A LARGE cast of Crediton’s Queen Elizabeth’s School students from Years 9 to 13, including Year 7 student, Charley Roberts, have been rehearsing with QE Theatre Academy since the beginning of October.

With story and book by Peter Stone and music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, the production “Titanic - The Musical” is a re-telling of the tragic sinking of RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912, when more than 1,500 people lost their lives as the Titanic struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.

Yeston’s beautiful score takes the audience on an emotional journey, from one of excited anticipation and hope, to its ultimately tragic end.

The wonderful sets, designed and crafted in-house by QE’s talented Mike Crooks and Robert Logan, are already coming together, with the task of recreating such an iconic setting being this year’s challenge.

Music teacher, Lucy Welsman, is working her magic once more with QE’s ever-talented orchestra. Supporting the cast in rehearsals this year, as rehearsal pianist, is Year 9 student Daniel Toll who has taken on the mantle of Sam Hatchell.

The performances run from Tuesday, January 30 to Saturday, February 3, starting at 7.30pm, with a matinee performance on the Saturday starting at 2.30pm, taking place in the Drama Hall on the Western Road campus.

Tickets for QE Theatre Academy’s production of “Titanic – The Musical” will be on sale from the School Library at Western Road when school returns today, January 4 (01363 778365).

Make sure you get your tickets fast before they sell out and go along and join QE’s cast as they set sail for Titanic’s historic maiden voyage!

Alan Quick