Friday Barnes helps her Uncle Bernie solve a case for his insurance company. This is an episode I recorded that was too short to be a regular episode of the podcast so I'm posting it here as a free download.

This is a super simple nativity play suitable for a Sunday School or school group. I wrote it to be really easy to stage. The narrators read off their scripts and all the other characters have really simple lines. I didn't want kids to be stressed about having to learn a lot of stuff. Our church only ever has 3 rehearsals. And there are always some kids who turn up on the day, so there are a couple of  especially simple parts in there that work well for them.

If you decide you are going to perform this play - that's great! But here is the boring detail stuff regarding copyright that you have to abide by...

1. I (R.A. Spratt) retain copyright. I give you permission to make small minor changes so that the play better suits your cast (you will have notice that the Wisemen are Wisepeople in my play because we had more girls than boys when we did it. So that kind of change is okay). But you can't make big changes. If you don't like the play the way it is written. That's fine. Just don't use it. There are loads of other free or near to free nativity plays on the internet.

2. I give you permission to perform this so long as the performance is not-for-profit. So if it's a free production that's fine. Or if it is a production where you're raising money for a charity or a school that is fine. If you, or anyone else, wants to charge for tickets you have to contact me about buying a license to do that.

3. If there is a printed program you have to credit me, R.A. Spratt as the author.

4. You have my permission to post about it on social media. (Make sure you tag me @raspratt)

Happy Christmas,

R.A. Spratt