Ages 7-11★ 5.0 from 7 reviews

The Donkey’s Tale – Easter Performance

EE-Awwwwww! A cute Palm Sunday mini-musical – perfect for any Easter assembly.

The Donkey's Tale - Children's Easter performance

A cute mini-musical, perfect for Easter! Little Donkey has never given anyone a ride before, and he’s worried, because very soon he’ll have to carry a real person for the very first time. As his mum reassures him, two men called James and John arrive to take him to see someone called Jesus… Little Donkey is about to be thrown in at the deep end as he carries Jesus into Jerusalem on the very first Palm Sunday!

  • Scripts / Staging Advice
  • Vocal & Backing Tracks
  • PowerPoints
  • Printable Masks
  • Sheet Music / Songsheet
  • Annual Licence Included
  • Stream or Download Instantly
Script Sample
Song Samples
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Description

Min. Rehearsals
2 days
Editable Scripts
Two
Age Range
7-11
Run Time*
15-25 mins
Cast Size*
1 to 120

*Depending on content used

"Feedback from parents and staff was exceptional. Well done!"

EE-Awwwwww! ‘The Donkey’s Tale’ is a cute mini-musical, perfect for Easter and Palm Sunday class assemblies or church performances. You get TWO time-saving scripts and six catchy songs, with all the backing tracks – so there’s no need for a pianist! Add donkey character masks, PowerPoint lyrics and scenery, sheet music and more, and you’ve got everything you need for a fabulous children’s Easter play that’s easy to rehearse and stage in just a few days.

Please note: this script first appeared in The Easter Assembly Collection, where it’s still included as a play only. Here, we’ve adapted the script and added songs and resources to turn it into a mini-musical.

Digital Publication Contains:

  • E-Book (pdf) including TWO scripts
  • Editable scripts also included (docx)
  • Printable donkey masks
  • Vocal & backing tracks
  • PowerPoint words
  • PowerPoint scenery
  • Sheet music
  • Songsheet
  • Annual licence included
  • Instant access
  • This Is The Story
  • Donkeys Do
  • Please Little Donkey
  • Here Comes Jesus
  • That Was The Story
  • It's Easter Time

“A wonderful performance with excellent script and songs. Thank you.”

Mrs Sommers – Teacher

Script Sample PDF

Click to read the first sections of each script

TWO SCRIPTS: You get two editable scripts, telling the same story in slightly different ways:

  • PLAY SCRIPT VERSION: speaking and acting parts for a flexible cast of 30-80+ children. Printable donkey masks are included, so that’s one less costume to worry about!
  • NARRATORS ONLY VERSION: no acting parts – just a straightforward retelling of the story, read by a class of children or by an adult leading an assembly.

Very flexible! Perform it with just a handful of children or over a hundred.

Stick exactly to either script and sing every song, and the show runs for about 25 minutes. You can easily shorten or lengthen it by 5-20 minutes – suggestions are included in your purchase.

Short on rehearsal time? No problem! We know from experience that the simple version can be rehearsed in a few days. The secret? Read from the ‘narrators only’ script during the show, so nobody has lines to learn. Then share out the songs between children, classes or year groups, so nobody has more than 2 or 3 to remember. Follow this advice to the letter and you might even rehearse it in a single day!

All You Need

"'All you need for a fun, simple Easter show. We loved it and would highly recommend it for any primary easter performance."
by Lucy Clark

Very Well Written

"As a music teacher, I wanted to comment on how impressed I was with the high quality score that came with this item. Very well written songs, perfectly pitched for the age range concerned."
by Ms Nina Fowler - Music Teacher

Incredibly Impressed

"Another class in my school had previously used some of your excellent Christmas musicals. All the staff were talking about how amazing they had been with some stating that they were some of the very best Christmas productions they'd ever seen. So when I was told to produce a play for Easter, I knew exactly where to look. The Donkey's Tale appealed to me straight away as I have links with a local donkey sanctuary and I have to say that I was incredibly impressed. The songs, the backing music, the script, the masks, the sheet music and more were all absolutely excellent. I also loved the fact that it came with an editable script as I could easily add some extra lines to the script with minimum effort. The Easter performance went really well and the feedback from parents and staff was exceptional. Well done."
by Mrs Thorpe

Good Resource

"Thanks for the Donkeys Tale. The children really enjoyed the catchy tunes and sung really well. I also liked all the added extras like the donkey masks and Powerpoints. A very good resource at a very reasonable price. No complaints at all."
by Aiden

Wonderful

"'The Donkey's Tale' was performed by all the children in our Y3 and Y4. It really was a wonderful performance with excellent script and songs. Thank you."
by Mrs Sommers

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