Bethlehem The Musical is a brilliant new nativity that charts the exciting events leading up to one very special night in Bethlehem.
This all-singing, all-dancing, 60-minute production weaves the extraordinary story of the birth of Jesus into the ordinary lives of the people of Bethlehem and draws on the important themes of community and hospitality. Available with Words on Screen™.
An Annual Performance Licence is required to perform this title. For more information, please click here.
About Bethlehem The Musical
- Written by the same writers as best-selling musicals Cinderella & Rockerfella and Aladdin Trouble
- Particularly suitable for age 7-11 but can be adapted for a whole school production
- Suggested Choregraphy videos available online
Bethlehem The Musical has twelve fabulous songs and a brilliantly crafted script that brings a more mature feel to the nativity story, with just the right amount of humour, challenging and inspiring speaking parts, and beautiful solo opportunities, perfectly suited to older year groups.
With a variety of musical styles and an engaging, simple-to-stage script, this nativity musical will be sure to get feet tapping, hope lifting and everyone applauding!
Available with Words on Screen™ allowing you to display song lyrics on any whiteboard, computer screen, television or interactive touchscreen. The lyrics synchronize with the music as it plays making them easy to teach and easy to learn!
An Annual Performance Licence is required to perform this nativity.
An editable script is available for this product when you purchase a package that includes an eSongbook.
A condensed cast list and script that reduces the number of speaking parts to 32 is also available upon purchase – perfect for churches and smaller class productions. Please contact Customer Services on 020 8481 7200 for more details.
Cast List
Costumes and Props
There are 80+ speaking parts in this production. This can be reduced to 58.
Click on the cast list above for more information on decreasing the cast.
A condensed cast list and script that reduces the number of speaking parts to 32 is also available upon purchase – perfect for churches and smaller class productions. Please contact Customer Services on 020 8481 7200 for more details.
Total performance: 60 minutes approx
Total length of music: 33 minutes approx (excluding transition music)
Condensed script and cast list performance running time: 45 minutes approx.
- Bethlehem, Bethlehem (You’re In The Story!)
- O Holy Night (Stars Have Come Out)
- To Hospitality!
- Get In Line!
- Knock At The Door (Mary & Joseph)
- Somebody Just Told Me
- Let’s Get Going
- O Little Town Of Joy
- To Hospitality!
- Get In Line!
- Knock At The Door (Mary & Joseph)
- Wise Men
- Good News! Good News!
- Let’s Get Going
With thanks to Arun Church for their fantastic rendition of Good News! Good News!
Licence Information
Annual Performance Licence Information - What You Need To Know
- A current Annual Performance Licence is required to perform a musical or nativity to an audience (other than to pupils & staff), including an online audience, and irrespective of whether admission charges are made.
- It is more cost effective to purchase an Annual Performance Licence as part of a complete product pack.
- An Annual Performance Licence covers any number of performances of a particular musical or nativity within 12 months of the date of ordering. A separate Annual Performance Licence is required for each product title.
- To renew your Annual Peformance Licence, log into your account if you have one and go to your My Licences section.
Find out more about what your Annual Performance Licence will legally cover you to do.
All of our eSongbooks come with a Single User Licence
- This means you can install our Words on Screen™ software onto ONE computer only, or it can be streamed by a single user.
- If you would like to install this software onto your network server and/or two or more computers, or allow multiple users to stream Words on Screen™ songs, this will be covered by your Annual Performance Licence which includes extended digital rights. For more information, click here.
Listen to Songs
| Bethlehem, Bethlehem (You're In The Story!) | |
| Knock At The Door | |
| To Hospitality! | |
| O Holy Night (Stars Have Come Out) | |
| Get In Line! | |
| Knock At The Door (Mary & Joseph) | |
| Wise Men | |
| The Love Of God Has Come | |
| Somebody Just Told Me | |
| Good News! Good News! | |
| Let's Get Going | |
| Bethlehem, Bethlehem (You're In The Story!) Reprise | |
| O Little Town Of Joy |
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