This version of Romeo and Juliet has a twist. It is set in Iraq with Juliet being a Muslim girl and Romeo being a soldier.

They will be going to South Africa to visit some of the schools that they have links with and to hand over some funds raised to help the schools.

The pupils initially planned to raise £2,500 to help build wells. Fund raising started in September 2004 and the final total came to £10,000.

Romeo and Juliet, Mark Boyer and Laura Clark

They raised money by doing various things including a 62 hour read-a-thon, car washing, bag packing at supermarkets and a disco. Sponsorship was also given from some of the local companies in the area.

The school shares a link with the Mshewshwe High school in the Durban area. The idea for raising money come from the pupils of Robert Pattinson school themselves, who after seeing the conditions that their African colleagues have to endure, decided to give something back to the schools. The money that they raised will be able to provide water for three schools.

The wells are designed in such a way that when the pupils play on a merry-go-round it pumps water up for use.

The thirteen youngsters, who are expected to stay at a boarding school called Port Shepstone High, will spend ten days visiting schools, helping some of the pupils with their English and going on a night safari. They are all really excited about the trip.

The production that they take to South Africa will be slightly different. It will be set on the division between two schools and the pupils will be wearing their uniforms for the performances.

Paula O'Rourke, drama teacher

Paula O'Rourke, the Drama teacher who helped put everything together say 'we decided to do two different productions because the pupils didn't want to wear their school uniforms for the production in Lincoln'.

The play will be on at the Terry O'Toole theatre on Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th of January before it leaves for South Africa on Wednesday the 2nd of February.