The Ned Hoyt Grant

for Musical Theatre at The Edinburgh Fringe

An alumnus of the university has provided £5,000 per annum to fund a musical theatre production at the Edinburgh Fringe. Any musical theatre production interested in performing at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe is invited to apply. The selection process will be run by The Cameron Mackintosh Drama Fund board, with up to £5,000 to be given to one student production.

What does my application need to include?

  • A completed version of this application form. 

  • A provisional budget. 

  • A full synopsis for the production. 

  • If your production is student written: A script for your project. If you do not yet have a complete script, then please include an extract. If possible, either a recording of the production’s music and/or extracts from its written score should also be included. 

Please send all relevant parts of the application to Rosie Morgan-Males, the University Drama Officer, at drama.officer@admin.ox.ac.uk 

Deadline: 9am Monday 23rd November (7th Week Michaelmas Term) - although there may be scope to extend this so let me know if that would be helpful to your application.

Any questions, please do send me an email at drama.officer@admin.ox.ac.uk

Further Details

● We don’t expect you to have a full cast and crew at the time of application. Applications can be made with only the core creative team (director, producer, musical director) on board.

● You can use the OUDS Budget template or any similar format. You may include the cost of transport and accommodation to Edinburgh for your cast and crew in your budget.

● The award will only be payable into a production company or society bank account - not your own individual personal account. If you do not already have such an account, please contact the University Drama Officer who can advise you on how to open one.

● At least 90% of the entire cast and crew of the project should be current students of The University of Oxford. This should include the lead director and producer. For the purposes of this definition, a ‘current’ student is defined as any student enrolled at The University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term 2026.

●The funding will be given to the production as an upfront grant. However, if at the end of the production process the production has made a profit, the producing company should return to The CMDF a percentage of the profit equivalent to the percentage of the expenditure funded by this award.

Application Form