17/08/2026
📣 SUBMIT YOUR MUSICAL FOR MTFestUK 2027!
🌟 MTFestUK is a unique festival that provides a platform to showcase and celebrate original musical theatre. Up to 6 musicals will be selected following an open submission process and their creative teams will get an opportunity to workshop and present their work in ‘sharing’ sessions to audiences in The Other Palace Studio in January – February 2027.
👉 Submit your musical for consideration with:
• 150-word synopsis
• 150-word development summary
• Creative team biogs (if secured)
• 2 contrasting songs
Deadline: Sunday 27 September, 11.59pm.
👉 https://theotherpalace.co.uk/mtfestuk/
Writing teams from all backgrounds and from across the UK and internationally are encouraged to apply. MTFestUK aims to support innovative and exciting musical theatre, allowing audiences to come and support, explore, engage, and enjoy new musical theatre in its earliest stages of development.
🌟 Previous shows in the festival include:
REDCLIFFE by Jordan Luke Gage
Legendary by Cheeyang Ng
Nerds by Hal Goldberg, Jordan Allen-Dutton and Erik Weiner;
ROMY AND MICHELE The Musical by Robin Schiff, Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay;
Tit Swingers by Abey Bradbury and Sam Kearney-Edwardes;
Bling by Elliot Clay and Tori Allen-Martin;
A Jaffa Cake Musical by Sam Cochrane and Rob Gathercole;
Come Dine With Me by Aaron King, Sam Norman, Nell Butler and Genevieve Welch;
The Government Inspector by Jodie Prenger, Neil Hurst, Cat Gisby and Maxwell Tyler;
Sherlock Holmes and the Poisonwood by P Burton-Morgan and Ben Glasstone;
Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist by Jack McManus, Tasha Taylor Johnson and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm;
Millennials by Elliot Clay;
Eurobeat: Pride of Europe by Craig Christie;
But I’m a Cheerleader by Bill Augustin and Andrew Abrams;
First Date by Austin Winsberg, Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner.
- just to name a few.
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