Starlight Express (UK Tour)

Advantages: Brilliant show, fantastic songs and performances
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...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. ...
...Andrew Lloyd Webber initially wrote Starlight Express in 1975 with the intention of making it into an animated movie. It never got off the ground though and so in 1983 he rewrote it in the musical version that opened in March 1984 at the Apollo. The west end show ran for 18 years, making it one of the longest running musicals in London theatre history. As you are walking into the theatre you are handed a pair of 3D glasses for the show which will ... Read review

Advantages: Well designed show with classic songs and a good, strong cast
Disadvantages: Some of it is limited to those in the stalls - where 2/3rds of the ticket holders are not seeing; expensive tickets

...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 ...
...The sole set for Starlight is very plain – no more than a curved ramp at the back of the stage that separates and re joins as if by magic to allow performers on and off at times when coming in from the wings would simply be beneath them. There are no set changes apart from this, and no backdrops swooshing up and down. The starlight appears only very briefly (for Rusty’s epiphany – see below) but the constant stage contact of the expresses means the ... Read review

Advantages: GIVING THE YOUNG ONES A THEATRE EXPERIENCE
Disadvantages: PRICE OF CHILDRENS TICKETS

...Treat and when we saw STARLIGHT EXPRESS was coming to Nottingham Concert Hall as part of its UK Tour, we thought this would be an OK show for them. We have 4 Grandchildren, Chole aged 8 Abigail and Lewis both aged 5 and Ellie May 18 months. Sorry Ellie we thought you were a bit young, but we were happy to book tickets for the other 3. Went online and managed to get 5 Adult Tickets and 3 Child (Concessions) together. I must say at this point I ...
...We first saw Starlight in London many years ago, there the Theatre was adapted for the show, so the audience surrounded the race track and there was many Race sequences on the skates. With this tour and venues the Skating is quite limited. I think if you are only seeing this you will still be impressed, but if you have seen the original you will be a little disappointed with the skating. The Kids though were impressed. The outfits are stunning, ... Read review