Starlight Express
From: Tuesday, 27th March 1984
To: Saturday, 12 January 2002
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Synopsis
The theatre is completely transformed as Rusty (the shy steam engine) races against Greaseball (the flashy diesel locomotive) to win the love of the most beautiful carriage in town, Pearl. Fuses state of the art technology, electrifying songs and music,dazzling sets and costumes. Two hours of speed, spectacle, excitement and energy!
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1 July 1997
Note: The cast for this production has changed since the writing of this review. For current cast details, please see the Starlight Express listing entry. If you have seen the current cast and would like to send in your comments for posting on this page, please email us.
Starlight Express first opened in London in March 1984. It was revised, with five new numbers added, in 1993. It is now the second longest running musical in West End history (Lloyd Webber's Cats being the first) and, doubtless, the only musical to be performed solely on roller skates.
The premise for the play is impossibly silly. Lloyd Webber has done for trains just as he did for cats - personified them and given them angst. But, while you can work up feeling for characte...
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USER: Whatsonstage.com - 2 December 2001:
Kids stuff!...
Cast
Mark McGee (Rusty)
Jo Gibb (Pearl)
Trevor Michael George (Poppa)
Dustin Dubruil (Greaseball)
Chris Copeland (Electra)
Amy Field (Buffy)
Lucie Fentum (Ashley)
Helen Latham (Dinah)
Scott Murtaugh (Rocky I)
Leo Bidwell (Rocky II)
Algernon Williams (Rocky III)
Richard Ray-Allen (Krupp)
Martin Neely (The Prince of Wales)
Todd Talbot (Purse)
Ross Dawes (Flat Top)
Dale Branston (Dustin)
Kate Alexander (Wrench)
Craig Scott (Ruhrgold)
Stuart Hickey (Ruhrgold)
Mark Oxtoby (Turnov)
Louise Jones (Volta)
Paul Ramsay (Nintendo)
Jamie Capewell (Espresso)
Emma Dodd (Joule)
Richard Woodford (Bobo)
Ben Clare
Stuart Sweeting
Richard Twyman
Graham Martin
Mark Hedges
Jason Capewell
Adam Floyd
Robert Northwood
Adriano Agostino
Rory Williams
Jo Leigh Whelan
Jane Horn
Maxine Everett
Anna Woodside
Rachelle Walker
Debbie Spellman
Sam Lane
Creative
Andrew Lloyd Webber (Author)
Richard Stilgoe (Lyrics)
Andrew Lloyd Webber (Music)
Trevor Nunn (Director)
John Napier (Design)
Liz Da Costa (Costume)
Arlene Phillips (Choreographer)
David Hersey (Lighting)
Martin Levan (Sound)
David Caddick (music) (Director)
Neil Cleary (music) (Director)
Really Useful Theatre Company (Producer)
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