This week, St Julie's have begun rehearsals for the annual Now Festival which will take place at the Liverpool Epstein Theatre on the 9th February.

With the theme of Environment, St Julie's have decided to focus on a home environment and explore what happens behind closed doors. 

Once Upon a Time is how we’ll open our play,
But it’s not a children’s story you’ll hear today.
There isn’t a princess locked in a tower, or a knight to save the day,
No superhero in a cape, no dragon to slay.

You see this story is about Iris, just turned 13.
And her sister Ella, a typical teen.
If this was a fairy tale, it’s the perfect princesses they’d be,
Girls with good grade and in top sets, is what people would see.

Smart uniform, neat hair, immaculately dressed.
Even for a fictional story, it’s hard not be impressed.
But what if I told you, that fiction isn’t what you’re about to see.
And this picture-perfect family is not meant to be.

You see behind ever smile, there’s a story to hear and feel
And this story we’re going to tell you, this story is real.
Despite what you first see, there is something much more,
And I guess it’s true what they say, you never know what’s happens, behind a closed door.