Where 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 lately, the Troubadour was residence to Newsies, which led to July 2023.
Who’s within the solid?
Casting contains 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.
Creative 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 Direction 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 velocity, 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 Heart, Light on the End of the Tunnel and the enduring Starlight Express.
As a baby’s prepare set magically involves life and the engines race to change into the quickest on this planet, Rusty the steam prepare has little hope of profitable till he’s impressed by the legend of the ‘Starlight Express’.
Seen around the globe by over 20 million individuals, Starlight Express 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 Express will get your coronary heart racing across the monitor, as characters compete in a contest of power provides. Can trusty Rusty the steam engine, match the velocity of the brand new diesel powered locomotive? With buffet carts, freight trains and eating vehicles cheering them on, something can occur.
Jeevan Braich‘s West End debut is one to look at as Rusty – simply phenomenal in all methods and Jade Marvin as Momma McCoy is a delight to look at. In reality, every member of the solid provides one other layer to this manufacturing in what really feel like genderless roles in some ways (I suppose they’re trains).
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 Song Contest on the iMax cinema – immersed within the greatest spectacle of the 12 months.
An absolute must-see!
Where can I get tickets?
https://westendwilma.londontheatredirect.com/musical/starlight-express-tickets