Students’ ideas helped shape the design of the show, while two Year 10 pupils composed an amazing original score to complement the action on stage. The play was performed ‘in the round’ as well as utilising the main stage in the theatre.

This meant the audience was immersed in the experience as they sat around the campfire at the centre of the play’s action, while the stage above was used to create stunning visual effects. Using these two spaces helped to illustrate how the young characters were divided into two factions by their experiences on the island where the play is set.

Despite the whole production being cast, rehearsed, and performed within the tiny timescale of two months, the level of performance displayed by the whole cast was breathtaking.