STARLIGHT EXPRESS TOUR
Starlight Express is touring again in the UK next year produced by Bill Kenwright Limited. It last toured the UK in 2004.
Starlight Express is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and choreography by Arlene Phillips, with later revisions by Don Black and David Yazbek.
The cast will include Mykal Rand as Electra. Rand joined Starlight Express in 1987 and has performed in six different productions. Joining him will be Kristofer Harding as Rusty (Starlight Express 2007 UK Tour): Jamie Capewell as Greaseball (West End, UK Tour & Buchum): Lothair Eaton as Poppa (Las Vegas, Bochum,New Zealand): Amanda Coutts as Pearl (Bochum) and Ruthie Stephens as Dinah (UK Tour 2004 – 2008).
The cast also includes: Kelsie Cobban, Camilla Hardy, Robert Nurse, Lex Milczarek, Glenn Robb, Stuart Armfield, Gavin Ashbarry, James Marshall, Nick Bower, Kris Manuel, Andy Barke, Tristan Adams, Matt King, Adam Illsley, Lisa Dahmane, Louise Lenihan, Sarah Riches, Aaron Piper, Darryl Paul Saunders, Tony Andrade.
It is one of the longest running musicals in West End history with 7,461 performances but the Broadway production only ran for 761 performances. The musical originally opened at the West End’s Apollo Victoria in 1984 and ran for 18 years January 2002.
Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote it for two of his children. The story is about a child's dream when his toy train set comes to life and the actors perform on roller skates. The plot features around a group of toy railway trains who race to become the “fastest engine in the world”. Contenders include Greaseball, the macho diesel locomotive and reigning champion and the new challenger Electra described by Control as "the Engine of the Future". In the end it is Rusty who is the underdog steam engine who wins the race and the heart of Pearl who is a beautiful observation car.
Venue |
Dates |
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Wimbledon Theatre |
11th-19th May |
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Bradford Alhambra |
29th May-16th June |
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Manchester Salford Lowry |
19th-30th June |
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Edinburgh Playhouse |
3rd-14th July |
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Liverpool Empire |
17th-28th July |
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Bournemouth BIC Windsor Hall |
21st July-18th August |
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Nottingham Royal Concert Hall |
21st August-1st September |
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Southend Cliffs Pavilion |
4th-15th September |
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Llandudno Venue Cymru |
18th-29th September |
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Aberdeen His Majesty's |
2nd-13th October |
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Hull New Theatre |
16th-27th October |
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Blackpool Opera House |
30th October - 10th November |
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Sunderland Empire Theatre |
13th- 24th November |
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Southampton Mayflower |
28th November-8th December |
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Oxford New Theatre |
11th-29th December |
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Londonderry Millennium Forum |
29th January-9th Feb 2013 |
