Written for a primary school wanting a Christmas play telling the traditional story with a contemporary twist, "Topsy Turvy Christmas" is told through the eyes of two angels who see God's plans for the birth of his son as nonsensical - until they realize that the first Christmas is "so upside down, it's the right way up!" The play has a clear Christmas message with easy-to-learn speaking parts and minimal props, costumes and staging. It is suitable for mixed year groups or church-based drama groups to perform and has been field-tested with differing groups. The book contains everything you need to stage the play with a class or larger group of children: the full script, instructions for props and staging, and music notation of all the songs. A recorded CD of the title, containing all of the original songs, plus a selection of traditional carols is also available. ISBN 1-84101-298-X for #8.99.

 

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by BRF (The Bible Reading Fellowship) .

Lucy Moore is a professional actor and storyteller. She works for BRF as part of the Barnabas Ministry team. A published writer, performer and creative arts director with a background in teaching languages, she makes use of lively original poetry, mime, storytelling, and a variety of drama workshop activities. Her work with BRF includes sharing the Bible with children through Barnabas RE Days. Lucy is author of The Gospels Unplugged, The Lord's Prayer Unplugged, Topsy Turvy Christmas, Messy Church Messy Church 2 and All-Age Worship all published by BRF. She and her husband, Paul, have two children, Arthur and Judith. They worship at St Wilfrid's, Cowplain in Hampshire, where Paul is the minister.