24 – 28 January 2023
Book and lyrics by Debbie Isitt
Music by Debbie Isitt and Nicky Ager
Orchestrations by George Dyer
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe)
All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe
www.mtishows.co.uk
Your favourite festive film is now a major new musical adapted for the stage by the creator of the much-loved films. Feel –good, funny and full of yuletide joy, Nativity! The Musical features all of the favourite sing-a-long hits from the films including Sparkle and Shine, Nazareth, One Night One Moment, She’s the Brightest Star and a whole host of new songs filled with the spirit of Christmas!
CTC are proudly supported by local performing arts school BrightLights Theatre School, who provide training to children and young people from the age of 4 to 18. You can see some of BrightLights talented students in this production of Nativity! The Musical. Check out the cast & production list below.
About the show
Every child in every school has one Christmas wish, to star in a Nativity, and at St Bernadette’s School they’re attempting to mount a musical version! Only trouble is teacher Mr Maddens has promised that a Hollywood producer is coming to see the show to turn it into a film. Join him, his teaching assistant the crazy Mr Poppy, hilarious children and a whole lot of sparkle and shine as they struggle to make everyone’s Christmas wish come true.
Cast & Production
| Paul Maddens | Ash Bright |
| Gordon Shakespeare | Jack Hardy |
| Jennifer Lore | Lucy Brown |
| Desmond Poppy | James Daw |
St Bernadette’s Kids
| Katelyn | Bridget Toooley / Hattie Moore |
| Alfie | Caleb Johnston / Zebediah Yorkstone |
| Lucy | Rosie Allan / Eliza Fardell Willson |
| TJ | Henry Lansley / Liam Camp |
| Bob | Henry Maden / Elias Marcus-Smith |
| Krystal | Ell-J Thurman / Tabitha John |
| Sherice | Romelly Collier / Dorothy Tortice |
| Layla | Molly Adamska /Abigail Burlton |
| Ollie | Arlen Panesar / Joshua Marshall |
| Buddy | Oscar Hopkins |
Oakmoor Kids
| Malificent | Isabelle Jewitt / Ella Byram |
| Cordelia | Lilly-May Orton / Esmée Tomlinson |
| Quentina | Claudia Howe / Matilda Newman |
| Eugene | Alexandria-Rae Joseph / Ella Illsley |
| Beatrice | Ella John-Parr / Lydia Chamberlain |
| Mrs Patricia Bevan | Anita Benson |
| Miss Rye/Ensemble | Vicky Mee |
| Patrick Burns/Ensemble | Aarron Murray |
| Lord Mayor | Carl Unwin |
| TJ’s Mum/Ensemble | Hayley Farnell |
| Hollywood Producer/Ensemble | Gemma Farnell |
| Priest/Tour Guide/Ensemble | Craig Butterworth |
| Cracker the dog | Rosie |
Oakmoor Kids
St Bernadette’s Kids
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday evening
| Alexandria-Rae Joseph | Arlen Panesar |
| Ava-Olivia Gubb | Eliza Fardell Willson |
| Claudia Howe | Hattie Moore |
| Ella John-Parr | Henry Lansley |
| Heidi Hicks | Henry Maden |
| Isabelle Jewitt | Molly Adamska |
| Lilly-May Orton | Romelly Collier |
| Lily Reynolds | Tabitha John |
| Tia Sherratt | Zebediah Yorkstone |
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Matinee
| Elizabeth Brauer | Abigail Burlton |
| Ella Byram | |
| Ella Illsley | Caleb Johnston |
| Esmée Tomlinson | Dorothy Tortice |
| Florence Burt | Elias Marcus-Smith |
| Katie West | Ell-j Thurman |
| Lydia Chamberlain | Joshua Marshall |
| Matilda Newman | Liam Camp |
| Megan Andrews | Oscar Hopkins |
| Niamh Maher | Rosie Allen |
Ensemble
| Aaron Murray | Hayley Farnell |
| Alex Hopkins | Jayne Sanderson |
| Anita Benson | Julie Robinson |
| Craig Butterworth | Laura Moore |
| Frankie Johnson | Luca Anastassiades |
| Freya Lakin | Maddie Dunstan |
| Gemma Farnell | Noah Anastassiades |
| Hannah Osgood | Vicky Mee |