The Stars Come Out For Christmas

Sample Songs

Listen below to the songs from The Stars Come Out For Christmas

Plot Summary

It’s the Christmas awards ceremony (Song – ‘The Stars Are Coming Out For Christmas’),from Holly-wood in Tinsel-town, presented by the beautiful Miss Carol Singer, and the dashing Mr Noël Knowles. Out on the red carpet Ollie Berry and Chrissie Pressie are with an excited crowd of fans who’ve come to see their favourite Christmas ‘stars’ arrive. Which of these stars will win the ‘Cracker’, the prestigious award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Christmas’?

Will it be the faithful Christmas cards, who keep everyone in touch with each other over the festive season (Song – ‘Send Me On My Way’)? Perhaps it will be Santa and his jolly helpers, who deliver all those presents to ‘good’ boys and girls (Song – ‘Boogie Woogie Santa’). Although it’s not shown up in recent years maybe Snow will walk away with the award (Song – ‘Why Won’t It Snow ?’). Surely the Christmas trees, which bring a warm and happy glow to every house, are in with a chance (Song – ‘Christmas Tree Song’). And then there’s the Christmas dinner, which brings families together to feast on turkey and the trimmings (Song – ‘Christmas Dinner Is A Winner’). Each star tells the audience why they’ve made an outstanding contribution to Christmas and the crowd eagerly waits to find out who will take home the ‘Cracker’.

But then we hear of a late entry – another ‘star’, this time a real star by the name of Beth (short for ‘the Star of Bethlehem), who made a contribution to the very first Christmas many years ago. She tells us a wondrous story of a baby, born in a stable (Song – Silent Night’). After hearing this tale everyone agrees there can only be one recipient of the award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Christmas’.

The award is given to its rightful winner, whose acceptance speech recognises all the other stars’ contributions to making every Christmas so special. With much celebration the ceremony closes with a reprise of the song ‘The Stars are coming out for Christmas’.

Characters

38 Speaking parts in order of appearance
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Announcer
Noël Knowles and Carol Singer Hosts of the Christmas Awards ceremony
Ollie Berry and Chrissie Pressie Out on the red carpet talking to…
Fans (7 speaking) Gathered to watch the stars arrive
The ‘Stars’:
Christmas Cards (3 speaking)
Santa, a Reindeer and an Elf
Children in Winter Woollies (3 speaking)
Christmas Trees (3 speaking)
Christmas Dinner Diners (3 speaking)
Beth – the Star of Bethlehem
The Nativity characters:
Mary
Joseph
The Angel Gabriel
Angels
The inn keeper
2 Shepherds
The 3 Kings

Ensemble characters for featured songs and choreography
More Fans
More Children in Winter Woollies, and snowman (optional)
More Christmas Cards
More Christmas Trees
More Reindeer and Elves
More Christmas Dinner Diners

What do you get?

This musical production is available to buy in 3 different formats. When ordering, simply choose the option (details below) which best suits your requirements.

• Option 1 – Book & Audio CD.
  A wire-bound book containing the full script with detailed stage directions, character information, tips and suggestions for costumes, props and scenery, and a piano score for all songs. An audio CD of all songs (backing tracks & vocal tracks) plus continuity/incidental music and sound effects where required. .
• Option 2 – CD-ROM & Audio CD.
  A CD-ROM containing both a PDF and an editable MS Word document of the full script, with detailed stage directions, character information, tips and suggestions for costumes, props and scenery, and a PDF of the piano score for all songs. An audio CD of all songs (backing tracks & vocal tracks) plus continuity/incidental music and sound effects where required.
• Option 3 – Digital download.
  All the PDF and MS Word files from Option 2 above, all audio tracks as MP3 files, plus JPEG files of cover artwork for use in making posters or other promotional material. Upon completion of your order, a link will be automatically sent to the email address you provided, from which all the files can be downloaded.

Any order containing a digital download option must be paid for online at the point of ordering. Any order containing a digital download which is not accompanied by payment will not be processed.

UK schools can order Book & Audio CD and CD-ROM & Audio CD options with an invoice to be paid within 30 days. Non-UK schools and private individuals (not ordering on behalf of a school) are required to pay for these at the point of ordering.