Continued from Page 1 On the back of the performance, the group has been invited to the Xcel On Line Magazine Student of the Year Awards in January and the Deputy Head of William Edwards School Ralph Henderson MBE invited them to perform at the school in 2010. Praise was also given for the young people’s performance from Paul Reeve, head of education at the Royal Opera House.

Stuart Mullins, artistic director at Theatre Is… said: “The Theatre Is… mission to inspire and ignite the artistic leadership of the 21^st century could not have been more appropriate to this occasion, encapsulating the ambition and determination for young people to succeed, as part of Thurrock's Next Top Boss.”