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The world’s first truly immersive musical will this time be an experience like no other. The world’s only musical performed entirely on roller skates, the show premiered at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London in 1984. Andrew Lloyd Webber said: “I am thrilled that Starlight Express will be powering down the tracks again. There’ll be a specially designed Starlight Auditorium at Wembley Park Theatre for Starlight Express next year. Eventually, he teamed up with lyricist Richard Stilgoe, expanding upon the concept of his lifelong fascination with trains and Starlight Express came to life.

#Andrew lloyd webber starlight express full#

In the early 1980s, drawing inspiration from R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, rap and country and western music for his upbeat score, Lloyd Webber took those initial songs and ideas and composed a full length musical about trains.

The cartoon was never produced but the ideas stayed alive. In 1976, inspired by a trip on the Valley Railroad in New England with his children, Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote a few songs for a proposed cartoon feature about animated trains. With thrilling new choreography by Ashley Nottingham ( Pacific Overtures), the production will also see the return of one of the original Strictly Come Dancing judges Arlene Phillips as creative dramaturg.

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Get our free 'Theatre Spotlight' email newsletter to receive theatre news, cast information, reviews, interviews and what’s best for groups, sent to your inbox. Love theatre? Want to be the first to know? With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, the creative team for the new production is helmed by director Luke Sheppard ( &Juliet, The Little Big Things), set designer Tim Hatley ( Back to the Future), video designer Andrzej Goulding ( Life of Pi), costume designer Gabriella Slade ( Six), lighting designer Howard Hudson (&Juliet) and sound designer Gareth Owen ( MJ the Musical) with new orchestrations and musical supervision by Matthew Brind. “Watch out for the big new plot twist and you will discover why steam power is the future of the railway.” Ticket sale details will be announced in due course and in the meantime, group travel organisers can sign up to receive more information as well as priority booking.Ī true theatrical event, Starlight Express will fully immerse audiences of all ages inside a world of speed, song and storytelling as a cast of 40 whizz around and above, performing some of musical theatre’s most beloved songs, including AC/DC, Make Up My Heart, Light at the End of the Tunnel and the iconic Starlight Express.Īs a child’s train set magically comes to life and the engines race to become the fastest in the world, Rusty the steam train has little hope of winning until he is inspired by the legend of the ‘Starlight Express’.

Performances in the purpose-built, specially designed Starlight Auditorium will start from 8th June next year. Starlight Express has been seen around the world by more than 20 million people.