Lest We Forget: 80 Years On (2025)

Lest We Forget: 80 Years On
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Dates	17 - 18 October 2025
Venue	The Tower Theatre

The Folkestone-Hythe Operatic and Dramatic Society Youth Section presented Lest We Forget: 80 Years On on 17th - 18th October 2025 at The Tower Theatre, Folkestone. An original production by the FHODS Youth Section.

Foreword

Thank you for coming to support the FHODS Youth Section.

They have worked over the last few weeks on developing this show, to celebrate 80 years since the end of World War II.

They have researched the topics of World War I and II, and found stories about those who lived it, visited the Elham trenches, and had a session where war memorabilia was brought in. From this, they have written presentations, imagined letters, original songs and poems. They also found songs and poems that they felt connected with war and the feelings they can bring. The group have directed everything themselves, and all the work is their own, including running the tech.

Thank you again for coming, and we hope you enjoy the evening.

Michelle Hartley Youth Section Co-ordinator

The performances

• The British Grenadiers by Edwin Franko Goldman
  • Performed by Thomas Arnold
• Sonya Butt
  • Written and performed by Rosie Douse, Millie Forrest and Summer Bradley
• Letter to Dad
  • Performed by River Griffin
• Make You Feel My Love by Bob Dylan
  • Performed by Ophelia Edmunds
• Sargeant Stubby
  • Written and performed by Harry Vignaux
• Do you understand conflict?
  • Written and performed by Fry Fry
• Letters of Love
  • Written and performed by Thomas Arnold and Millie Forrest
• I'm Here by Kezia Gill
  • Performed by Evie Milton
• Irena Sendler
  • Written and performed by Lottie Binks
• Ada Chell - D-Day Memories
  • Written and performed by Lauren Murrell
• Somewhere Only We Know by Keane
  • Performed by Eden Prescott
• A Daughter without a Father
  • Written and performed by Rosie Douse
• Operation Manna
  • Written and performed by Jack Willcox
• Chair Duet
  • Written and performed by Charlotte Jury and Erin Murphy
• Perhaps by Vera Brittain
  • Performed by Fry Fry, Isaac Tomlin, Rosie Douse and Evie Milton
• Battleground
  • Written and performed by Ophelia Edmunds
  • Music track by Vixen Roylance
• The White Cliffs of Dover by Vera Lynn
  • Performed by Summer Bradley
• A Pigeon named Joe
  • Written and performed by Harry Vignaux
• Legacy
  • Written by Harry Vignaux
  • Performed by Thomas Arnold
• The Great Dictator by Charlie Chaplin
  • Performed by Rosie Douse, Erin Murphy, Charlotte Jury, Eden Prescott, Summer Bradley, Millie Forrest, Evie Milton and Harry Vignaux
• Mundas Īnfrāctus
  • Written and performed by Isaac Tomlin
• Mary O'Connell Biaconi
  • Written and performed by River Griffin
• The Christmas Truce
  • Written and performed by Erin Murphy, Eden Prescott and Evie Milton
• Belleau Wood by Garth Brooks
  • Performed by Isaac Tomlin
• In Flanders Field by John McCrae
  • Performed by Rosie Douse, Millie Forrest and Summer Bradley
• Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
  • Performed by Ophelia Edmunds
• The Guns fell quiet
  • Written and performed by Jack Willcox
• My Dear Jean
  • Written and performed by Fry Fry
• We'll Meet Again by Vera Lynn
  • Performed by Summer Bradley

Production Team

• Lighting Design: Chris Willcox and Vixen Roylance
• Sound and Lighting Operation: Vixen Roylance
• Set Dressing & Props: Michelle Hartley and Myra Collingridge
• Design/Media/Photography: Michelle Hartley
• FHODS Marketing: Merewyn Forrest
• Pianist: Andy Hartley
• Filming: Steve Davis and Gary Ingoldby-Spate
• Programme: Charlotte Flutter
• Chaperones: Karen Prineas, Mike Chisnall, Clare Prescott, Emma Record, Sarah Willcox and Tracey Silvester.

FHODS extends its thanks to the Front of House team and Bar Staff.