PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS COMPETITION

"I’m delighted to have been asked to take part in the judging of this competition. Bringing all our young people together to encourage expression, performance and creative thinking is a powerful and inspirational exercise.

We have an outstanding pool of talent in this region - let’s find some new shining stars! My advice to those taking part comes in the words of Shakespeare: ‘Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.’"

Frank was thrilled to hear about the competition and immediately agreed to be a judge "Of course I'd be delighted to help with the competition."

Frank is Professor of Reading and Communication at Liverpool Hope and is passionate about the work that he does to encourage creativity in children of all ages.

Representing Morecrofts on the judging panel, Jamil Abbasi currently studies Musical Theatre at The Guildford School of Acting.

He was part of the Liverpool Empire Youth Theatre for 5 years and in that time he took on several leading roles.

He has achieved Grade 8 in Musical theatre singing and has both performing and directorial experience from his time at The Liverpool Blue Coat School and LIPA.

He is really looking forward to judging this event and wishes the participants good luck.