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Starting our trip down memory lane in July 2010 and our production of 'Back to the 80's'. It was pure 'cheese', but a we had a lot of fun with this show and it had a pretty great soundtrack. You may also spot a young Oscar Conlon-Morrey Before he was a West End star, he was on our stage!

2012 was quite a year, not just due to the Olympics, but we staged an incredible production of 'We Will Rock You'! This is still a big favourite with our former students (and staff) and we look back on it with very fond memories. It was quite an achievement! TuxfordMUSIC

In July 2014 we staged the Madness musical 'Our House', our most tricky to date! With split-second costume changes and an endless list of songs, it was quite the challenge. However, 'Baggy Trousers' is still one of the best moments we've ever produced on stage! TuxfordMUSIC

In 2016 we staged 'Billy Elliot - The Musical' and it is still one of our best shows to date. The heartwarming story and brilliant score made this show a huge hit with our cast, production team and audiences alike. We have nothing but great memories of this show! TuxfordMUSIC

2018 saw us stage the biggest musical of them all 'Les Miserables' and what a journey we all went on! This became the biggest show we've ever staged, but the end result was something really quite special. Our audiences loved it and was another sell-out. TuxfordMUSIC

...we will be back creating great work again, soon. In the meantime, our thoughts are with the performers, technicians and theatre staff currently facing an uncertain future. The arts are crucial to our lives and we look forward to when we can 'dim the house lights' again.

Congratulations to Kathryn for the wonderful comments received from the guys at 'West End Best Friend' after her winning a UK wide singing competition!! It's great for her to be recognised on a national platform and very well deserved. Tuxford DRAMA facebook.com/WestEndBestFri…

Many congratulations to all 50 young musicians who have received their grades for RSL MUSIC LEVELS 1 and 2, GCSE MUSIC and A LEVEL MUSIC. Your grades were earned on merit, never forget that. Thanks too to @nottsmusichub for your invaluable support throughout. Most appreciated.

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Here's a couple of great compositional offerings from the musical mind of Grace who returns to year 11 next week. Having achieved a grade 9 a year early, it's easy to see that she has an interesting future in this art form. soundcloud.com/xgracesinging/… soundcloud.com/xgracesinging/…

Just a few days after our last tweet about her SoundCloud page, Grace has appeared on BBC Radio Nottingham's 'Introducing' show. They played her GCSE composition 'Blindfold'. What a great achievement! Listen from 1:54:00 Tuxford Academy bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

youtu.be/EWHpdmDHrn8 Really worth a watch for anyone interested in the inner workings of musical analysis and composition!

Congratulations to Jack, Alex and Julia, three Tuxford Academy musicians from Year 9 who recently achieved great grade 5 passes in singing, piano and theory respectively. Onwards and upwards for all of them!!

Congratulations to Georgia for successfully gaining a place at the prestigious Emil Dale Theatre School for September 2021. Everyone Tuxford Academy and Tuxford DRAMA is thrilled and as we know very well deserved

Julia and mum Angela welcome Christmas to East Markham.

This is urgent! The Government wants to impose a catastrophic 50% funding cut to arts subjects at higher education (HE) level in England. I've joined the PCA for the Arts to tell Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP: arts education matters. Will you join too campaignforthearts.org/petitions/stop…

Why not take the opportunity to catch The MOB performing this modern classic at the Majestic Theatre Retford. As always, including students from Tuxford Academy and Tuxford DRAMA

Many of us will remember Ethan Cooper who went on to Leeds Conservatoire. He’s on the TV (Monday 21st) at 9.00pm on Sky Channel 191 with his band ‘Gloria’. ‘Live from The Edge’ is presented by Mark Radcliffe from BBC 6 Music. Tuxford Academy youtube.com/watch?v=jca_Dt…

The wonderful sweet sounds of live music graced Tuxford Academy this afternoon courtesy of the fabulous chloe rodgers and ROB.GREEN . Many thanks too to Reg Inspire Youth Arts alongside Mark and Sam NUSIC NewNottsMusic . Very happy and inspired students as a result!