Flint Street Nativity – St Hilda’s Church

They say never work with children or animals! Well, as you can imagine, directing a nativity performed by a class of seven-year-olds is enough to test the patience of even the calmest of people. Mizzis Horrocks and her class, with their squabbles and specific interests trying to be stubbornly squeezed into the birth of the baby Jesus, culminates in one excellent comedic musical which is bound to get you in the jolly spirit of Christmas.

Woolton Drama Group present to you ‘The Flint Street Nativity’ directed by Georgina Anwyl and Andrew Parsons. Stage Management by Charlotte Titley.

An assemblage of diverse characters takes to the stage to entertain and delight you for the evening. Firstly, let’s start with the angelic perfectionist Mary herself (Jenny Snell), there’s one in every class, the best at everything, knows her lines and is the teacher’s pet. Without her, the story wouldn’t move along so…smooth…ish. Always accompanying Mary is Joseph (James Stevenson), who brilliantly plays not only Joseph but also all the characters in his favourite show ‘A Question of Sport’. Not always wanting his given role of Joseph but being dragged along by Mary for the ride.

Three is a crowd and Angel Gabriel (Terri Duffy), Angel (Ife Babatunde) and Wise Gold (Victoria Turnock) who give mean girls a run for their money. The fickle friendships of the young. Friends one minute and frenemies the next. With one person always wanting the starring role.

Next, we have perfectly contrasting characters, with the over enthusiastic Star (Neil Robinson) who is NASA obsessed and the class tough guy Bradley (Zoran Blackie) who terrifies most of the class, especially Star.

Add into the mix and top it all off with a poor King who can’t say the word frankincense (Zoe Marras), a Shepherd (Cat Fox-Kirk) who explains how to role play the birth of Baby Jesus to Mary using her knowledge from a farm, a Narrator (Carl Latham) who just wants to get his lines perfect to make people proud and an Ass (Gemma Hurst) who doesn’t care what words they say as you can’t see them for their donkey head! Blended together you have one brilliant band of comedic moments all tied into one roller coaster of a journey through the story of Christmas.

Lighting and Sound (Chris Kieschnik and Lawrence Partington) were used effectively to change scenes, add atmosphere and also tell parts of the story using mood and visual to portray the unseen character of Mizzis Horrocks.

Costumes (Aslan Herzen-Kenward) were fitting to each character both in their child and adult role. They were easily identifiable and presented each character’s personality well. To finish the production off, a well made and simple set (Ray Ormsby and Sonia Fitzpatrick) with a few hidden surprises which was utilised well throughout.

A great evening out full of laughs and fun. Remembering back to the characters of your classroom and the headache for teachers that is…the Nativity.

If you are interested in joining such a delightful group, Woolton Drama Group is currently recruiting new members for both on and off stage for future productions. With auditions coming up for the classic ‘Allo Allo!’ in January. For more details about becoming part of their future shows please contact their Facebook page @WooltonDrama for more info or take a look on their website www.wooltondramagroup.co.uk

This production of ‘Flint Street Nativity’ runs from the 11th -13th December 2025 at St Hilda’s Church.

Reviewer: Steph Wiswall

Reviewed: 11th December 2025

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