Awards » Awards 2009

MTM:UK Edinburgh Festival Fringe Musical Theatre Awards

This year's awards are sponsored by OD Musical and Whatsonstage.com.

View also: Awards Ceremony 2009 / Eligible Shows 2009/ Reviews 2009  

The 2009 winners are indicated as follows:

MOST PROMISING BOOK for a NEW MUSICAL

• A-TEAM – THE MUSICAL – Gareth Kane
• WINNER: ED: THE MUSICAL – Stuart Price
• MURDER MYSTERY MUSICAL – Alister Cameron and Shaun McKenna

MOST PROMISING LYRICS for a NEW MUSICAL

• WINNER: BARBERSHOPERA II – Rob Castell and Tom Sadler
• ED: THE MUSICAL – Michael Bruce
• OVER THE THRESHOLD – Christopher Hamilton

MOST PROMISING MUSIC for a NEW MUSICAL

• BLOODBATH – THE MUSICAL – David Young & Julie Maguire
• ED: THE MUSICAL – Michael Bruce
• WINNER: OVER THE THRESHOLD – Christopher Hamilton

MOST PROMISING NEW MUSICAL

• WINNER: ED: THE MUSICAL – Stuart Price (book), Michael Bruce (music/lyrics), Lauren Southwick (director) and Stopped Clock (producer)
• GREAT BRITISH SOAP OPERA, THE – Jake Brunger (book/lyrics), Pippa Cleary (music/lyrics), Luke Sheppard (director) and Take Note Theatre (producer)
• OVER THE THRESHOLD – Christopher Hamilton (music/book/lyrics), John Brant (director) and Jomo Productions in Association with Perfect Pitch (producers)
• PORN THE MUSICAL – Malcolm Galea (book/lyrics), Kris Spiteri (music/lyrics) and Boris Cezek (music/lyrics), Malcolm Galea (director) and Indiskarf with Latina Pictures (producers)

BEST PRODUCTION of a MUSICAL

• WINNER: ACCIDENTAL NOSTALGIA – Cynthia Hopkins with Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg
• GREAT BRITISH SOAP OPERA, THE – Take Note Theatre
• REBEL CELL, THE – SPL
• SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL – Showstopper Productions in association with The Sticking Place and Festival Highlights

JUDGES DISCRETIONARY AWARDS
All the following individuals receive awards.

• ARTHUR DARVILL, for the music in BEEN SO LONG
• MC DIZRAELI, for his performance in THE REBEL CELL
• PIPPA CLEARY, for the development of THE GREAT BRITISH SOAP OPERA

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The MTM:UK Awards were established in 2007 to champion the next generation of Musical Theatre producers, writers and shows.  Whilst Musical Theatre is not excluded from many other Edinburgh awards, the artform did not seem to be achieving the plaudits deserved by the creatives.  In addition we wanted to ensure that all new works received a review on-line which could help lead audiences, other critics, and talent spotters to this new work.  In the first two years we reviewed 132 mainly new works and 11 shows were selected for commendations and awards.

Many of those pieces, or the creatives involved have moved on – 6 of the 11 have had presentations in London, one is heading to the New York Summer Play Festival, three have had UK tours. With the help of the whole industry we can, we hope, raise the profile of the next generation of Musical Theatre so that audiences will grow familiar of new names, and welcome new projects.

Please visit the 2008 awards pages by clicking here.