(art by Dyonys)
Guests of honor are the crown jewel of all conventions, Czequestria included: they are voice actors, scriptwriters, directors, and others that work directly on the show, thus the conventions are a great opportunity for them to meet the fans of their work – as well as an opportunity for fans to meet people from their favorite show.
Aside from the people who are directly involved in My Little Pony development you can meet various community guests like musicians, artists, animators, performers, and also engineers from brony fandom. This creates the perfect opportunity for everypony to meet & greet them! You can personally tell them your appreciation or maybe spark a collaboration with you!
Guests of all kinds (VIPs and community) will be posted on this page as their attendance gets confirmed. We can’t reveal all of them at once, but we can show some of them which are already confirmed and they are happy to see Prague and its beauties including local cuisines.
So… which guests are coming to Czequestria 2024?
Bahia Watson – all voices of Misty Brightdawn
(photo by Dahlia Katz)
(art by: Mesu Yoru)
Bahia Watson is a Canadian actress and playwright, best known for her role as Brianna/Oferic in the television series The Handmaid’s Tale, but also had recurring roles in series like The Expanse as Sakai or in Star Trek: Discovery as May. Her talent to portray the characters is truly amazing and her creativity does not stop there: aside from acting and writing her own shows, she’s also a musician, songwriter and singer in one person. If you watch her acting and see her shows, be prepared for a huge bloom of all kinds of creativity and life in all forms.
In the 5th generation of My Little Pony (both Make Your Mark and Tell Your Tale series), she gives her voice to one of the main characters, Misty Brightdawn, and young unicorn Peach Fizz. How did she enjoy voice-acting these two little ponies? You can ask her in person soon!
Imalou – pony art across generations
(art by Imalou)
Lea Dabssi, also known as Imalou, is a freelance artist and character designer from Nantes in France. They studied art at the New3dge academy in Paris, became a fan artist and also a MLP fan from the early years of the brony fandom. In 2017, they turned the art talent to a job for the Boulder media studio for next three years. It was nothing less than the development of the G5 movie “My Little Pony: A New Generation” – the highly anticipated start of the new MLP era.
Among their contributions to the film are the character designs for Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow, and Sprout, the 2D-animated prologue featuring the Mane Six, Pipp Petals’ smartphone and the Horns, Harry Trotter, and Dirty Prancing parody posters. You can find their amazing art on Instagram, ArtStation and Twitter @imalouart.
Brightdawn, and young unicorn Peach Fizz. How did she enjoy voice-acting these two little ponies? You can ask her in person soon!
Kristýna Skružná – Czech voice of Zipp Storm with all her curiosity
art by MesuYoru
Kristýna Skružná is a Czech film and serial voice actress. In more than a decade in the industry, she has lent her voice to many characters in films such as Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie, The Golden Compass (as Serafina Pekkala) or X-Men: The Last Stand (as Kitty Pryde) as well as in the series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Pokémon Horizons: The Series (as Orla), House of the Dragon (as Alys Rivers) and others. In addition to voice acting, she has also been directing in recent years.
In the fifth generation of My Little Pony, she voices the character Zipp Storm – both in the movie and in the series Make your Mark and Tell your Tale.
Blackened Blue – nu metal music alchemy
(art by Light)
Blackened Blue is a nu-metal musician from Nottingham, UK. Since being inspired in 2016 to upload covers of Linkin Park and Prince Whateverer to his Youtube channel, Blackened has gone on to be featured countless times on Ponies at Dawn and Equestria Daily with songs such as Wrath, Infliction or Spark. Throughout the years, he’s written various bangers including All You Need, Danger Danger and Everfree.
In addition, since 2019, he’s been a regular performer at MLP conventions and events all over the United States and Europe. From HarmonyCon, to UK PonyCon, PonyCon Holland, GalaCon, Everfree Encore, and many, many more… he’s been melting faces, creating chaotic mosh pits, and delivering exhilarating performances that have left audiences wanting more.
He’s personally excited to be returning to Prague for another round of pure, intense NEIGHHEM!
Velvet R. Wings – Tones of hopes and dreams
(art by Dyonys, edit by MesuYoru)
Velvet R. Wings is a singer, songwriter, harpist and creator of the ILLUMNATION project that brought together musicians from all over the world. You may have met her previously as a member of Przewalski’s Ponies band, the voice of the real robot model of SweetieBot or even as a professional opera singer.
Her music focuses on the topic of fairy tales, hopes, dreams and life experiences from the point of view of a little pony: you want some dreamy folk? Sure. Symphonic metal? Velvet and her friends got you. Synth pop? They have that too. Come forth, tune your radios, and hear what they have to offer!
Mane in Green – Orchestral Storytelling
(art by Dyonys)
Although her music composing passion is older than MLP:FiM itself, Mane in Green let her passion and creativity flow in the brony fandom too and since 2016 she focuses not just on the orchestral music for video games, but also the MLP-themed songs. Aside from composing, she studied musical theory and classical piano which gave her a solid background for any musical challenge she meets as she likes not just to play music but also to play with music creation itself.
Her compositions and songs are inspired by memories, dreams and emotions that mix together to stories narrated by the music. Let’s climb the mountains, sail the seas or fly to the horizon together on the wings of her music!
Nicolas Dominique – a big dose of addictive pony music
Nicolas Dominique is a creator of electronic music from Poland, producer of own original MLP songs and also remixes from the show and other pony musicians. Inspired first by MLP G4 series back in 2011, by Equestria Girls later on and now by the G5, he’s one of the longest active musicians in the brony community.
His trance music varies from relaxing chill-out tones to swift melodies inspired by “Fallout: Equestria”. Also don’t worry about the repetition in your playlist: you can listen for hours and will not make it until the end.
This year, he will join us at Czequestria, so beware: once you like his music, you will always want more of it!
You can listen to his music on YouTube channel, check his profile on Twitter for the latest songs, or tune to the Lantern In The Dark show on PonyvilleFM and dive deep into his live music every other Saturday!
Perrydotto – queen of auctions
Can you imagine Czequestria charity auction without Perry? Right, neither can we 🙂 because she’s the one who turns it into an awesome show by combining two of the best things from brony fandom – fun and good cause.
This traditional part of the brony conventions is always everything you DON’T expect: most paperwork, strict laws and processes in the background, but on the stage it’s live, fun and full of random and unexpected moments – and all our thanks for this part goes right to Perry! Whatever people donate, she can auction it! Be it a flag, beverage-themed creations, or a kiss from a famous somepony.
Aside from the world of auctions, Perry is a person of many talents: drawn art, voice acting and game streaming to name a few. Recently, she also made her voice acting hobby a professional career. Yay or chirp as you prefer!
Oh and… will there be a hat for sale? Maybe 🙂