The place and when?
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s STARLIGHT EXPRESS, has returned to London in a brand-new manufacturing on the purpose-built, specifically designed Starlight Auditorium at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, and is taking part in now! Most just lately, the Troubadour was dwelling to Newsies, which led to July 2023.
Who’s within the solid?
Casting consists of Jeevan Braich as Rusty, Kayna Montecillo as Pearl, Jade Marvin as Momma McCoy, Al Knott as Greaseball, Eve Humphrey as Dinah and Tom Pigram as Electra. Ollie Augustin, Charles Butcher, Renz Cardenas, Catherine Cornwall, Jamie Cruttenden, Kelly Downing, Asher Forth, Sam Gallacher, Lucy Glover, Pablo Gómez Jones, Scott Hayward, Lilianna Hendy, Lewis Kidd, Hannah Kiss, Oscar Kong, Emily Martinez, Deearna Mclean, Marianthe Panas, David Peter-Brown, RED, Bethany Rose-Lythgoe, Ashley Rowe, Gary Sheridan, Elly Shaw, Jessica Vaux, Jaydon Vijn, Lara Vina Uzcatia, Sharon Wattis and Ashlyn Weekes.
Artistic workforce
STARLIGHT EXPRESS has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, is directed by Luke Sheppard, with set designer Tim Hatley, costume designer Gabriella Slade, lighting designer Howard Hudson, sound designer Gareth Owen, video designer Andrzej Goulding, new orchestrations by Matthew Brind with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Musical Supervision by Matthew Brind & David Wilson, Musical Path by Laura Bangay and Casting by Pearson Casting.
With thrilling new choreography by Ashley Nottingham, EXPRESS additionally sees the return of Arlene Phillips as inventive dramaturg.
What’s the present about?
A real theatrical occasion, STARLIGHT EXPRESS will absolutely immerse audiences of all ages inside a world of pace, music and storytelling as an unbelievable solid of 40 whizz round and above, performing a few of musical theatre’s most beloved songs, together with AC/DC, Make Up My Coronary heart, Gentle on the Finish of the Tunnel and the enduring Starlight Specific.
As a baby’s practice set magically involves life and the engines race to change into the quickest on the planet, Rusty the steam practice has little hope of successful till he’s impressed by the legend of the ‘Starlight Specific’.
Seen all over the world by over 20 million folks, Starlight Specific is an electrifying expertise for all ages.
Assisted performances
AUDIO DESCRIBED / CAPTIONED / BSL INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES
Sunday 6 October 2024, 1pm
Wednesday 9 October 2024, 7.30pm
What did I feel?
A sensory feast for the eyes, Starlight Specific will get your coronary heart racing across the observe, as characters compete in a contest of vitality provides. Can trusty Rusty the steam engine, match the pace of the brand new diesel powered locomotive? With buffet carts, freight trains and eating automobiles cheering them on, something can occur.
The music is secondary to the visible spectacle that takes place on stage. The mediocre songs aren’t the rationale to go and see this present and it is smart why the unique solid recording has handed me by all these years – the songs simply aren’t that catchy. The story is a bit boring however none of this issues. The set, the costumes and the curler skating backflips make you’re feeling such as you’re watching the Eurovision Music Contest on the iMax cinema – immersed within the greatest spectacle of the 12 months.
An absolute must-see!
The place can I get tickets?
https://westendwilma.londontheatredirect.com/musical/starlight-express-tickets
