Starlight Express | Live Show Review – TOP 20 MUSICALS 2024: No 19
A crazy, colourful, immersive rollercoaster of a show – the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical on wheels is playing at the Troubadour Theatre in London
A crazy, colourful, immersive rollercoaster of a show – the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical on wheels is playing at the Troubadour Theatre in London
You’ll be swept up afresh in the powerhouse music that now, as then, brings an audience roaring to its feet
It’s an exhilarating night of theatre that every musicals fan should experience at least once
The show is so faithful to the film that even the most observant five-year-old would struggle to find fault with it
This is a charming production with a fantastic cast, some beautiful sets and a gloriously camp villain who children will love as much as loathe
The sung-through show progresses at a breathless pace, and viewers unfamiliar with the plot may well struggle to follow the events
Goold, one of our very finest directors, oversees it all with a quiet confidence, allowing the pensive qualities of the film space to breathe
The cast does an outstanding job of conveying the camaraderie between the mums, the quiet tensions underlying their interactions, and their eventual love for each other as they learn to support rather...
Flowers for Mrs Harris deserves all the bouquets bestowed upon it
The story of Branwen and her family is a tale of magic, greed and hubris as two nations seek to become one