Event Information
Fan TC Con 2023
Medina Leisure Centre
Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight
Parking on site with donation to Kissy Puppy - The Sophie Rolf Trust
Bus routes 5 and 9 stop right outside on Fairlee Road
While raising awareness for Kissy Puppy - The Sophie Rolf Trust; we are aiming for our comic con (the third we have staged - previously in Cowes) to be a fun day for all the family, an opportunity to dress up in fancy dress or cosplay, buy some merchandise from our traders, nostalgicallyenjoy playing retro video games, experience VR gaming, board games and even Dungeons and Dragons. We have a Lego Zone and also have Jedi Fight Training, a gladiator ball pit, safe axe throwing, sand art and build a bear.
Celebrate Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary in our Doctor Who Zone and meet our Dalek and have your photo opportunitywith him and our screen used TARDIS.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will be there.
DK Photography will have a studio there so you can capture your amazingcosplay creations professionally, you can even have a professional photo with a celebrityguest (for a fee).
Come and meet our celebrity guests;-
Craig Fairbrass, whose new movie Rise of the Footsoldier - Vengeance has juststarted showing at Cineworld, Isle of Wight.
Elodie Grace Orkin, who played Eleven's bull, Angela in series 4 of Netflix hit show, StrangerThings.
Gabrielle Glaister, who is best known for playing Bob in Blackadder 2 and 4.
Kai Owen, who played Rhys in every series of Torchwood.
Julian Seager who was in Vikings of Valhalla
Velile Tshabalala who was Roseta in Doctor Who
Mickey Lewis, stuntman and actor from Doctor Who and Star Wars
Samantha Lee Howe, who one the National Film Award for her thriller, The Stranger In Our Bed
Martin Ballantyne who has appeared in Harry Potter and Dark Knight.
David Howe is an expert on Doctor Who.
Autographs and photographs are chargeable and our guests will have their own rates.
All of our guests will be partaking in Q&A session on our stage.
We have comic artists, writers and producers.
There is free parking although Ryde Carnival will be asking for a charity donation.
There is delicious food available on-site.
The whole day builds up to our annual cosplay competition where Heroes have donated prizes for the winner in five categories.
Our friends at Red Funnel have produced a special offer for anyone traveling from the mainland, this offer is availableon our website where you can also buy tickets for the event.
There is more I have not mentioned but we are struggling to get the word out there because we are all overloaded with our own professions outside of organising a comic con.