Casting announced for London return of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s STARLIGHT EXPRESS
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Full casting has been announced for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express, which is set to make a triumphant return to London from 8 June at the specially designed Starlight Auditorium at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.
Starlight Express will introduce Jeevan Braich as Rusty, Kayna Montecillo as Pearl, Jade Marvin as Momma McCoy, Al Knott as Greaseball, Eve Humphrey as Dinah and Tom Pigram as Electra.
The cast also includes Ollie Augustin, Charles Butcher, Renz Cardenas, Catherine Cornwall, Jamie Cruttenden, Kelly Downing, Asher Forth, Sam Gallacher, Lucy Glover, Pablo Gómez Jones, Scott Hayward, Lilianna Hendy, Lewis Kidd, Hannah Kiss, Oscar Kong, Emily Martinez, Deearna Mclean, Marianthe Panas, David Peter-Brown, RED, Bethany Rose-Lythgoe, Ashley Rowe, Gary Sheridan, Elly Shaw, Jessica Vaux, Jaydon Vijn, Lara Vina Uzcatia, Sharon Wattis and Ashlyn Weekes. Further casting is to be announced.
Seen by over 20 million people across the world, Starlight Express is a true theatrical event, fully immersing audiences of all ages inside a world of speed, song and storytelling, as the incredible cast of 40 whizz around and above, performing some of musical theatre’s most beloved songs, including ‘AC/DC’, ‘Make Up My Heart’, ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’ and the iconic ‘Starlight Express’.
Starlight Express has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, and is directed by Luke Sheppard, with set design by Tim Hatley, video design by Andrzej Goulding, costumes by Gabriella Slade, lighting by Howard Hudson, sound by Gareth Owen, new orchestrations by Matthew Brind, musical supervision by Matthew Brind & David Wilson, musical direction by Laura Bangay, and casting by Pearson Casting.
With thrilling new choreography by Ashley Nottingham, Starlight Express also sees the return of Arlene Phillips as creative dramaturg.
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