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Al Knott (Greaseball) in Starlight Express.
Photos: Pamela Raith
STARLIGHT EXPRESS FINAL
EXTENSION
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight
Express has extended its award-winning
run at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
for the final time, with performances
until Sunday 3 May, 2026.
Starlight Express made a triumphant
return to London when the new
production opened to widespread critical
acclaim in June 2024. Since then, it has
gone on to win multiple awards, including
an Olivier Award and a record-breaking
seven WhatsonStage Awards. It is
London’s longest running revival of an
Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in 20 years.
Michael Harrison said: ‘I’m thrilled
that Starlight Express will extend for the
7th time, in the unique environment of
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre. We
are also thrilled that the success of this
new production means we will embark
on a world tour commencing in Spring
2027, details of which we will announce
shortly. However, for now, this is your
final call for boarding to see the
spectacular London revival in Wembley.’
Seen by over 30 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.
As a child’s train set magically comes
to life and the engines race to become
the fastest in the world, Rusty the steam
train has little hope of winning until he
is inspired by the legend of the ‘Starlight
Express’.
The Starlight Auditorium at
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre is a
state-of-the-art cultural destination in
Wembley Park, London’s most exciting
new neighbourhood, only 12 minutes
from central London. The venue is a
5-minute walk from the tube, moments
away from the Olympic Way. There are
ample parking options on site and the
theatre is easily accessible via the M25.
Jeevan Braich (Rusty).
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF DAVID
HARE’S TEETH 'N' SMILES
Producers Wessex Grove and Gavin
Kalin Productions are to present the
50th Anniversary West End revival of
David Hare’s rebel play, Teeth ‘n’ Smiles.
Joining Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA
Self Esteem, as Maggie, are Michael Fox
as Arthur, Phil Daniels as Sarrafian, Bill
Caple as Nash, Michael Abubakar as
Wilson, Samuel Jordan as Smegs, Jojo
Macari as Peyote, Noah Weatherby as
Inch, Joseph Evans as Randolph, Aysha
Kala as Laura, Christopher Patrick Nolan
as Snead and Roman Asde as Anson.
Gregor Milne, Damien James, Levi
Heaton, Guy Amos and Daniel Crespin
complete the company.
David Hare said: ‘It’s thrilling for me
to watch Rebecca Lucy Taylor and a
brilliant ensemble revive the play that
shook the plaster off the ceiling of the
Royal Court Theatre just fifty years ago.’
Before the New York Dolls. Before
Debbie Harry. Before Kurt Cobain. There
was Maggie Frisby. Once the roaring
voice of 60s counterculture, now broke
and disillusioned, a band’s youthful
dreams of anarchic rebellion collapse
into bitterness. Amidst the wreckage,
lead singer Maggie tears through the
night fuelled by booze, fury, and a voice
that refuses to die. 50 years after David
Hare’s trailblazing play set The Royal
Court alight, Teeth ‘n’ Smiles is ready to
burn things down all over again.
Teeth ‘n’ Smiles will play at the Duke
of York’s Theatre for 12 weeks from
13 March – 6 June.
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES AT
NATIONAL THEATRE
Marianne Elliott’s major revival of
Les Liaisons Dangereuses will play at
the Lyttelton Theatre from 21 March
until 6 June. Christopher Hampton’s
acclaimed adaptation of Pierre
Choderlos de Laclos’ epistolary novel
will have a refreshed script for its first
ever staging at the National Theatre.
The production will also be screened in
cinemas worldwide from 25 June.
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