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New musicals festival MTFestUK 2025 has announced casting for its four new musicals.

MTFestUK is running at The Other Palace in London from 4 to 17 April 2025.

The new musicals are NERDS, Love Can, Theatre Mum, and MORE.

Casting highlights include Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (Hadestown, Cinderella), Dujonna Gift (Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York), Hannah Lowther (Heathers, SIX The Musical), Obioma Ugoala (Hamilton, Frozen), Courtney Stapleton (Six The Musical), Dean John-Wilson (Your Lie in April, The King and I), Michael Ahomka-Lindsay (Cabaret), Iván Fernández González (Heathers), and Sarah O’Connor (Wicked, Frozen).

The musicals will be workshopped and presented in sharing sessions in The Other Palace Studio, with audiences invited to support, explore, engage, and enjoy new musical theatre in its various stages of development.

Check out the shows and their casts, below.

Victoria Hamilton Barritt is currently starring in Hadestown at the West End’s Lyric Theatre.

MTFest 2025 – Shows & Casting

Love Can

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4 – 6 April 2025
Written by Charli Eglinton; Directed by Dean Johnson; Musical Directed by Jenny Deacon

Cast includes: Madeline Charlemagne (Hadestown) as Lauren / Robyn, Jonathan Andrew Hume (Come From Away) as Brody / George, Gracie Lai (Your Lie in April) as Mrs Caldwell / Sasha, Charlie McCullagh (42 Balloons) as Tristan / Connor and Courtney Stapleton (SIX) as Sydney / Alice.

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8 – 10 April 2025
Written by Mahlon Prince; Directed by Lakesha Arie-Angelo; Musical Directed by Shiloh Coke

Cast includes: Mahlon Prince as Pip, Obioma Ugoala (Hamilton) as Joe, Lauren Azania (Hadestown) as Biddy / Havisham, Dujonna Gift (Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York) as Estella, Michael Ahomka-Lindsay (Newsies) as Herbert, Raphael Bushay (Oklahoma!) as Magwitch / Wopsle / Jaggers / Bentley.

Theatre Mum

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11 – 13 April 2025
Book by Rory Svensson; Music & Lyrics by Helen Greenham; Directed by Vicky Gimby; Musical Directed by Helen Greenham

Cast includes: A one-woman musical starring Olivier & Grammy nominated Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (Hadestown, Cinderella).

NERDS

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15 – 17 April 2025
Music by Hal Goldberg; Book and Lyrics by Jordan Allen-Dutton & Erik Weiner; Directed by Nick Winston

Cast includes: Dean John-Wilson (Your Lie in April) as Gates, Kane Oliver Parry (Matilda) as Jobs, Elliott Evans (Back to the Future) as Allen, Chad Saint Louis (Cry-Baby) as Woz, Teleri Hughes (Heathers) as Sally, Hannah Lowther (SIX) as Myrtle, Iván Fernández González (Heathers) as Tim Patterson / Dustin / Henchman and Sarah O’Connor (Frozen) as Tom Watson / Thekla.

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