Criteria 2011

All Work

  • Only work presented by professional or aspiring professional groups is eligible. This may include university, student or amateur groups at the discretion of the organisers; where skill and craft are clearly evident.
  • Productions must be playing in weeks 2 and 3 of the Festival (8th August – 21st August 2011), and must be playing across at least 2 weeks of the Fringe. All eligible shows must deliver a minimum of 10 performances over those two weeks.
  • MTM will select eligible shows primarily from the Musicals and Opera section of the Fringe Programme. Outside of this, MTM will make the best efforts to find other eligible shows in the programme. For those groups who are not part of the ‘Long List’ who consider that they are eligible, they should contact MTM:UK before Friday 22 July 2011 to ensure assessment.
  • The work must be considered a ‘dramatic work using music to advance the story’ by the Organisers.
  • Tickets must be made available to the assessors at no cost to allow up to 3 people to attend the show in the preliminary round before the shortlisting and a further 5 people to judge the shortlisted works in week 3.

Additional Requirements for New Work (Best New Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best Lyrics)

  • The work must be a new piece of work, yet to play an extended run.
  • The work must be, in the opinion of MTM:UK, intended and appropriate for further production.

Innovation

In 2011 we are introducing a new award, Innovation in Musical Theatre. This award will honour a piece of work that, in the opinion of the Judging Panel is exploring the form and pushing the boundaries of musical theatre. This may apply to distinctive use of music; approach to the writing/story; relationship to the audience and/or other experimentation.

Best Musical Production

Works eligible for this award can be from the existing canon of musical theatre. MTM:UK is dedicated to celebrating and fostering new work, originality and creativity, so the assessing will primarily focus on new works but recognises that there can be exceptional creativity in the re-creation of an existing piece of work.