Straw and Order – A Nativity

Description

Straw & Order by Gaynor Boddy and Rebecca Kincaid

Ages: 7-11

Running Time: approx 30 minutes

A lawfully good nativity with an easy-to-learn script and songs that everyone will enjoy.

About Straw & Order

• Works as a whole school production, but for smaller productions most suited to years 3 and 4
• Cleverly designed adaptable script with the flexibility to rehearse scenes within individual classes or groups, which can be brought together in one or two final rehearsals

Straw & Order is a new children’s nativity with an amazing, fun twist on the original Christmas story.

In a courtroom in the middle of Bethlehem…

The cows feel pushed out of their stable and they want it back! The donkeys, accused of having invited over a whole host of people, including a baby, deny all charges.

Fed up by their petty squabbles and confused by the nature of the case, Judge Grumps is far from happy. Seeing this, the narrator offers to take him out of the courtroom to witness the night’s events firsthand.

As the judge encounters bickering innkeepers, self-important wise men, cool shepherds, some dancing sheep and a spectacular angel choir, everything starts to become clear. Rushing to the stable, the judge is humbled by the sight of Jesus and when he and all the characters experience the peace and love that this special baby has brought in to the world, it seems that the judge’s verdict is inevitable.

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