SPECIAL - Advent Stories - The Shepherds' Play

A poem lovingly put together by Tricolore Theatre Company in collaboration with Ghirelli and CaAPa (The Catholic Association of Performing Arts) for Radio Maria England during Advent of 2023. THE SHEPHERDS’ PLAY
 
Writer: PENNY CULLIFORD
Penny is a playwright, author and speaker.
Her plays include Warden Pie, The Gingerbread Man, The Golden Chain, Saffron Hill, A Boy Called Porro, and Grimaldi’s Last Act for Tricolore Theatre company. She also wrote the Theodora’s Diary books, The Art of Standing Still and a children’s novel based on her play, A Boy Called Porro.
 
Readers:
Simon Brandon
Simon Brandon trained at East 15.  He has appeared in numerous stage productions including: ‘29 Internet Dates’ (Maiden Productions at The White Bear Theatre and OSO), ‘A Boy Called Porro’ (Tricolore Theatre Company at The Pleasance Theatre), and ‘Mayflower’ (Historia Theatre Company at The Hen & Chickens Theatre). Simon has also appeared in a number of short films and features. 
 
Jonathan Coote
Jonathan has performed frequently in the West End (Yes, Prime Minister,
The Audience, Witness for the Prosecution) and at the National Theatre
(Doctor’s Dilemma, Home, Our Country’s Good).
Television includes: Stephen, The Crown.
Radio includes: Publish and Be Damn’d, Six Degrees of Assassination,
The Diary Of River Song.
 
Kenneth Michaels
Kenneth Michaels is an actor and director and has worked in theatre, radio, television and film and has taught in several drama schools.
As an actor he has toured extensively in the UK and Europe in works from Shakespeare to pantomime, Pinter to Agatha Christie. 
Kenneth works as a specialist ESOL teacher, working with refugees supporting their English learning. He is also the Secretary of the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA).
 
Nadia Ostacchini
Nadia was born in London of Italian parentage, trained as an actor and is the Artistic Director of Tricolore Theatre Company whose first dual-language English/Italian storybook based on Jesus’s parables was published this year.  She has enjoyed organising the Advent Adventures for Radio Maria & would like to give a big shout out to the parishioners of The Sacred Heart of Jesus church and St Peters Italian Church for tuning in as they promised to! Website: www.tricolore.org.uk