Santa's Christmas Mystery

Santa's Christmas Mystery by Shay Healy Eurovision Song Contest winner and Michael Scott is a christmas play for children with Music.

The production opened in 2004 at the City Theatre Dublin and also toured to regional theatres all over Ireland. The cast included Padraig Delaney, Claire Ivory, George McMahon, Ciaran Gough, Tim Landers and Jim White, it was designed by Michael McCaffery and directed by Michael Scott.

The plot revolves around the attempt by Santa's evil brother Insanity Clause to wreck Christmas by pouring black paint on all the Chirstmas trees so no one can have any. Insanity Clause leaves clues as to what his plan is and the cast with the audience solve the clues and save Christmas. The show also involves Insanity Clause kidnapping Santa's sleigh and Sharren (one of the characters) to help him with his wicked plan.

Songs include: Welcome to the North Pole, The man who grows Christmas Trees, The Reindeer Names, The complaining song, I hate Christmas, We Love Christmas, If you met a Yeti, I’ll be there, The puppy song, Good Guy Bad Guy, The Yuck Song, It's Christmas Time

The production was so successful that it was revived in 2005 and toured the regionial theatres of Ireland finally playing for a week at Spirit Theatre in Dublin City.