Producers of the hit?West?End show Thriller?Live are launching an academy to train young boys to take on the role of singing the songs of young Michael?Jackson and the?Jackson 5 in the show, which will celebrate entering its fifth year in the?West?End in just a few weeks.
The MJ?Academy will open its doors for the first time on Friday 9 November. Would-be MJs will get classes in singing and dancing every Friday between 5pm and 8pm, with terms lasting three months.Budding MJs will get music tuition from the show’s Musical Director, John Maher, who will also have creative responsibility for the school. Dance classes will be taken by Dannii Hampson, and the show’s resident director, Britt Quinton.Each child will have to commit to 3 months of ‘training’ and at the end of the 12 weeks, a full audition will take place with the show’s award-winning director, Gary Lloyd, creator AdrIan Grant and producer Paul Walden.There is no charge for the Academy once a boy has been accepted, but parents will be responsible, at their own cost, for getting pupils to and from the sessions each week.Budding young MJs should contact Debbie O’Brien Casting info@debbieobrien.net or phone 01462 742919.
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