MTFestUK is back for 2026!
First introduced in 2019, MTFestUK has championed bold, original musical theatre, with many works reaching full productions in the UK and beyond. This year, enjoy 6 fresh pieces through intimate 1-hour workshop sharings, encouraging you to experience, explore, engage and support musical theatre in its earliest stages of development.
MTFestUK is back for 2026.
First introduced in 2019, MTFestUK has championed bold, original musical theatre, with many works reaching full productions in the UK and beyond. This year, enjoy 6 fresh pieces through intimate 1-hour workshop sharings, encouraging you to experience, explore, engage and support musical theatre in its earliest stages of development.
Early Bird offer: All tickets £15 before 1 Jan!
MTFestUK 2026 bundle offer:
Buy 2 tickets for different shows for £30
Buy 4 tickets for different shows for £56
Buy 6 tickets for all MTFestUK shows for £78
All discounts will be automatically applied at checkout.
The Early Bird and the Bundle discounts cannot be used together or applied retrospectively.
Early Bird offer: All tickets £15 before 1 Jan!
MTFestUK 2026 bundle offer:
Buy 2 tickets for different shows for £30
Buy 4 tickets for different shows for £56
Buy 6 tickets for all MTFestUK shows for £78
All discounts will be automatically applied at checkout.
Tue 27 – Thu 29 Jan
Music: Andrew Abrams
Book & Lyrics: Mark-Eugene Garcia
Book: Colleen DuVall
Experience a musical parody of King-size proportions! During the Misery of a blizzard, five people are drawn to the Shining lights of the Overlook Hotel: The Torrance family, Annie Wilkes, and Paul, the mysterious man she drags to room 217.
Tue 27 – Thu 29 Jan
Music: Andrew Abrams | Book & Lyrics: Mark-Eugene Garcia | Book: Colleen DuVall
Experience a musical parody of King-size proportions! During the Misery of a blizzard, 5 people are drawn to the Shining lights of the Overlook Hotel: The Torrance family, Annie Wilkes, and Paul, the mysterious man she drags to room 217.
A brand new family-friendly musical comedy about the nation’s favourite cake, by the multi-award winning Gigglemug Theatre.
Fri 30 Jan – Sun 1 Feb
Book, Music & Lyrics: Cheeyang Ng
Legendary is a ritual-musical where a queer Asian immigrant transforms myth, memory, and identity into a new origin story. Through circle singing, call-and-response, and Chinese mythology, the Narrator searches for belonging and discovers the power to create the legend they were never given.
Fri 30 Jan – Sun 1 Feb
Book, Music & Lyrics: Cheeyang Ng
Legendary is a ritual-musical where a queer Asian immigrant transforms myth, memory, and identity into a new origin story. Through circle singing, call-and-response, and Chinese mythology, the Narrator searches for belonging and discovers the power to create the legend they were never given..
When you’ve Both done all you can and something has to give, do you fall for what you know or lose the life you live?
Tue 3 – Thu 5 Feb
Writer: Matt Jones
Composer: Kele Okereke
Tristan is charming, gorgeous and can sweep you off your feet. He’s also a liar and fantasist. What makes a man like Tristan? Nick and Philly are both in love with him. Unfortunately they know nothing about the existence of the other.
Tue 3 – Thu 5 Feb
Written by Matt Jones
Composed by Kele Okereke
Tristan is charming, gorgeous and can sweep you off your feet. He’s also a liar and fantasist. What makes a man like Tristan? Nick and Philly are both in love with him. Unfortunately they know nothing about the existence of the other.
Fri 6 – Sun 8 Feb
Book, Music & Lyrics: Billy Cullum & Robert Tregoning
The Sunny High Drama Club present the world premiere read through slash workshop performance of their original musical That Witch, based on totally unbelievable events that like, actually happened in their home town – SunnyVille, a town where witches are SO not welcome.
Fri 6 – Sun 8 Feb
Book, Music & Lyrics: Billy Cullum & Robert Tregoning
The Sunny High Drama Club present the world premiere read through slash workshop performance of their original musical That Witch, based on totally unbelievable events that like, actually happened in their home town – SunnyVille, a town where witches are SO not welcome.
A brand new family-friendly musical comedy about the nation’s favourite cake, by the multi-award winning Gigglemug Theatre.
Tue 10 – Thu 12 Feb
Based on the original series by Felicia Day
Book: Allison Frasca
Music: Mark Schenfisch
Lyrics: Sam Balzac
Cyd “Codex” Sherman thrives while casting spells online. Real life…not so much. But when one member of her motley guild of gamers breaks digital anonymity, The Guild must unite to battle anxieties, miscommunication, and the biggest boss of all: reality.
Tue 10 – Thu 12 Feb
Based on the original series by Felicia Day
Book: Allison Frasca
Music: Mark Schenfisch
Lyrics: Sam Balzac
Cyd “Codex” Sherman thrives while casting spells online. Real life…not so much. But when one member of her motley guild of gamers breaks digital anonymity, The Guild must unite to battle anxieties, miscommunication, and the biggest boss of all: reality.
When you’ve Both done all you can and something has to give, do you fall for what you know or lose the life you live?
Fri 13 – Sun 15 Feb
Book & Lyrics: Frankie Bunce
Music & Lyrics: Kat Kleve
When Bristol teenager, Billie, falls into the seductive world of a radical online influencer who promises empowerment through acts of revenge, her transformation sets off a dangerous chain of events – with devastating consequences far beyond the screen.
Fri 13 – Sun 15 Feb
Book & Lyrics: Frankie Bunce
Music & Lyrics: Kat Kleve
When Bristol teenager, Billie, falls into the seductive world of a radical online influencer who promises empowerment through acts of revenge, her transformation sets off a dangerous chain of events – with devastating consequences far beyond the screen.