept. He was due back at the store at one. Mother Christmas helps him on with his big boots. He learns that the children are looking for him. | | Scene 6 Found at Last. | | | In the grotto again, Father Christmas produces the key to the no entry door, (which the other staff think is a simple broom cupboard). The children promise never to be bad again. Cast List | Character | No. of Lines | Scene Announcer
Narrator 1
Narrator 2
Narrator 3
Narrator 4
Annie
Mum
Stevie
Polly
Sales assistant
Extras for store Father Christmas Blackie
Snowy
Flaky
Fairy
Icy
Bruce
Robin Pengy
Pingy
Peter
Paul
Pamela Dormouse
Squirrel
Rabbit
Ratty Abominable Snowman 1
Abominable Snowman 2
Abominable Snowman 3 Mother Christmas | 6
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30 mischievous twin
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30 mischievous twin
12 little sister
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non-speaking 17 sometimes referred to as FC 2 a blackbird
3 a snowman
7 a snowflake
3 a fairy
2 an icicle
3 a spruce tree
2 a robin 6 penguins
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