It's Christmas: the best time of year for toys and stories. But all over the world, the magic of Make Believe is fading. Only the toys know the truth: the Queen and King of Mouses have stolen the Christmas Star, and used its magic to turn the Prince of Make Believe into a wooden Nutcracker. Can Clara and her brother Fritz bring the Nutcracker back to life, help him defeat the House of Mouse, and restore him to the throne? First, they must believe... The Nutcracker is a magical musical play for young people, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffman's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. It was first presented in 2012 at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford by their youth group Act 2.