MTFESTUK RETURNS FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2025.
To submit your musical for consideration, please email programming@theotherpalace.co.uk with the header ‘MTFestUK Submission’ with:
150-word synopsis
150-word development summary
Creative team biogs (if secured)
2 contrasting songs
Submissions close on Wednesday 30 October 2024, 12pm.
MTFestUK is a unique festival that provides a platform to showcase and celebrate new musical theatre. Six new productions will be selected from the open submission process and their creative teams given an opportunity to workshop and present their work in ‘sharing’ sessions to audiences.
Writing teams from all backgrounds and from across all the UK and internationally are encouraged to apply. MTFestUK aims to support new innovative and exciting musical theatre, especially from underrepresented backgrounds, allowing audiences to come and support, explore, engage, and enjoy new musical theatre in its earliest stages of development. Each piece will be cast and rehearsed, before holding four sharing performances in workshop format, open to audiences.
Previous festivals
MTFestUK 2023
A Jaffa Cake
Written by Sam Cochrane; Arrangements by Rob Gathercole.
Both
Music and Lyrics by Declan Bennett and Olivia Broadfield; Book by Declan Bennett
Tit Swingers
Book, Music and Lyrics by Abey Bradbury and Sam Kearney-Edwardes
Plastered
Book, Music and Lyrics by Randy Rogel; Developed / Co-created by BT McNicholl
ROMY AND MICHELE The Musical
Written by Robin Schiff; Score by Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay
Bling
Music and Lyrics by Elliot Clay; Book by Tori Allen-Martin
REDCLIFFE
Written by Jordan Luke Gage
MTFestUK 2022
Dark Lord
Music, Lyrics and Book: Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy
Based on the books by Jamie Thomson
Sherlock Holmes and the Poisonwood
Book & Lyrics: P Burton-Morgan; Music & Lyrics: Ben Glasstone
Train on Fire
Book, Music, & Lyrics: Annabelle Revak
Precipice
Book: Tori Allen-Martin; Songs: Adam Gerber and Tori Allen-Martin
The Government Inspector
Book: Jodie Prenger & Neil Hurst; Music & Lyrics: Cat Gisby & Maxwell Tyler
Come Dine With Me
Music: Aaron King; Book & Lyrics: Sam Norman; Created with Nell Butler and Genevieve Welch
Pump Up The Volume
Music: Jeff Thomson; Book and lyrics: Jeremy Desmon; Based on the screenplay by Allan Moyle
Out The Box
Music and lyrics: Preeya Kalidas & Craig Shenton; Book: Preeya Kalidas & Arun Blair Manga
MTFestUK 2021
Far From Heaven
Book by Richard Greenberg; Music by Scott Frankel; Lyrics by Michael Korie
#50DAYS
Created and written by Thabo Stuck
The Man in the Ceiling
Music and Lyrics Andrew Lippa; Book Jules Feiffer
Millennials
Music, Book and Lyrics by Elliot Clay
Housefire
Book & Lyrics & Directed by Poppy Burton Morgan; Music by Felix Hagan
Cake
Music and Lyrics by Jack McManus and Tasha Taylor Johnson; Book and Lyric by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
MTFestUK 2020
The Assassination of Katie Hopkins
Written by Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth
Soapdish
Music by George Stiles; Lyrics by Anthony Drewe; Book by Robert Harling
Coldfront
Directed and Lyrics by Poppy Burton Morgan; Music by Jason Carr
Eurobeat: Pride of Europe
Written by Craig Christie
Works of Art
Music and Lyrics Robin Simões Da Silva; Book by Annabel Mutale Reed
Tyrell
Written by Alex Ratner
MTFestUK 2019
Bloody, Bloody, Jessica Fletcher
Book by Kevin Zak, Josh Lamon & Phillip Taratula and Music and Lyrics by Keith Varney; Additional Music and Lyrics by Josh Lamon
The Astonishing Return of… The Protagonists
Book and Lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila and Music by Michael Shaieb
But I’m a Cheerleader
Book and Lyrics by Bill Augustin and Music by Andrew Abrams
Nerds
Music by Hal Goldberg and Book and Lyrics by Jordan Allen-Dutton & Erik Weiner
First Date
Book by Austin Winsberg and Music and Lyrics by Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner
Porn the Musical
Book and Lyrics by Boris Cezek, Kris Spiteri, Malcolm Galea & Abigail Guan, Music by Boris Cezek & Kris Spiteri and Additonal Book by Brendan Cull
AA
Music and Lyrics by Richard Thomas
Killer Queen
Music and Lyrics by Tasha Taylor Johnson, Jack McManus & Jonny Wright and Book by Jonny Wright