Magical FREE Christmas theatre for all ages
The London Nativity

Award-winning director Phil Willmott directs a large cast in this boisterous modern-dress reworking of the medieval Nativity plays, to celebrate Christmas in The Scoop. Conceived to engage audiences of all beliefs, this is a timeless story of ordinary people confronting great good and great evil to emerge triumphant.

The beautiful Scoop amphitheatre has now firmly established itself as a major new venue with The Steam Industry’s critically acclaimed summer productions of Oedipus, Agamemnonand Androcles and the Lion. Glowing reviews and More London's policy of providing top quality shows for free have resulted in thousands of regular and first time playgoers enjoying the productions side-by-side.

For Christmas 2004 The Steam Industry return to stage a unique open-air event – a pacey, thought-provoking, hilarious and moving modern-dress staging of the beautiful medieval Nativity plays – presented with the company’s trademark blend of wit, drama, comedy, puppetry and live music, in keeping with the lively and accessible style in which these pieces were first performed.

There is no need to book, simply turn up at The Scoop.

Wrap up warmly for this magical free celebration of the story of Christmas in the open air.

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creative team
director: Phil Willmott
musical director:
Edward Jaspers
original composition and arrangements: Alex Silverman
lighting: Hansjorg Schmidt
producer: Suzanna Rosenthal

cast
Amy Ip
Bea Holland
Chris Kell
Edward Jaspers
Holly Boothby
Joseph Wicks
Julius Barnett
Kerry Skinner
Martin Nee
Matthew Hodson
Nicholas Osmond
Nicola Delaney
Olivia Macdonald
Richard Gofton
Stewart Alexander
Tom Hambleton