Starlight Express
"Starlight Express" is showing at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, London. It opened on 27th March 1984 and is still going strong.
This popular Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is about trains and is all performed on roller skates. It is different from anything I have ever seen, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Some of the best songs are "Starlight Express", "AC/DC", "U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D." and "Next Time You Fall In Love".
The original cast included Stephanie Lawrence as "Pearl" and Frances Ruffle as "Dinah". They can be heard on the original soundtrack of the show. The show was re-vamped in 1993 and a brand new cast recording was recorded and released the same year.
I saw the show very recently, July 2000, and the cast included;
Darryl Paul (Rusty - u/s) Marissa Dunlop (Pearl)
Lez Dwight (Greaseball) Leyla Pellegrini (Dinah) Chris Copeland (Electra)
Electra (Chris Copeland)
Greaseball (Lez Dwight)
Rusty (Adrian Hansel) and Pearl (Marissa Dunlop)
Photographs taken from the "Starlight Express" Souvenir Brochure, published April 2000. Photos by James Bareham.