Starlight Express

If you're lucky enough to catch Stralight Express on stage, make sure you live every moment of it. I have seen it twice, and each time was in competely different circumstances, at different times of the day, with different people. Both times I absolutely loved it. The Apollo Victoria was a perfect setting. The same place that I took my wife to watch Wicked the year before last, the Apollo is conveniently located, easily accessible by road, foot or tube. The first time I went, I was visiting a friend, and we went with her mum's school and their pupils on a special school outing in the afternoon. The second time, I went with my then girlfriend, at night. Both ...  Read the complete review

I first went to see Starlight Express on a school trip about 14 years ago, and ever since then it was my ambition to one day appear in the show! Of course that never happened but I have been back to see the show twice since then and thought I would share my experiences with you. ~ The Show ~ Starlight Express was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice and opened in March 1984 at the Apollo Victoria in London. It eventually ran for 18 years before closing in January 2002, however the show still tours theatres across the country. It is the only West End production to be performed totally on rollerskates. The show and it's ...  Read the complete review

I love going to the theatre and have always wanted to see Starlight Express at the West End but every time I went to London, I would always end up seeing something else thinking 'I'll watch that next time'. So I was absolutely gutted when on the 12th January 2002 it closed at the Apollo Victoria Theatre after 18 years Then however, I noticed an advert in the local paper to say that Starlight Express was doing a UK tour and would be 'coming to a theatre near me soon' and was excited. I was even more thrilled when my mum told me she had bought us tickets to go see it for my birthday! I wasn't sure what to expect as I had heard mixed reviews on it and ...  Read the complete review

My family are a bit of a cheesy bunch. In fact, we've got a distinct air of the Von Trapp surrounding us including impromptu in-car sing-songs that make my big sister's boyfriend cringe. It really is no surprise then that we're not strangers to musical theatre. My dad has always harped on about wanting to see Starlight Express, and since it finally has moved out of London in it's new guise as Starlight Express 3D I decided to buy tickets for Christmas, and so it was that we set off to the Edinburgh Playhouse last night. When we arrived and went inside, the first thing I noticed was that the programmes were relatively cheap. In my experience you ...  Read the complete review

***** Another opening, another show Some shows you see and notice each number as they go by. Starlight on the other hand is much more fluid, and it wasn't until AC/DC that I realised the preceding bit had been 4 distinct numbers and not just one long opening one. The show follows the current trend for longer first halves, with 12 numbers then to a mere 8 after the interval. The story is not laid out in the program, but is easy to follow given the presence of an off screen announcer who keeps you up to speed, not to mention the lyrics which are lovely and meaningful for once. The stage in Manchester extends out into the audience which is a pain if ...  Read the complete review