Our assistant director, Csenge, year 13, summed it up magnificently on the last night of the show’s run. ‘It’s been such a long time since we were last able to do this, it means the world to us’.

Whilst, as an audience you see the results of the hard work on stage, what you don’t see is the emotion behind the scenes. More so than any other year I was hit by the tears of our year 13 students who were taking part in their last school musical. Many of these year 13s have been taking part in shows for us since they were in year 7 and the emotion they showed demonstrated to all of the staff that the stress and the hours that we have put in was all definitely worth it.

I’d like to use this article to celebrate the unsung heroes working behind the scenes:

Mr Gray and Miss Fort – have worked extensively on preparing the school band to perform the music for the production. Students and staff have had to learn a vast number of songs and this has taken hours over the last term to perfect.

Mr Cox, Miss Noyan aided by Csenge and Phoenix (year 13) – our directors and movement coaches have been with the cast twice a week after school since October to ensure that the show ran smoothly.

Miss Waring, aided by the rest of the art department,  and numerous students – has designed and made the set, all props and the three smaller puppets that appeared in the show.

Our lighting and sound team, Caleb (year 12), Matthew, Jack, (both year 10) – Designed and operated the lighting as well as organising, setting up, distributing and controlling the microphones for the show.

Our front of house team, Miss Wright, Gabriella, Sophie, Aryan (year 12) – gave up their evenings throughout the week of the show to ensure that the audiences were well looked after.