Musical Con reveals full schedule for first ever event

Musical Con has revealed its full schedule for the inaugural event later this month.

The UK’s first ever musical theatre fan convention will take place over the weekend of 22 – 23 October at ExCel London.

Highlights on the Main Stage include a number of Show Spotlights, such as &Juliet ‘Making A New Musical’ with cast and creatives including Miriam Teak Lee and Tom Francis; Back To The  Future with Bob Gale, the writer of the original film and musical and cast members Roger Bart and Ben Joyce; Heathers The Musical with the cast and producer Paul Taylor Mills; Get Up!  Stand Up! on bringing Bob Marley’s music to the stage and ‘Celebrating 50 Years of Cameron  Macintosh’ with cast and creatives from Les Misérables, Hamilton, Phantom Of The Opera and Mary Poppins.

On the Backstage Theatre, fans will see a Disney puppetry demonstration and talk with Gary  Jordan, Zazu from The Lion King and Mikayla Jade, Sven from Frozen; a talk on bringing Everybody’s Talking About Jamie from stage to screen with the musical’s theatre and film  director Jonathan Butterell; and ‘Writing a Hit Musical’ with the writer of SIX The Musical Toby  Marlow.

Further talks and panels for the stage include costume with ‘Behind The Seams’,  choreography with ‘Moving A Musical’, ‘Vocal Health’ with the West End’s leading vocal team,  ‘Destigmatising Mental Health on the West End’, ‘Why Representation Matters In All Area of  Theatre’, ‘The Alternate and Swing Superstars of the West End’, ‘Black Lives Matter West End’ and ‘LGBTQIA+ On The West End’, all with cast and creatives from West End shows.

Musical Con will also give fans a sneak peek of forthcoming musicals at various stages of their production, including Cinderella (Hope Mill Theatre) featuring Grace  Mouat; new musical Super You featuring Aimie Atkinson; and Footballers Wives featuring Alice  Fearn.

Special Performances with Q&As include ‘Sondheim and Me’ with Jenna Russell and new  music from musical theatre supergroup SVN; as well as epic opening and closing ceremonies featuring Musical Con Ambassadors Alice Fearn, Trevor Dion Nicholas, Aimie Atkinson, Ben  Forster, Shanay Holmes and Layton Williams. There is even a gameshow called Show Off where  previous cast members of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie go head-to-head with Legally  Blonde, and an exciting cast reunion of In The Heights.

Also at the event will be the opportunity to meet and greet their stage favourites with Stage Door  Experiences while West End stars and creatives will also host 30 workshops and masterclasses across the weekend.

Plus there will be fan meets and competitions including Cosplay, Lip Sync  Battle, and Star Of Musical Con, with the finalists battling it out on the Main Stage.

All this plus Theatreland featuring exhibitors from across the musical theatre community, from  fan art and merchandise stalls, schools and colleges, to West End shows including Frozen, The  Lion King, Back To the Future, &Juliet and Moulin Rouge, with more photo opportunities than your Instagram feed can handle.

For the full schedule and more information, visit www.musicalcon.co.uk