Starlight Express initial UK tour venues announced for world tour

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Starlight Express has announced UK dates and venues for its 2027 world tour. 

The beloved musical returned to London in 2024, where the new production opened to widespread critical acclaim at Troubadour Wembley Park. It then went on to win multiple awards, including an Olivier Award and a record-breaking seven WhatsOnStage Awards, and became London’s longest running revival of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in 20 years.

Starlight Express, which has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, follows the story of a train set through a child’s perspective, as they come to life and 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’.

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

Starlight Express will open its world tour at Leicester Curve from 9 - 22 May 2027, before visiting Liverpool Empire (26 May - 12 June), Glasgow Theatre Royal (16 June - 3rd July), Sunderland Empire (14 - 31 July), Birmingham Hippdrome (11 August - 11 September) and Southampton Mayflower (15 - 25 September), with further tour dates and casting to be confirmed, as well as further information on dates in Canada and Australia to be announced soon. 

Michael Harrison said: “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.”

For more information on tour dates and ticket sign-up, go to starlightexpress.com 





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