Drama Scripts - Plays for Kids, Teenagers & Youth

Author:         Robert Reed

Age group:  5-7 years 
(Kindergarten-1st Grade, KS1 Year 1-Year 2)

Cast:            28 roles  

- 19 speaking roles out of which 3 leading characters with 13, 17 and 26 lines (M or F)
- 9 acting non-speaking roles

Duration:     15 minutes

Style:            
light-hearted amusing story with a moral

Christmas story set in London ZOO. 

Short Christmas play for kindergarten, primary schools, elementary schools, children's theatre clubs. Includes traditional Father Christmas. Easy and entertaining story with a moral.

How do animals in London ZOO celebrate Christmas?

Play script "Christmas at the ZOO"

Synopsis

Baby monkey and his friends tiger cub and polar bear cub are playing hide-and-seek when they discover a Christmas card showing Father Christmas giving presents to children.  They ask the wise parrot for the meaning.  The baby animals hope that if they are good and Father Christmas will deliver presents to them too.

They set about helping the animals in the zoo in entertaining and unusual ways.  The animals in the zoo then decorate their enclosures and await the arrival of Father Christmas.  Finally, all the excited baby animals fall asleep and Father Christmas arrives with his reindeer and delivers presents for them.

Play script "Christmas at the ZOO"