Brand New Christmas Musical!... St Philip and St James - Get Your Tickets Now!
Do you enjoy a Christmas tale, film or panto?
‘Tonight There is a Star’ is a humorous tale within a tale!.. featuring the fictional hamlet of Chewton Mackrell's villagers desperately preparing for Christmas and attempting to stage their seasonal community show!
With a script written for school age children and adults alike, it features jokes, dance, music, colour and fun! Find out about St Philip's show.
(PICTURE: TONIGHT THERE IS A STAR CAST, TONIGHT THERE IS A STAR POSTER)
Developed from an idea by St Philip's Church youth worker, Tony Cook, the show features fresh modern songs, composed by him.
"I was tired of singing the same Christmas carols every year. I went to my son's school nativity and talking with other parents afterwards, we were saddened that the play we'd seen didn't tell the proper Christmas story."
Tony and his wife Jacqui, put their creative talents together and wrote some more Christmas songs from the viewpoint of the different characters in the real nativity; the angels, Mary and Joseph, the Kings, the shepherds and even the animals!...
They then collaborated with friend and writer, Pat Lunt, to create a child friendly 
script and the new musical was performed in 2003 by the children at St Philip's Church to packed audiences.
Tony said: "The show was a huge success and over the years we have talked about taking it to a wider audience by getting the church’s drama group to perform it.”
The drama group’s shows are well-loved in Odd Down, especially the annual pantomimes in January, and this year they have agreed to do the Christmas show instead.
Drama Group leader Tim Conroy said: “We wanted the show to be enjoyable for our regular audiences so Pat Lunt has cleverly updated the script to tell the fictional story of the villagers of Chewton Mackrell whilst retaining all the fabulous music.
"We think it will be fun for people of all ages across the local community and a great way to lead into the Christmas season.”