Hello 7-11s’ teachers – this is your year! Calling all groovers, movers and beat-in-your-shoes-ers, this might just be the coolest nativity… ever! Say goodbye to cute little angels and adorable ‘aw’-worthy sheep – this nativity has been written specifically for your 7-11s! It’s groovy, it’s pop-y, it’s got sass and charm, while still celebrating the nativity story you know and love. Take a 70s’/80s’-inspired soundtrack, a simple but lovable script and then throw in a Groovin’ Gabe and Darrell (the disco donkey), and you’ve got a show on your hands!
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WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT
It’s modern, it’s funky, it’s impossible not to bop along!
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Groovin’ – The Nativity is available to pre-order today!
Purchase a pack that contains a Words on Screen™ eSongbook and you’ll have immediate access to everything you need in your online account: songs, scripts and all. Any books and audio CDs ordered will be sent out the week commencing 21st July - hot off the press!
About Groovin’ — The Nativity
From the writer who brought you No One Wraps Like An Elf, I’m Gonna Shine! and Peter Pan The Musical comes this fresh and funky nativity, perfect for your older students!
THE SONGS
From downright groovy disco numbers to pop-y, celebratory tunes, this nativity soundtrack is one for your 7-11s to obsess over! Have a listen, you won’t regret it! Harmonies, group-singing and an overture – we’ve ticked all the boxes!
THE STORY
You can expect all of the classic nativity characters, but jazzed up a little. We’re talking a disco donkey, Miraculous Miranda, Magnificent Marjory (the innkeepers who just happen to be in the right place at the right time), Groovin’ Gabe – one of a few angels with a beat in their feet (and wings!) – AND more!
All with their own reason to be groovin’, dancing and celebrating, this character list is full of life, charm and quirk!
THE EXTRAS
As usual, we want this nativity to be as stress-free as possible to rehearse and get groovin’ to. You can expect cast, costume and prop lists (and some sound effects), as well as an overture for the cherry on top!
An editable script is available for this product when you purchase a package that includes an eSongbook.
View cast list, props and costume ideas
There are 30 speaking parts plus a few essential non-speaking parts – Richard the sheep, the star character and some visitors.
INCREASING THE CAST SIZE
The speaking parts can easily be increased to 58 if you have 16 angels instead of 4 and split the lines accordingly; and 20 shepherds instead of 4 and split the lines accordingly. Have as many additional non-speaking visitors, donkeys, shepherds, sheep and angels as you like.
DECREASING THE CAST SIZE
The cast list can be reduced to 21 (21 speaking parts, which double up as the essential non-speaking parts) by doing the following:
- Having two narrators instead of four, with Narrator 1 also taking Narrator 3’s lines and Narrator 2 also taking Narrator 4’s lines.
- Having three innkeepers instead of five and splitting the lines accordingly.
- Having two shepherds instead of four.
- Jack, Cindy and Theo could double up as the three kings, with a very quick change of clothing!
(Total length of music: 19 minutes approx)
Licence Information
Annual Performance Licence Information - What You Need To Know
- A current Annual Performance Licence is required to perform a musical or nativity to an audience (other than to pupils & staff), including an online audience, and irrespective of whether admission charges are made.
- It is more cost effective to purchase an Annual Performance Licence as part of a complete product pack.
- An Annual Performance Licence covers any number of performances of a particular musical or nativity within 12 months of the date of ordering. A separate Annual Performance Licence is required for each product title.
- To renew your Annual Peformance Licence, log into your account if you have one and go to your My Licences section.
Find out more about what your Annual Performance Licence will legally cover you to do.
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- This means you can install our Words on Screen™ software onto ONE computer only, or it can be streamed by a single user.
- If you would like to install this software onto your network server and/or two or more computers, or allow multiple users to stream Words on Screen™ songs, this will be covered by your Annual Performance Licence which includes extended digital rights. For more information, click here.
The following items are available for this product:
Teacher's Book
- Cast list
- Costume and Prop suggestions
- Script
- Lyrics and Music score for 7 songs (Piano music score, melody and chords)
- Licence and copyright details
Audio CD
- Vocal tracks sung by children
- Professional backing tracks
- Sound Effect: Voicemails
Words on Screen™ eSongbook
- An online Words on Screen™ product to stream or download
- Extractable MP3s, printable lyrics, scores, scripts (including editable script*) & additional resources
- Words on Screen™ versions of songs so that you can display song lyrics on any whiteboard, computer screen, television or interactive touchscreen. The lyrics synchronize with the music as it plays making them easy to teach and easy to learn
- Flexibility to create an expandable library of Words on Screen™ song collections, nativities and musicals in your Out of the Ark online account
- Enhanced operation features including ‘double-click’ to hear and teach a single line
- Words on Screen™ user guide
- Single-User licence (Please note a Performance Licence is still required to perform this musical)
- Licence & copyright details
Annual Performance Licence
An Annual Performance Licence covers any number of performances of a particular musical or nativity within 12 months of the date of ordering. A separate Annual Performance Licence is required for each product title.
Find out more about what your Annual Performance Licence will legally cover you to do.
Rehearsal CDs
- Vocal tracks sung by children
- Professional backing tracks
- Sound Effect: Voicemails
- Available in packs of 5, 10 or 20
Pre-show Review
I'd been instructed by the children and young people we're going to be doing this with that they wanted a "funny nativity" and had been searching for AGES to try and find one! When I found Groovin' it felt like it fit the bill, then I read the sample script and listened to the songs and all seemed perfect! For us, it was also the number of parts and the really good recommendations about scaling up/ down cast etc., as final numbers are tbc.
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