Starlight Express

Starlight Express, the fastest show on earth!

Starlight Express is the traditional children's tale of The Little Engine That Could. It teaches a powerful lesson about the triumph of the human spirit, the underdog competing against stronger and faster competition. The story is told against a backdrop of high-tech staging, special effects and Andrew Lloyd Webber's pulsating score.

"Stunning spectacle... dazzling costumes... daredevil stunts... this family-friendly phenomenon shows no signs of running out of steam"
The Manchester Evening News

Starlight Express: UK Tour 2006 / 2007 / 2008

Torquay - Princess Theatre - 6 to 25 February 2006
Milton Keynes - Milton Keynes Theatre - 28 February to 18 March 2006
Stoke On Trent - Regent Theatre - 21 March to 8 April 2006
Cardiff - Wales Millennium Centre - 11 to 29 April 2006
Woking - New Victoria Theatre - 2 to 27 May 2006
Norwich - Theatre Royal - 30 May to 24 June 2006
Glasgow - Theatre Royal - 4 to 22 July 2006
Eastbourne - Congress Theatre - 23 August to 9 September 2006
Southend-on-Sea - Cliff's Pavillion - 12 to 23 September 2006
Grimsby - Grimsby Auditorium - 26 September to 7 October 2006
Bournemouth - International Centre - 17 October to 4 November 2006
Wimbledon - New Wimbledon Theatre - 14 November to 2 Dec 2006
Leicester - De Montfort Hall - 12 December 2006 to 6 January 2007
Manchester - Opera House - 10 January to 3 February 2007
Liverpool - Empire Theatre - 6 to 24 February 2007
Birmingham - Alexandra Theatre - 27 February to 17 March 2007
Southampton - Mayflower Theatre - 20 March to 7 April 2007
Sunderland - Empire Theatre - 10 to 28 April 2007
Edinburgh - Playhouse Theatre - 1 to 19 May 2007
Canterbury - Marlowe Theatre - 22 May to 9 June 2007
Hull - New Theatre - 12 to 30 June 2007
Bristol - Hippodrome Theatre - 17 July to 11 August 2007
Nottingham - Royal Concert Hall - 11 to 29 September 2007
Belfast - Grand Opera House - 3 to 20 October 2007
Oxford - New Theatre - 11 December 2007 to 5 January 2008
Grimsby - Grimsby Auditorium - 8 to 19 January 2008
Aberdeen - His Majesty's Theatre - 22 January to 9 February 2008
Plymouth - Theatre Royal - 12 February to 1 March 2008

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. The cartoon was never produced but Andrew Lloyd Webber took those initial songs and ideas and composed a full length musical about trains, called Starlight Express!

Starlight Express went on to open in London on 27 March 1984, closing after just under 18 years on 12 January 2002.

Simply light years ahead of the rest, this futuristic tale of the triumph of love and hope in the face of adversity is a feel-good musical with something for everyone!

"Make no mistake, every ticket for a journey on the Starlight Express provides a first class experience"
The Wigan Observer