Starlight Express announces initial tour dates

Initial tour dates and venues have been revealed for the WhatsOnStage Award-winning production of Starlight Express.

The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical returned to London in June 2024 in a new staging at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, directed by Luke Sheppard. The production went on to win multiple awards, including a record seven WhatsOnStage Awards.

Producer Michael Harrison has now confirmed that the production will launch a world tour in 2027, opening at Curve from 9 May 2027, adding: “We are absolutely thrilled to be launching this major new tour of Starlight Express. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s extraordinary score, combined with the show’s unique sense of spectacle, exhilaration and heart, continues to captivate audiences across generations. This exciting new production builds on everything people love about the show, featuring a dynamic new set design by Tim Hatley. It’s going to be an unmissable theatrical event, pulling into a station near you.”

Further UK dates have been announced on our dedicated tour page, with additional venues, as well as further information on dates in Canada and Australia to be announced soon.

The musical features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Songs include “AC/DC”, “Make Up My Heart”, “Light at the End of the Tunnel” and “Starlight Express”.

This new production is directed by Sheppard, with set designs by Hatley, costume designs by Gabriella Slade, lighting designs by Howard Hudson, sound designs by Gareth Owen, new orchestrations by Matthew Brind with Lloyd Webber, and music supervision by Brind and David Andrew Wilson. Choreography is by Ashley Nottingham and Arlene Phillips is creative dramaturg for the production.

Casting is still to be announced.