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So with less than month to go to the Launch Night - the programme of new shows has been announced for this years event at Upstairs at the Gatehouse.
The shows are listed below in alphabetical order and details of the schedule can be found at
Tickets can be booked for just £10 on 0208 340 3488 or through TicketWeb.
So after a hectic two weeks in Edinburgh assessing for the MTM:UK Musical Theatre Awards, we have found the winner of the DressCircle.com Award for Best New Musical which has been offered a place in Perfect Pitch.
The winner Tir Nan Og is written by Dave Anderson and is the semi-autobiographical tale of a middle-aged, lost and disappointed human being who sets off on a voyage of discovery as an entertainer on a North Sea ferry and soon finds herself undergoing strange trials and adventures, from the mean streets of the red-light district in Amsterdam to a drifting boat full of slaughtered migrants, and one endlessly dying child.
We hope they will accept the offer and make the trip from Scotland to London for the event.
The full line up of shows in this years Perfect Pitch will appear here in the next few days…..
So the deadline has passed and we are very excited after being inundated with a huge number of new, original works.
We have been very encouraged by the response to the 2007 event and hope to have the works chosen
and the scheduling released within the next couple of weeks. With “Whatonstage” supporting us as media partner
and the winner of “Best new musical” at the MTM:UK Musical Theatre Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival being given the final spot on the schedule, we know that this year is going to be a much bigger and more recognized event than the
original.
Its going to be a hectic few months for all concerned. Thanks for all the submissions and all the support.
We shall keep you all updated as soon as we have confirmed shows and watch this space and the WOS main site for fantastic ticket deals.
Perfect Pitch
Whatsonstage.com has signed up as the exclusive media partner for this year’s Perfect Pitch, the event established in 2006 for the development of new homegrown musical theatre.
Launched as a platform to help new British writers and creatives present their work to both an industry and public audience, Perfect Pitch 2006 proved highly successful, with several of the musicals moving to further development and productions. The 2007 event – which will once again be held at the 128-seat Upstairs at the Gatehouse in Highgate – will take place from 15 to 28 October 2007. Submissions are now being considered for inclusion in the showcase.
Commenting on the new media partnership, Perfect Pitch producer Andy Barnes said: “I am absolutely delighted that Whatsonstage.com has come on board to support this event. This shows their commitment to musical theatre in the UK, and I look forward to working with them to develop this event to become a hunting ground for the musicals of the future. Whatsonstage.com and What’s On Stage Magazine have become vital resources in the theatre industry, and as I have similar aspirations for Perfect Pitch, it seemed a natural partnership to form.”
Perfect Pitch - an event for new musicals - ran for the first time in September 2006.
The festival, designed exclusively for British writers, ran for two weeks at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, a fringe theatre in Highgate that has a flexible black box studio space and an unusually high capacity of 128 seats.
The event was produced by Andy Barnes, an independent musical theatre producer, in association with Ovation (the company that runs the venue) and MTM:UK run by Chris Grady (Head of Licensing at Cameron Mackintosh Ltd). The material chosen was selected by this panel, all of whom have vast experience in new musical theatre writing.
Due to the outstanding success of the event the producers are now collaborating on Perfect Pitch 2007.
Please browse the website where you can find more information about Perfect Pitch 2006 and the proposed future of the event, listen to audio and dvd samples from some of last year’s chosen pieces and view media response and testimonials from industry professionals.
