On July 3rd 2011 our Act 2, Act 3 and Act 4 students made their West End Debut at the Comedy Theatre in the heart of London's West End, in the Gala Showcase entitled West End Performers.

This compilation show proved a huge success with Academy members and the 400-strong audience and once again demonstrated the high level of talent across all ages.

The show featured solos, duets, group ensembles as well as acapella numbers.

On May 14th & 15th 2011 we took 60 students from Act 2, Act 3 and Act 4 to Resident Recording Studios in North-West London to record our first Sharpe Academy album.

Recorded using state-of-the-art professional equipment and mixed by industry-leading sound engineers, this CD is the soundtrack to our 2011 Gala Showcase, West End Performers.

Our Easter School 2011 was the hit musical Hairspray. Rehearsed in just five days at Hatch End High School, students aged 6-19 worked closely together with a great professional creative team to produce this full-version musical.

With professional microphones and sound equipment, this was performed to a audiences in two performances in The Great Hall Theatre on Saturday 23rd April.

The entire Act 4 company, made up of 56 extremely talented young performers aged 6-23, staged their production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the Watersmeet theatre in Rickmansworth.

Four performances were given to over 1,200 family, friends and members of the public, including a sell-out matinee show.

On Saturday 2nd October 2010 Sharpe Academy took a group of 23 students to visit BBC Television Centre in London.

Our tour included a look around the BBC News Centre, a glimpse inside several studios used for daytime television shows and a tour of the historic building. Some students also had a chance to use green screen technology to read the weather, play their own game version of The Weakest Link and read the news whilst others sat in the gallery, controlling the cameras, microphones, lights and autocue. A great time was had by all.

At the end of our visit we were also lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Robbie Williams as he arrived for his performance on Strictly Come Dancing. This was certainly a trip to repeat in the future.

On Sunday 4th July 2010 Sharpe Academy performed our End of Year Showcase at The Ryan Theatre in Harrow on the Hill.

This compilation musical had all Musical Theatre students aged 3-25 performing for family and friends in this 380-seat theatre with lights, microphones and a great back projection system. With a live 4-piece band, numbers included songs from Chicago, The Sound of Music, Mamma Mia, Barnum, Fame, Love Never Dies and many more.

The show culminated with the LAMDA certificate presentation. Our final song – which is always the first full company number of the following year's Showcase – was Joyful Joyful from Sister Act 2.

Our Easter School 2010 was the hit show High School Musical. Rehearsed in just five days at Hatch End High School, students aged 6-18 worked closely together with a great professional creative team to produce this full-version musical.

With professional lights and sound equipment, this was performed to a full 350-strong audience in The Great Hall Theatre on Saturday 10th April.

The production was a huge success and enjoyed by all. A professional DVD of the show was also made.

On 14th March 2010 the Junior Footlights children performed their own version of Pinocchio the Musical to a packed house in the 125-seat Travellers Studio Theatre at Harrow Arts Centre.

With a specially adapted script for this age group, all children played their role to perfection – for some members this was their first experience on a stage.

From 25th-27th February 2010, our performance group Footlights Theatre Company performed the full musical Our House at The Watersmeet Theatre in Rickmansworth.

This large scale show was the first joint venture Footlights and Sharpe Academy had undertaken together and was a huge success, with audiences filling the 500-seat theatre for each performance.

At the end of this show Footlights officially became owned by Sharpe Academy.

On Sunday 12th July 2009, Sharpe Academy performed their first full showcase to a packed audience at The Travellers Studio Theatre in Harrow Arts Centre.

Numbers included all the best songs from stage and screen, with LAMDA monologues also being performed.

This was a great end to Sharpe Academy's first year in Harrow.