There's double success for Moreton Hall stage-bound students this week.

Megan Keaveny is set to perform on the West End stage having been successful in the prestigious nationwide West End Calling competition.

She is now one of 13 finalists preparing to sing in London.

Megan said: “I started in the first round back in November last year, and ever since I have been trekking up to Manchester every other month for further rounds. During the Easter holidays I competed in the semi-finals, where I had to perform a song from a musical. I chose ‘Maybe This Time’ from Cabaret.

“To my utter surprise I was chosen by the judges (comprised of both West End and television actors from ‘Wicked’ and ‘Hollyoaks’) to go through to the final in London on May 12.

“When I started this competition I never imagined that I would have been able to make it into the final 13 out of thousands!”

Meanwhile, Georgia Thomas has won the regional final of the prestigious English-Speaking Union’s Performing Shakespeare Competition, which was held at the school for the first time.

She beat off competition from students from across the North West including Manchester High School, Denstone College Staffordshire, Loreto Grammar School Cheshire, Altrincham Grammar School.

The Year 9 student will now go on to act on a West End stage in London on June 21.

She said: “ I performed a monologue from Queen Margaret taken from Shakespeare’s Henry VI. My aim was to show the ruthless vengeance she feels towards a man who tried to depose her husband. In spite of her initial composure, Margaret’s emotions bubble to the surface.

"Shakespeare knew the extremes of human emotion.”