Young Scrooge Claire Mulcahy is a 5th year student who is one of the many students who auditioned for a part in this years production. She explains the process of auditioning for the play as 'nerve wracking'. On the day of the audition, she and her friends picked a scene and a character from the play to portray. She chose the role of the Ghost of Christmas Past alongside her friend who played Scrooge. Despite her nerves, when it came her turn to audition she was actually fairly confident. She describes the teachers who judged their auditions as being very patient and encouraging. Claire was excited to see she got the part of Young Scrooge as 'his scenes are fun to rehearse'. She describes her character as naive, upbeat and full of Christmas spirit. However, by the time she plays her next scene Scrooge has already become overly confident, selfish and only cares about himself. This allows Claire to play a great variety of personalities in the one character. Claire has th...
Our school production team are delighted to announce that ‘A Christmas Carol’ will be this year’s school musical. This Christmas special retells the story of Charles Dickens popular classic tale which was written in 1843. It is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge a miserable miser who hates Christmas. He is a business man who overworks and underpays his employees. He refuses to give donations to the poor and is cruel to his family. However, on a bitter cold Christmas Eve in an English Village Scrooge is visited by the distressed ghosts of his late and equally self-centred partner Marley. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future take Scrooge on a journey to learn the true Spirit of Christmas. He changes his life to become a caring and kind person. Stay tuned for weekly character profiles and updates on the progress of this fantastic version of ‘A Christmas Carol’. 
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