Musical Con announces 2024 schedule and lineup

Exclusive: Musical Con has announced its schedule for 2024.

The convention will feature over 70 special guests, offering over 100 hours of unique programming throughout the weekend of October 19-20, 2024.

WhatsOnStage is this year’s media partner, so expect exclusive interviews, videos, and more from the Con all weekend long!

Participating shows include The Phantom of the Opera, Why Am I So Single?, Les Miserables, Hadestown, Oliver! and more. A selection of fan meets, masterclasses and more will take place throughout the weekend, so check out the Musical Con website for it all.

Attendees can expect festival-style main stage performances, cast meetings, fan competitions such as cosplay and lip sync battles, as well as intimate panel discussions and behind-the-scenes demonstrations.

Stars attending this year’s event include Layton Williams (Everybody’s talking about Jamie, Billy Elliot), Lucie Jones (Wicked, Waitress, Les Miserables), co-founder of the event Shanay Holmes (Get up, get up!, Oliver!, Miss Saigon), Keala settles down (Bad guy, fly more than you fall), Todrick Hall (Burlesque, Chicago, Kinky Boots) and guest of honor – Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner André De Shields, who originated the role of Hermès in Hadestown on Broadway.

Also expected mean girls stars Georgina Castle, Daniel Bravo, Charlie Burn, Ellie Skye and Grace Mouat, and the winners of the ITV show Mama Mia! I have a dream Tobias Turley and Stevie Doc.

We’ve gone through the timeline of key milestones below:

Saturday October 19

Main stage

10:15 a.m. – Opening ceremony

11 a.m. – Hadestown – show the spotlight

11:45 a.m. – Fly more than you fall show preview

12 p.m. – Les Miserables – show the spotlight

12:50 p.m. – Bird College Performance Showcase

1 p.m. – Star of Musical Con competition

1:50 p.m. – CAPA College Performance Showcase

2 p.m. – André de Shields – spotlight on the artists

3 p.m. – Olivier! – show the spotlight

3:45 p.m. – Figaro – show preview

3:55 p.m. – Little piece of you – show preview

4:10 p.m. – Show Off: Game show

Theater behind the scenes

10:50 a.m. – Ex-wives panel

11:30 a.m. – Musical Mastermind: Critics vs Fans

12:15 p.m. – The Road to Musical Con: With the creators

1 p.m. – Designing a musical with Lez Brotherston

2 p.m. – Shall we dance? Choreography in the West End

2:50 p.m. – WHAM! Wigs, Hair and Makeup Panel

3:35 p.m. – Show business: How to start a stage business

4:15 p.m. – Super Women: female empowerment in the West End

Sunday October 20

Main stage

10 a.m. – Wednesday we wear pink – fan panel

10:40 a.m. – Arts1 performance showcase

10:45 a.m. – Why am I so single? – show the spotlight

11:15 a.m. – (show title) – show preview

11:25 a.m. – Lover – show preview

11:45 a.m. – Cruel intentions – cast reunion

12 p.m. – The Phantom of the Opera – show the spotlight

12:50 p.m. – Performers College – performance showcase

1 p.m. – Todrick Hall – artist spotlight

1:50 p.m. – Spirit Young Performers – performance showcase

2 p.m. – Cosplay Competition

2:50 p.m. – Lip sync battle

3:35 p.m. – Hamilton – show the spotlight

4:25 p.m. – Closing ceremony

Behind the scenes theater

10 a.m. – Life is a cabaret – fan panel

10:45 a.m. – LGBTQIA+ in the West End – panel

11:30 a.m. – It’s The Little Big Things – fan panel

12:15 p.m. – I Have A Dream: With Tobias Turley and Stevie Doc – interview

1 p.m. – Avenue Who: Bringing puppets to life – demonstration

2 p.m. – Fansens: You Will Be Found – fan panel

2:45 p.m. – Mental health and representation in the West End – fan panel

3:35 p.m. – & You’ll hear me roar – fan panel