Elf – The Musical
Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be Elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth.
With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced with the harsh realities that his father is on the naughty list and that his half-brother doesn’t even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Show running time: 2 hours
There will be a 20 minute interval between acts one and two.
Act 1 – Scenes
Scene 1 – Santa’s Home
Scene 2 – Santa’s Workshop
Scene 3 – Buddy’s Journey to New York
Scene 4 – Empire State Building
Scene 5 – The Toy Department at Macy’s
Scene 6 – The Hobbs Family Apartment
Scene 7 – The Hobbs Family Apartment,
Next Morning
Scene 8 – Greenway Press Offices in the Empire State Building
Scene 9 – Rockefeller Center
Scene 10 – Greenway Press Offices
Act 1 – MUSICAL NUMBERS
Overture
Happy All the Time – Santa, Buddy, Elves
World’s Greatest Dad – Buddy
In the Way – Deb, Walter, Emily, Michael, Company
Sparklejollytwinklejingley – Buddy, Store Manager, Company
I Believe in You – Michael, Emily
In the Way (reprise) – Emily, Walter
Just Like Him – Buddy, Deb, Company
A Christmas Song – Buddy, Jovie, Company
World’s Greatest Dad – Buddy, Company
Act 2 – Scenes
Scene 1 – Entr’acte
Scene 2 – Chung Fu Palace Restaurant
Scene 3 – Tavern on the Green
Scene 4 – The Hobbs Family Apartment
Scene 5 – Greenway Press Offices
Scene 6 – Central Park
Scene 7 – North Pole
Scene 8 – Finale
Act 2 – MUSICAL NUMBERS
Entr’acte
Nobody Cares About Santa – Fake Santas, Store Manager, Buddy
Never Fall in Love (with an Elf) – Jovie
There is a Santa Claus – Michael, Emily
The Story of Buddy the Elf – Buddy, Michael, Walter, Emily, Deb, Chadwick, Matthews, Mr Greenway, Company
Nobody Cares About Santa (reprise) – Santa
A Christmas Song (reprise) – Jovie, Buddy, Emily, Walter, Company
Finale – Company
Gallery
Take a trip down memory lane, or just browse the Tavistock Musical Theatre Companies members past and present. If you’ve seen any of our productions in the past, or have taken part, I’m sure there are some faces you’ll recognise.
Thank you to Richard Potter for allowing the use of photographs from Terry Potter’s archive of Tavistock Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society and TMTC.
