Reading Rep has joined with Mischief Theatre in presenting an alternative to the usual Nativity play over the Christmas period.
Written by Henry Lewis. Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shield, The Nativity Play Goes Wrong is a farcical take on the traditional story.
The inept and accident-prone Script Over Scripture Society (SOS) is putting on a production of the Nativity story. On opening night, nothing is going to plan. Despite a collapsing manger, a deranged donkey and a director on the brink of hysteria, the show must go on.
The play will be produced by Reading Rep in association with Mischief Theatre, creators of The Play That Goes Wrong, and directed by Reading-born Nicholas Thompson, Artistic Director ot the Old Red Lion Theatre and Reading Rep's Associate Director.