Griffish Isles
Beneath The Waves
3rd & 4th May 2025
Pendulum Hotel, Manchester, UK
are you ready for griffish isles?
What is griffish isles, exactly?
A great and powerful question, to be sure! The simple answer is that Griffish Isles is a convention where like-minded fans of the show "My Little Pony" can meet and forget about real life for a weekend. In reality, it's more complex than that because different groups of people have different reasons for being there: you might make pony-related goods and wish to sell them, you may have a passion for cosplay and wish to show it off, you may want to give back to the community by helping out.
But you don't have to be an uber-fan to enjoy the weekend - if you just want to spend some quality time with the kids we have games and workshops.
Here's what we offer in a nutshell:
Games: The Collectible Card Game, as well as MLP-licenced games and fan games!
Karaoke: We run My Little Karaoke all day, with a curated PG list for little ones
Workshops: Learning how to make things and be creative!
Talks: We've had everything from music production to trains to... service stations.
Pub Quiz: Not actually in a pub, but always a challenge!
Cosplay: You could win one of our contest trophies!
Live music: We've had sets from PrinceWhateverer, Lavender Harmony, Re:Make, Coltastrophe and more!
Vendors: Pony merchandise? At this time of year? At this time of day? Localized entirely within our venue? Yes. And you can see it.
Virtual Guest
Marÿke Hendrikse
Marÿke was born in Nassau, Bahamas to an African father and a British mother (special shout out to Derby!!) and immigrated to Canada when she was young, but not so young that she forgot the sunlight.
Marÿke has been acting professionally since she was a teenager, in theatre, on camera and on the mic; she went to professional ballet school in Toronto Canada and studied acting at London’s Royal National Theatre.
After many hundreds of roles in commercials, video games and animated series, Marÿke considers voice acting her specialty.
Some of her favourite roles include Susan Test in ‘Johnny Test’, Loretta Bun (& others) in ‘Sausage Party’, Nova in ‘Lego Dreamzzz’, Pamela and Paxton Pocket in ‘Polly Pocket’, Sheriff Nevermiss Jones in ‘The Guava Juice Show’, Hadley in ‘Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 1 & 2’, Kate and Boomer in ‘Kate and Mim Mim’, The Narrator in ‘Freaky Stories’, Lunamaria Hawke in the ‘Gundam’ series, Bubbles in ‘Powerpuff Girls Z’, Nami in ‘Nana’, Thunderblast in ‘Transformers: Cybertron’, Momochi Rappa in ‘Gintama’, Gilda (and little Gilda!) in ‘My Little Pony Friendship is Magic’, and most especially, the rip-roaring Revy in the English dub of ‘Black Lagoon’.
Marÿke lives in Vancouver, Canada. She holds her diploma in Child and Youth Care Counseling (Douglas College, Governor General’s Academic Medal), and teaches voice acting at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Film School.
Marÿke plays the acoustic and electric guitar, is a lifelong fan of the Toronto Blue Jays and the Toronto Raptors. and loves reading, hip hop, March Madness, the sound of wet hair being cut, the Cinephobe podcast, ice cold Coca-Cola, Prince and Black Thought and 6lack and Earthgang and Dave, and going to live theatre, sports and music events.
Marÿke will be joining us via video conference on Saturday afternoon!
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