MT Fest

[HereForTheatre]

Surprised a thread hasn't been made of this already.

Paul Taylor Mills showcasing 8 new musicals at The Other Palace in Feb under the name "MT Fest"  I say new....a few are existing shows from America, like First Date, which i've personally been interested to see done over here for a while.

Also a show about Jessica Fletcher and Muder She Wrote, which come on, is the best show of 2019 automatically.

mtfestuk.co.uk/

[happytobehere]

This looks really interesting - thanks for sharing!

[demelza]

Bloody Bloody Jessica Fletcher? That enough has convinced me!

[QueerTheatre]

BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER!

[happytobehere]

It’s a little annoying that the website doesn’t even have small descriptions of the shows. I want to try a few of these out, but i’d rather pick based on a rough idea of what they’re about rather than just a title.

[sophie92]

Dec 21, 2018 13:19:50 GMT happytobehere said:

It’s a little annoying that the website doesn’t even have small descriptions of the shows. I want to try a few of these out, but i’d rather pick based on a rough idea of what they’re about rather than just a title.

The Other Palace website has short descriptions for the shows

[happytobehere]

Dec 21, 2018 13:24:36 GMT sophie92 said:

Dec 21, 2018 13:19:50 GMT happytobehere said:

It’s a little annoying that the website doesn’t even have small descriptions of the shows. I want to try a few of these out, but i’d rather pick based on a rough idea of what they’re about rather than just a title.

The Other Palace website has short descriptions for the shows

Oh wow I didnt even think to look there; feel pretty stupid! Thanks for letting me know

[sophie92]

Dec 21, 2018 13:46:33 GMT happytobehere said:

Dec 21, 2018 13:24:36 GMT sophie92 said:

The Other Palace website has short descriptions for the shows

Oh wow I didnt even think to look there; feel pretty stupid! Thanks for letting me know

No worries! It is pretty poor to not have those descriptions on the actual website though

[cheerleadermusical]

Dec 21, 2018 13:19:50 GMT happytobehere said:

It’s a little annoying that the website doesn’t even have small descriptions of the shows. I want to try a few of these out, but i’d rather pick based on a rough idea of what they’re about rather than just a title.  If you go to the MT Fest website and click on a show title, one option will be "Info" with descriptions about each show.  MTFestUK.co.uk

[winonaforever]

I'm going to two of these; But I'm a Cheerleader and the Jessica Fletcher one (both the same day)

[happytobehere]

Since they’re only 45 minutes long i’m thinking i’ll try out a few of these. But I’m A Cheerleader & Bloody Bloody Jessica Fletcher sound interesting to me. Killer Queen & Porn: The Musical too depending on how free I can make my schedule.

For those that may be interested: They’ve announced a series of Nightcaps shows too with some great performers - anyone thinking of going to any of them?

lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/mt-fest-uk-night-caps/

[jgblunners]

I'm booked in for all of the musicals, and am considering going to Rob Houchen's Nightcap and maybe Louise Dearman's as well.

[winonaforever]

Jan 17, 2019 14:05:04 GMT happytobehere said:

Since they’re only 45 minutes long i’m thinking i’ll try out a few of these. But I’m A Cheerleader & Bloody Bloody Jessica Fletcher sound interesting to me. Killer Queen & Porn: The Musical too depending on how free I can make my schedule.

For those that may be interested: They’ve announced a series of Nightcaps shows too with some great performers - anyone thinking of going to any of them?

lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/mt-fest-uk-night-caps/

I like the look of a few of those Nightcaps. Thanks for posting this, I didn't know about them.

[zak97]

Am I correct to think that no casting info has been released for these productions?

[Rukaya]

Jan 18, 2019 21:45:53 GMT zak97 said:

Am I correct to think that no casting info has been released for these productions?

Correct! No casting is out yet

[zak97]

I love that you can get a cheeseboard included in your ticket for the Nightcaps if you want.

[happytobehere]

Just booked in for one of the Nightcaps. I’ve never been in the Other Palace Studio before, where would be the best place for me to sit to get a good view but also not be too close? (being at the front makes me anxious!)

[zak97]

Jan 21, 2019 12:24:17 GMT happytobehere said:

Just booked in for one of the Nightcaps. I’ve never been in the Other Palace Studio before, where would be the best place for me to sit to get a good view but also not be too close? (being at the front makes me anxious!)

For Murder for Two I sat on the back row of ‘normal’ seats which gave a perfectly good view. The very back row is made up of bar stools if you want a clear view that’s not too close.

[robertb213]

I love sitting upstairs for the studio, they're really comfortable swivelly armchairs!

[winonaforever]

Paul Taylor Mills tweeted that the casting for the 8 musicals in MT Fest will be announced at 10am on Monday 4th, by @whatsonstage (Twitter account)

Looking forward to this as I'm going to see 2 of them.

[HereForTheatre]

Casting announced for all the shows


www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/carrie-hope-fletcher-matt-henry-muscato-mt-fest_48436.html

[happytobehere]

They’re put some big names behind But I’m A Cheerleader. They’ve put Christina & Rob from BOOH in Killer Queen too- so i’m very happy with my purchases!

[Deleted]

I find the casting for The Other Palace so boring these days. Like, yes, these performers are all reliable and great performers, but they always use the same performers all the time. Why can't they switch it up and not have the same performers again and again?

I like to refer to many of these performers as "The Paul Taylor-Mills gang". 😂😂

[HereForTheatre]

I think this is all great but really unless you live in London or close to it or have lots of spare time and money you are probably only going to be able to catch one or two of these shows. I'd probably want to see maybe 4 of these shows but in reality i can catch one, maybe two at a push, because of the cost of travel and accommodation. I kind of wish they spread it out over several months rather than doing it all over two weeks because it's really hard for people like me to come to London that many times in such a short space, not to mention actually getting that time off work to be even able to in the first place.

[jgblunners]

Feb 4, 2019 10:38:23 GMT danieljohnson14 said:

I find the casting for The Other Palace so boring these days. Like, yes, these performers are all reliable and great performers, but they always use the same performers all the time. Why can't they switch it up and not have the same performers again and again?

I like to refer to many of these performers as "The Paul Taylor-Mills gang". 😂😂

I agree that it is sometimes frustrating to see the same faces crop up so regularly (even if they are talented), but in this case I think PTM has played his cards well. The goal with MT Fest is to get people in to support the workshops of these new musicals - if the shows themselves aren't selling tickets, he's packed them full of performers that have a built-in fanbase that will flock to whatever their idol is cast in. Maybe even something they wouldn't have booked for usually. If I hadn't already booked a season pass for all of these, I would definitely be tempted by some of those names.