Fifteen lucky local children were chosen from hundreds of hopefuls earlier this year to appear as students of ‘Oakmoor School’ and share the stage with stars Simon Lipkin and comedian Jo Brand in the Edinburgh run of Nativity! the Musical.
Joining Jo Brand on stage at the Festival Theatre ahead of their two performances on Thursday 29 November were: Emma Borland (11), Edinburgh; Olive Swan (11), Edinburgh; Aaron Macgregor (9), Dunfermline; Ava Simkin (9), Edinburgh; Lawrie Banks (11), Edinburgh; Zac Gordon (9), Glasgow; Ava O’Malley (10), Glasgow; Skye Barr (11), Edinburgh; Anna Duncan (11), Cupar; Caitlin Crabbe (9), Edinburgh; Natalia Lopez (10), Edinburgh; Hazel Craig (9), Falkirk; Niamh Fyffe (10), Edinburgh; Abby Docherty (12), Glasgow; Eden Durrand (11), Glasgow.
Every child in every school has one Christmas wish, to star in a Nativity, and at St Bernadette’s School they’ve decided to mount a musical version! Join teacher Mr Maddens and his crazy assistant Mr Poppy as they struggle with hilarious children, and a whole lot of sparkle and shine to make everyone’s Christmas wish come true. Featuring all of your favourite sing-a-long songs from the smash-hit films including Sparkle and Shine, Nazareth and One Night One Moment. NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL promises to be the perfect feel-good comedy for all the family.
Simon Lipkin returns to star as the hilarious ‘Mr Poppy’ after delighting critics and audiences in the show last year. Joining Simon for the dates at Festival Theatre Edinburgh is Jo Brand in the role of ‘The Critic’.
Written and Directed by Debbie Isitt with music and lyrics by Nicky Ager and Debbie Isitt, NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL is choreographed by Andrew Wright, designed by David Woodhead, with lighting design by Tim Mitchell, sound design by Tom Marshall and musical supervision and orchestrations by George Dyer.
Simon Lipkin played ‘Nicky’ and ‘Trekkie Monster’ in the original London cast of “Avenue Q” at the Noël Coward Theatre. His other West End credits include “Guys and Dolls” at the Phoenix Theatre, ‘Lonny’ in the original London cast of “Rock of Ages” and ‘Barlow’ in “I Can’t Sing” at the London Palladium. Simon will also star in Nativity Rocks’ the fourth film in the Nativity series which is released in November.
Jo Brand is a renowned English comedian, writer and actress and her entertainment career started with an appearance on Saturday Live television show in 1988. Since then she has written and starred in ‘Getting On’ for which she won a BAFTA and has continued to appear on a host of popular panel shows. These include ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘QI’, ‘Would I Lie To You’ and ‘8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown’. She is currently the presenter of ‘The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice’ on Channel Four and her new book ‘Born Lippy’ will be published next month.
Evenings Wed to Sat 7.30pm, Sun 5pm
Matinees Thu and sat 2.30pm, Sun 1pm
Tickets £22-£55
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