I have seen Starlight Express in three different settings, originally in the Apollo Victoria Theatre London, in the Playhouse Theatre Edinburgh in 2005 and again in 2007, each show having a very different skating area to utilise. After seeing the original I was surprised how much I enjoyed the last tour and this one despite the new version being entirely end-on.

Some of the London cast members have again joined us Mykal Rand as Electra is now also the Company Resident Director, whose entrance is more and more sparkling and spectacular than ever.  Jamie Capewell is now a swing, Mark Hedges is The Prince of Wales and Robert Nurse is Hip Hopper 3, all having originally appeared in London.

Tom Kanavan returns as Greaseball, Gavin Ashbarry as Dustin, Matt King as Trax and Ruthie Stephens a swing, have all been in Edinburgh before. Other members of the cast have been on other tours of Starlight all over the world.

This show just keeps the momentum going from start to finish and I was looking forward to hearing Kristofer Harding as Rusty and Michael Samuels as Poppa / the Starlight Express in the  'Starlight Sequence'. This is one of my favourite scenes in the show and having seen Michael in Whistle Down the Wind, Inkle & Yarico and The Lion King I was looking forward to hearing him again.

The two most spectacular scenes are Electra’s entrance and the crash, 'One Rock 'n' Roll Too Many' but the energy, power and enthusiasm displayed on stage is superb and Starlight is definitely one of the best feel-good musicals out there, get your skates on and see it if you possibly can before the train departs, the station.

For further information on 'Starlight Express' go to www.starlightexpresstour.co.uk  

Starlight Express the 3rd Dimension

Tuesday 1st to Saturday 19th May 2007 ,  Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre