Thriller Live, the acclaimed West End concert spectacular, is today celebrating a landmark 7000 performances – with shows in both London and Edinburgh.
The West End cast are celebrating along with the international tour cast, who are performing all this week at Edinburgh’s Playhouse Theatre.
Producers Paul Walden and Derek Nicol said: “Just as Michael Jackson himself did
throughout his prolific career, Thriller Live continues to smash old records and set new ones. We are more than thrilled to reach this incredible milestone – very few shows have this
longevity so we’d like to take a moment to say thanks to the fans that continue to celebrate
Michael Jackson’s music and also to salute the hundreds of singers, dancers, musicians and backstage staff who have toured the world over the past 12 years as part of the Thriller Live family.”
Now in its 11th year, producers recently extended its record-breaking West End run at the Lyric Theatre to April 2020.
A non-stop concert featuring all of the greatest hits from a career spanning the Jackson 5 to Thriller, the world’s best-selling album with more than 105 million copies sold to date, Thriller Live has now been performed in 33 countries worldwide – never failing to get a standing ovation.
Originally scheduled from January to May 2009, Thriller Live’s run has been extended over 20 times since and it continues to draw theatre going audience and pop fans to sold out shows at the Lyric Theatre.
On Sunday April 7, at the 4,625th West End performance, Thriller Live overtook Miss Saigon to become the 13th Longest Running West End Musical of all time!
