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Watch the West End cast of Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away perform 'Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere'.

West End musical convention Musical Con is to return in 2023!

The Olivier Award, which had been stolen during October's Musical Con, has been found! The fan convention took place at ExCeL London in October. The event was the first of its kind and brought together 10,000 musical theatre fans for a celebration of musicals.

Partners for The Arts Abroad names Joe Barros as Artistic Director of The London Summer Music Theatre Academy. Conceived in 2018, The London Summer Music Theatre Academy is a rigorous young artist training program founded by producers Vincent Connor and Michael J. Polo. 

Musical Con is the 'West End's first ever musical theatre fan convention', an event designed to connect audiences with their favourite performers, showcase new work and simply have a lot of stagey fun.

Celebrating the 20-year anniversary of its premiere on ITV in 2002 and ahead of a planned stage musical production, Big Broad Productions are next month releasing an 18-track studio cast recording of Footballers’ Wives The Musical. Listen to Ivano Turco singing a taster of ‘Let’s Dance’ here!

Roles We'll Never Play is back! Tom Duern announced a fundraising concert with an all star cast.

Musical Con have released the full schedule for their exciting fan convention, which is taking place at ExCeL London later this month. The sold-out event is the first of its kind and brings together 10,000 musical theatre fans and enthusiasts over the weekend for a celebration of musicals.

digitaltheatre.com will exclusively stream the amazing Gala Concert, REGENERATE: Lost Songs from the Musicals from  Monday 3rd October 2022.

On Sunday 18th September 2022 at 7.00pm GMT (1900hrs), greats of the West End and Broadway join together for a unique night of musical theatre at REGENERATE: Lost Songs from the Musicals.

The multi award-winning London production of global hit musical Come From Away has released brand new production photos.

The multi award-winning London production of global hit musical Come From Away will extend in the West End from September until the end of the year before holding its final performance at the Phoenix Theatre on Saturday 7 January 2023.

The convention, which is taking place at ExCeL London in October, will bring thousands of musical theatre fans and enthusiasts together under one roof for the first time.

Charlie Kristensen, the 12-year-old multi-award-winning anti-bullying campaigner, stage and screen actor and presenter of #MusicalChairs online chat show, is enjoying a double celebration after becoming a Patron of ASA Theatre Arts and launching their Charlie Kristensen Scholarship.

Theatrical charity Acting for Others today announced that over £45,500 – nearly double the amount in 2019 – was raised at the West End Flea Market on Saturday 21 May held at St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden, with thousands of people in attendance.

The multi award-winning London production of global hit musical Come From Away welcomes new and returning cast members to the Phoenix Theatre from June 2022.

Just last month, Matcham Books released Troy David Johnston's Going Dark- a new book featuring a series of photographs that document the closure of theatres across the West End and Greater London during the 2020/21 Covid-19 pandemic.

Top West End theatre shows participating in this year's West End Flea Market, run by theatrical charity Acting for Others, have been announced. The event will take place on Saturday 21 May at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, from 10.30am – 1pm. Entry is £1.

The golden age of musical theatre is coming to Saffron Hall this summer. Rodgers & Hammerstein: Some Enchanted Evening, will showcase many of the best love classics written by the award-winning song writing duo, composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II.   

Learn all about MUSICAL CON including stars, activities and how to get tickets. Brand new for 2022, thousands of musical theatre fans and enthusiasts will come together under one roof for the first time for a weekend-long celebration of musicals at the iconic ExCeL London.