Annie

At the time of writing this, it is August 2025 - A bit late, but its finally time to write about my last production as a student at JFS.

Where to start. The 2024 production was a tough one to decide on. To start we have to go back to June/July 2024, where I was finishing my A-Level Mocks (Known as UCAS mocks as account for our University predicted grades) and in the process of writing my coursework for all three of my A-Levels (Computer Science, Film Studies and BTEC Business). It is at this time of the year when we purchase the rights and start advertising audition dates for the production. After a few weeks of musical proposals, and discussions over who would direct and be involved. We finally ended up with Annie (Which was one of my suggestions 😄).

After purchasing the rights, we made a poster and started planning the production. With limited time (as always) we started the 2024-25 year and within our second week of school, had our auditions. I can still remember sitting at the desk in the Drama Studio watching the auditions, being excited to see who would be our cast! Concluding the 3 days of auditions (during lunchtime so a total of 3 hours), we had a shortlist for our cast.

At JFS, we have an unspoken rule that we don't reject anyone from the cast. We love to give as many people as possible the opportunity to be involved in the music, drama, and dance department.