A COLCHESTER school will face off with four others in the final of an annual drama competition.

Drama students from Alderman Blaxill, in Paxman Ave, will perform in the final of SoapSense, a competition run by the NHS North Essex Partnership, which cares for mental health patients.

As well as groups from Chelmer Valley, in Chelmsford, Mark Hall, in Harlow, Brentwood County High and Woodlands, in Basildon, the Colchester actors will perform at the Latton Bush Conference Centre, in Harlow at 3pm, on Wednesday, September 18.