Rylan Clark-Neal to star in NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL this Christmas

The producers of the smash-hit ‘NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL’, are thrilled to announce Rylan Clark-Neal as ‘The Critic’ alongside the previous announced Simon Lipkin as ‘Mr Poppy’, when the show returns to The Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith for its third year from 11 to 29 December 2019. Further star casting to be announced!

Rylan Clark-Neal exploded on to the entertainment scene after appearing on ITV’s “X Factor” in 2012 where he finished in fifth place. Since then, Rylan has rapidly established himself as a popular television and radio presenter. Following winning “Celebrity Big Brother” in 2013, Rylan went on to present “Big Brother’s Bit on the Side” and “Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side” and was a host on ITV 2’s “Xtra Factor”.

Rylan now regularly presents on ITV’s “This Morning” and presents a show on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday afternoons. His presenting successes saw him be nominated for ‘Best Presenter’ at the 2016 and 2017 NTAs and he won the title of ‘Radio Times TV Presenter Champion’ in 2017. Most recently Rylan appeared on the BBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” and Channel 4’s “Celebrity Bake Off”. Rylan was mostly recently announced as a co-presenter for BBC Two’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two’ for the 2019 season.

Every child in every school has one Christmas wish, to star in a Nativity, and at St Bernadette’s School they’ve decided to mount a musical version! Join teacher Mr Maddens and his crazy assistant Mr Poppy as they struggle with hilarious children, and a whole lot of sparkle and shine to make everyone’s Christmas wish come true. Featuring all of your favourite sing-a-long songs from the smash-hit films including Sparkle and Shine, Nazareth and One Night One Moment. NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL promises to be the perfect feel-good comedy for all the family.

Photo: Oliver Rosser
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