THRILLER - LIVE! Announces Major New Changes

Major changes are about to happen to the long-running record-breaking West End concert spectacular, Thriller Live.

A thrilling new opening to the show is being created and four new Michael Jackson songs - Who's Loving You, Rockin' Robin, Remember The Time and Human Nature - are being added.

"This is a really, really exciting time," said Gary Lloyd, Thriller Live's award-winning director and choreographer. "Unlike all other West End musicals, Thriller Live's music, choreography and costumes have been changed several times, but over the next few months we will be making a host of changes at once. We are introducing lots of new production elements, new video film sequences and some rather special visual effects to ensure the show looks stunning and to keep it up to date. When Thriller Live first opened in the West End at the Lyric Theatre in January 2009, it was definitely cutting edge. We have since refreshed the show several times but now it is getting enhanced production values to ensure our show is really eye-popping! Michael Jackson always put on thrilling live arena shows when he toured the world. He used magic and stage illusion and the latest technology to surprise his fans. The challenge to Thriller Live's creative team is to try and recreate and capture that sense of groundbreaking dancing, singing and stage magic in a traditional theatre. Six months into our record-breaking 7-year run in the West End we aim to once again set the bar high in terms of what a West End audience will see, hear and experience."

All the new elements will be in place by October, when a second Thriller Live company will also set out to tour the UK and Europe for 10 months, showcasing all the new elements from the West End show.

UK tour dates:

Blackpool Grand Theatre, 5 - 10 October

Leicester De Montfort Hall, 12 - 17 October

Aylesbury Waterside Theatre 19 - 24 October

Hull New Theatre, 26 - 31 October

Portsmouth Guildhall, 27 - 31 December

Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Tuesday 12 - Saturday 17 January 2015

Manchester Opera House, Monday 18 - Saturday 23 January

Sunderland Empire, Monday 25 - Saturday 30 January

York Grand Opera House Monday 1 - Saturday 6 February

Stoke on Trent Regent Theatre, 11 - 13 February

Bristol Hippodrome, 15 - 20 February

Southend Cliff's Pavilion, 22 - 27 February

Darlington Civic Theatre, 29 February - 5 March

Birmingham Alexandra Theatre, 7 - 12 March

Oxford New Theatre, 14 - 19 March

Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Monday 21 - Saturday 26 March

More dates will be added through to July 2016