"Santa Santa!" is a large-scale new musical for the whole family, in the vein of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "Mary Poppins" and "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory".
When young Colin's mother can't be found anywhere, it seems that she has been accidentally kidnapped by Jack Frost. Santa needs Colin's help to rescue her, and so begins a fantastic adventure into the world of magic that will capture the heart...
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At the beginning of July 2022 the show was finally heard live for the first time, at an informal playthrough in North London. Jeremy Wootton conducted The Welsh Musical Theatre Orchestra, a chorus of twenty, and seven soloists including Rosemary Ashe and Stephen Weller. This ten-minute video comprises highlights of that day.
Several other videos from the playthrough, as well as a short documentary about the day, are all hosted on the Santa Santa YouTube channel, here:
Santa Santa - A New Family Musical
Music and Lyrics by Aidan Bell
Book by Leo West
| Piano/Keyboards | Kirk Duncan |
| Aidan Bell | |
| Cello | Chris Springthorpe |
| Oboe/Cor Anglais | Nina Swann |
| Flute | Rambo Hearts |
| Recorder | Monika Severenson |
| Violin | Matthew Fairman |
| Banjo | Andreas Radovan |
| Bagpipes | Rory Sinclair |
| Guitars | Andy Karamallakis |
| Paul Hope | |
| Craig Ayto | |
| Drums | Joe Baker |
| Rob Stevens | |
| Tap Dancing | Jake Pratt |
Mixing and mastering by
James De Silva for De Silva Theatrical
Santa Himself
Rosemary Ashe (Tracks 15/18/19)Emma Bennett (Tracks 5/14)
Lewis Griffiths (Track 9)Aidan Bell (Track 7)
Gemma Brodrick (Tracks 7/21)Sarah Victoria Brown (Track 15)
Oliver Loades (Track 2)Theodore Loades (Tracks 17/20)
Aidan Bell
Jezebel Groove
The Nantwich Singers Enchorus
Kay Cliff, Mark O'Dea, Zachary Elliott, Catherine Harvey, Suzanne Heaton Wright, Kirk Duncan, Neil Simon
Ellie-Jo and Tilly-Jade Pratt Sophie and Alysia Bennett Georgia and Abbie Crook Luke and Abby Stockwell Richenda Campbell YPA Singers
"Santa Santa!" is Aidan's fourth musical, following "Piper", the story of the legend of The Pied Piper of Hamelin; "Elite", based on the best-selling 80s computer game of the same name; and "Aesop", a reworking of the famous fables.
Born in 1964, Aidan has worked all his life in music and theatre, essentially as a performer, with roles including Aunt Spiker in "James and the Giant Peach" (Hornchurch), Riff-Raff in "The Rocky Horror Show" (Vienna), Mary Sunshine in "Chicago" (Stuttgart), Chantal in "La Cage Aux Folles" (Graz), Odyseus in "Troy - The Musical" (Wellington), Annas in "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Tecklenburg), Teen Angel in "Grease", Margaret Mead in "Hair" and Uncle Ernie in "Tommy" (Kassel). He has also recorded several CDs, including his solo album, "Timewarp"; the live recordings of "Musical? - Oh My God..." and "The Best of Musicals"; and in London, new recordings of "The Rocky Horror Show" (with Brian May, Anita Dobson and Christopher Lee) and "Hair".
Leo has been involved in musical theatre since he was 13, when he appeared in a youth production of "West Side Story" as Officer Krupke. Since then he has completed a Master's Degree in Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham. He was involved in over 70 theatrical productions during his his four years of study, including shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and Off-West End showcases.
After his role in the new musical "Sunshine Guy", he turned his hand to writing musical theatre and directed his first musical, "The Comedian", written with Josh Sood, to success in Birmingham. Now based in London, he continues to write for stage and screen.
Everyone knows Santa, from Christmas cards, advent calendars, decorations, books, TV and film, etc.
Santa Himself has recently appeared on ITV’s "Text Santa", "This Morning", "Good Morning Britain", "Judge Rinder", and The BBC’s "Strictly Come Dancing", "Pointless Celebrities Christmas Special", "The One Show" and "Richard Osman’s House of Games", to name a few. He is Father Christmas on "Let’s Play" on C’Beebies with Sid and Rebecca, and hosts his own show "Sleeps 'til Santa" on Heart TV. As the real Santa Claus he is proud to be a part of "Santa Santa!", on the studio demo recording and orchestral playthrough.
You can find out more about Santa by visiting his website
Rosie has appeared in many West End productions including: Carlotta, the Prima Donna in the original cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of The Opera"; Madame Thenardier in "Les Miserables"; Widow Corney in "Oliver!"; Felicia Gabriel in "The Witches of Eastwick" (for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical); Miss Andrew, the nasty nanny in "Mary Poppins"; and Lottie Grady in "When We Are Married" at The Garrick. She has recently been performing her one-woman tribute to Ethel Merman, "Call Me Merman", to great acclaim.
She has also appeared with English National Opera, Opera North, Scottish Opera, Sadlers Wells Opera, Opera Northern Ireland and Carl Rosa, in many different roles including Musetta in "La Boheme", Helene in "La Belle Helene", Frasquita in "Carmen" and Despina in "Cosi Fan Tutte", to name but a few.
Television & radio appearances include: "An Audience With Ronnie Corbett", "The House of Eliott", "Friday Night is Music Night" and "Songs From the Shows".
Rosie can be heard on many cast albums including: "The Phantom of the Opera", "Kismet", "The Boyfriend", "The Witches of Eastwick", "Oliver!", the 10th anniversary concert of "Les Miserables" and "Mary Poppins".
