There’s only just enough room for one Scrooge in this production – it’s too laugh-out-loud for more! From the bestselling writing team that brought you Dragon Days comes this fabulous retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic story, A Christmas Carol. Join Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the rest of the gang in this humorous and festive musical, perfect for your KS2 Christmas show.
An Annual Performance Licence is required to perform this title. For more information, please click here.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT
It’s comical, it’s catchy, it’s a Christmas classic!
About Bah Humbug!
If you’re looking for a feel-good festive finale to your term, you’ve found it. Find out why this is such a popular choice for 7-11 year olds.
THE SONGS
This musical includes nine fresh and quirky songs, all sure to live in your head rent-free for the duration of your production preparation, from Christmas Eve excitement to a big Greetings Of The Season one-and-all song! We’ve also got two great dance videos for Fezziwig's Shindig and Glad To Be A Chimney Sweep for you to get learning!
THE STORY
It’s Christmas Eve and what a night! Or so it proves for the miserable, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who finds himself visited by some rather unexpected characters! Through encounters with his former partner, Jacob Marley (deceased), and three very different ghosts, Scrooge is given the chance to revisit his past, weigh his present and glimpse his future. Will he take this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change, or will he choose to remain in the bleak and lonely world he has created for himself, bound by chains of selfishness and greed?
THE VERDICT
‘We performed this play as a whole school and it was brilliant.’
‘An amazing show! Loads of amazing songs, parts and lines. The Charles Dickens classic has gone to the next level! Amazing!’
‘This is a fun adaptation of the Charles Dickens Classic and contains a creative script with warm-ups, props, costume ideas, staging and lyrics.’
An editable script is available for this product when you purchase a pack that includes an eSongbook.
There are 68 speaking parts in this production. This can be reduced to 44.
Click on the cast list and staging link above for more information on decreasing the cast.
Total length of music: 21 minutes approx
Licence Information
Annual Performance Licence Information - What You Need To Know
- A current Annual Performance Licence is required to perform a musical or nativity to an audience (other than to pupils & staff), including an online audience, and irrespective of whether admission charges are made.
- It is more cost effective to purchase an Annual Performance Licence as part of a complete product pack.
- An Annual Performance Licence covers any number of performances of a particular musical or nativity within 12 months of the date of ordering. A separate Annual Performance Licence is required for each product title.
- To renew your Annual Peformance Licence, log into your account if you have one and go to your My Licences section.
Find out more about what your Annual Performance Licence will legally cover you to do.
All of our eSongbooks come with a Single User Licence
- This means you can install our Words on Screen™ software onto ONE computer only, or it can be streamed by a single user.
- If you would like to install this software onto your network server and/or two or more computers, or allow multiple users to stream Words on Screen™ songs, this will be covered by your Annual Performance Licence which includes extended digital rights. For more information, click here.
The following items are available for this product:
Teacher's Book
- Character list
- Characters by scene
- Props
- Costume Suggestions
- Staging
- Warm-ups
- Script
- Song lyrics and music score for 9 songs (Piano music score, melody and chords)
- Licence and copyright details
Audio CD
- Vocal tracks sung by children
- Professional backing tracks
- 4 carols for scene-change music
Words on Screen™ Online
- An online Words on Screen™ product to stream or download
- Extractable MP3s, printable lyrics, scores, scripts, & additional resources
- Words on Screen™ versions of songs so that you can display song lyrics on any whiteboard, computer screen, television or interactive touchscreen. The lyrics synchronize with the music as it plays making them easy to teach and easy to learn
- Flexibility to create an expandable library of Words on Screen™ song collections, nativities and musicals in your Out of the Ark online account
- Enhanced operation features including ‘double-click’ to hear and teach a single line
- Words on Screen™ user guide
- Single-User licence (Please note a Performance Licence is still required to perform this musical)
- Licence & copyright details
Annual Performance Licence
An Annual Performance Licence covers any number of performances of a particular musical or nativity within 12 months of the date of ordering. A separate Annual Performance Licence is required for each product title.
Find out more about what your Annual Performance Licence will legally cover you to do.
Rehearsal CDs
- Vocal tracks sung by children
- Professional backing tracks
- 4 carols for scene-change music
- Available in packs of 5, 10 or 20
A brilliant musical
We performed this play as a whole school and it was brilliant. We adapted lots of the songs to include individual and group solos and we had KS1 performing the suggested dances. It worked brilliantly and we were so happy with it. Highly recommended. You will need a confident Scrooge as this character had over 60 lines.
Magical play
What a wonderful play the childre loved it
By student
An amazing show! Loads of amazing songs, parts and lines. The Charles Dickens classic has gone to the next level! Amazing!
A magical, musical spectacle to celebrate the holiday season!
This is a fun adaptation of the Charles Dickens Classic and contains a creative script with warm-ups, props, costume ideas, staging and lyrics. The teacher's book makes everything stress-free because it is so well organised and doesn't over-complicate things. I'd highly recommend the Words on Screen™ version as it enhances the experience and makes learning songs easier and more enjoyable. Bah Humbug! is a Christmas must-have and is comical, haunting and thought-provoking.
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