These are just two of the more unusual items that Circle 67 has been seeking for its next production, The Flint Street Nativity, which is to be performed at The Cut in Halesworth on Friday 13th & Saturday 14th January 2012. Other props required include a giant stick insect and two (yes, two!) Holy Infants in the manger.

Written by Tim Firth, who is probably better known for writing Calendar Girls, The Flint Street Nativity was originally a TV comedy produced for Yorkshire Television that aired during Christmas 1999. Tim rewrote the play and added music for a production at the Liverpool Playhouse in 2006, where it ran for two successive seasons to much critical acclaim, breaking box office records to become the theatre’s most successful Christmas show ever.

The action of the play begins as the young pupils of Flint Street Primary School, all played by adults, are about to perform their nativity play for their proud parents. All kinds of mishaps ensue, until the culmination during the final few scenes of the play when the focus shifts and the children become their parents!

Described as a comedy about children for adults, this amusing and thought-provoking glimpse behind the scenes of a junior school’s Christmas Nativity exposes the power politics that exist in a class of 7-year-olds.

Interspersed with new lyrics set to traditional carol tunes, The Flint Street Nativity, which is definitely not a traditional nativity play, is the perfect alternative entertainment for adults to wrap up the Christmas season and stave off the New Year blues.

Tickets are available exclusively from The Cut Box Office.