The festival, which will showcase six new musicals over three weeks returns to London next year.
It has been announced that submissions are now open for the sixth edition of MTFestUK, which will run at The Other Palace Theatre throughout January and February, with the exact dates to be confirmed.
The festival provides a platform to showcase and celebrate new musical theatre. Six new musicals 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. It is funded The Other Palace Development Fund where 50p from every ticket sold in the Main House is allocated to support the development of new writing and emerging playwrights.
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, to allow 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.
For anyone wishing to submit a 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)
- Two contrasting songs
Submissions close on Wednesday 30 October 2024, 12pm.