Time for a cast change! Eight new dancers will be moonwalking into the Lyric Theatre this week as they make their West End debuts in THRILLER LIVE! Thriller is the 15th Longest running musical in West End History and these eight youngsters will be following in the footsteps of many dancing superstars...
The youngsters joining the cast this week are on 12-month contracts that will see them in the show when it starts its 10th anniversary West End celebrations at the Lyric Theatre in January 2018.
- Peter Cleverley joins the West End cast as dancer and Assistant Dance Captain after touring the world with Thriller Live, performing in Germany, Sweden, Egypt, Israel, China and on the most recent UK tour.
- Brett Baxter is making his professional debut. He trained with hip hop dance company Elementz Entertainment run by Lindon Barr, a former Thriller Live cast member.
- Shakara Brown graduated in 2015 from the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) with a first class BA Hons degree in Dance. She is a member of the all-female hip hop company Boadicea and In 2016 toured the UK with Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity.
- Joel Ekperigin started dancing at the age of 10 with street dance his first passion. He went on to join dance group Cerebro and he performed on the 2016 Brit Awards and on Britain’s Got Talent. Jamie Mason was a founding member of the entertainment group PDK. He danced on The X Factor and Disney Channel.
- Ella Redhead recently graduated from The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) with a degree in Dance.
- Emma Jane Smith studied at Performers College (Essex) where she graduated with a Trinity Diploma in Theatre Dance. Her previous credits include the UK/ Monte Carlo tour of New Jersey Nights.
- Jorgia Vaughan trained at Bird College where she recently graduated with a National Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre.
Gary Lloyd, Thriller Live’s award-winning director and choreographer, said: “Dancers are the beating heart of our production, and with over 30 iconic Michael Jackson songs and epic dance routines, Thriller Live is one of the most physically demanding productions ever seen in the West End. We work hard to maintain the highest of standards as we deliver routines based on iconic moves created by the greatest entertainer of all time, who himself always strived for excellence and pushed the physical limits of what his body could produce. I am thrilled and excited at the quality of our new dancers whose energy and committment to the memory of Michael Jackson is inspirational. This show is a gift to anyone that lives to dance and for anyone that loves to entertain or be entertained.”
