to think that school nativity plays should have more big parts.

[scottishbelle78]

So went to the junior school nativity play today. There were two children in it whose parts were significantly bigger than the others and two more parts which had small solos. The rest had very little to say or were narrators saying one line.
Aibu to think school plays should be abit more inclusive. I csme away thinking I had watched the amy and chloe show. (Not their names btw)

A lot of children wouldn't want a big part. When I was in school (infants) they'd always ask who wanted to go up on stage etc and there were very few volunteers.

My ds1 would hate a big part but ds2 is very much the entertainer and I feel that he'll probably be asking for a 'main' part (when he's old enough, he's 3 ATM)

I'm about 95% yanbu. Most of our plays there are no truly big parts but maybe 60% of the kids have at least one full line and all have some unique part (which is a bit tickboxy and dull, I find, too). How can anyone enjoy a kids' play dominated by just 1-2 characters?

most of ours seem to have either
-everyone has one line each, narrator for example is split between a group of 5 who each say one bit.
or

• lots of group bits, so 5 shepherds come on together and all actspeak a bit and that is it. So you can add random no speaking shepherds if necessary or split the lines round a bit or give all the lines to one lead shepherd

This is true of all the plays they have done, right up to year 6.
It is a poor choice of play if it has all lines for 2 kids.
OR it is a village school and the year 6 get the main parts and the rest of the school does the rest and everyone will be in year 6 in the end (our old school was like that, but it meant every child in the school was in the play every year)