Starlight Express @ Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre 6/16/2024 Curtain Call + Megamix

[@CatalystGP]

Never heard of Starlight until a few weeks ago, but I'm absolutely in love with it now.

[@crawfordholly]

Childhood dream to see this show since I missed it in nyc in ‘80s as a teen. Please bring it to the states!! Amazing!!!

[@PaulJaYmes]

I missed it in the 80s too, I took my son last week and it was amazing. Come and see it in London!

[@davidmarsh596]

This production will be coming to the states after this closes. (I've read it somewhere)

[@TheDreamDebut]

I love how the cast wave at and high 5 as many kids on the way out as they can! Those kids will never forget it. That's the future of UK musical theatre right there! Well done everyone! - Gary

[@KimberleyEdler]

I love the whole vibe of that part of the exit.

[@davidmarsh596]

Saw this last week and it's amazing. I loved every minute. The sound was incredible. The costumes awesome. I'm a huge fan of the original, I've seen it over 30 times. (Original, 1992 remake, 2 tours in UK, and now this...... Germany soon) I was sceptical when I saw the first bits of footage, But in the theatre i was blown away. I've booked to see it 4 more times. Yes things have changed, yes, there's things I miss. Yes there's things that could have still been included, But they made up for this with lots of other fantastic moments . it's still very much Starlight Express and it's still very much a fantastic piece of theatre which I love.❤❤❤

[@robeastwood5112]

As concerned too having seen the original 3 times and loved it butthe new updated show is superb

[@JR-vr2pz]

Would you recommend this show for kids? Age 4 and 5?

[@happily5]

I saw the show this week and oh my god, it was amazing. We loved every second of it.

[@helenbrown5369]

One of my favourite musicals. I’d love to go and see this. Thanks for posting

[@dustymew]

I so wish we were getting a cast re cording of this! They are fantastic!

[@joey1723]

They're selling it on vinyl so I assumed they'd release the soundtrack officially at some point? I'm praying!

[@dustymew]

@@joey1723 I think the vinyl is the 1992 cast sadly :(

[@joey1723]

@@dustymew Nooo! I'm heartbroken! Have we had official confirmation that they're definitely not going to release it?

[@dustymew]

@@joey1723 I have no clue, they just opened a few weeks ago so I imagine it may take some time but I have a small bit of hope...maybe..

[@joey1723]

@@dustymew I'll live in hope then haha. I saw it a few weeks ago, the soundtrack is stuck in my head!

[@robeastwood5112]

Like others who have commented i was worried that changes had been made and i would be disappointed,but not a chance...the new show has done the old show proud. Absolutely superb, all booked up to back for 2nd time 👍

[@potroastpig]

Just saw this two nights ago - I was blown away! Excellent production - I was in town for work and had been looking forward to seeing it and I’m so glad I did! Hope to catch it a few more times - from start to finish it was an excellent theatre experience!

[@sasky45]

I was fortunate to see the original London production in the mid 80's as well as a couple of the American touring companies. Really miss the energy and talent. Thank you for sharing.

[@DamflokJace]

Saw this last week and it was brilliant. Have been a fan since it was first in London and was a bit dubious about the update (See the tour version for reference) This was brilliant, had the right updates/re-writes and Hydrogen is just a brilliant addition.

[@lars1710]

Wow, really cool! As a german, i watched the show several times in Bochum. I enjoyed it every time, each time with some new additions/changes, as time goes on. I give high five to this megamix; very well done in translating an original to our times! (cool addition: Hydrogen). And moving the narrator on the stage is also a great idea. Thanks for sharing this vid :)

[@Welcometotherox]

I saw this a few weeks and it's absolutely brilliant. Ignore the naysayers who are all clinging to a version they saw in the 80s that changed 9990 times before the run even ended 😂

[@Frenchmisto]

@@Welcometotherox you could respect the people who loved the original version and not make fun of us for one thing…

[@Welcometotherox]

​@@FrenchmistoI'll make fun of you for desperately arguing about a musical about trains as much as I like. It's very silly behaviour.

[@Frenchmisto]

@@Welcometotherox you’re what’s wrong with our society… what a pathetic excuse for a “human” being you are! Thank goodness I’ll never be like you

[@CaT-gb1xv]

@Welcomerotherox - Never saw the original. Was bored stiff nonetheless when I went to see it. Cast was good though. Each to their own.

[@Frenchmisto]

@@Welcometotherox you’re the one arguing… if it’s such a silly musical about trains, then why do you feel the need to post your opinion about it… and spend money to go see it in the first place! 😝

[@Jan_99]

I go to the German Version tonight. In front seats! I really looking forward to it! 😍

[@drewleighscrumptious6072]

Loving all the (ignorant) comments by people who haven’t seen it 🙄. I’ve actually seen this new production twice (at the time of writing it’s still in previews) and I LOVED it. And strange as it might seem to the naysayers I also enjoyed the original which I first saw in 1986, and several times afterwards until the last night in 2002! Guess what, if you saw the original you are not really the target audience for this show. Take the kids, or suspend disbelief for a couple of hours.

[@jm-sh6qr]

Look we're all really impressed at how bad the poop in your pants smells and everything but there is no need to describe it in elaborate detail here for everyone

[@taniaj09]

You are welcome to your opinion, of course, but why be so aggressive about it? It is not needed.

[@Simulacra719]

Then they should’ve been upfront about who they were aiming it at BEFORE they put the tickets on sale and took A LOT of money from long-term fans who were expecting something that resembled Starlight. It was marketed as a ‘return of the legend’ (or something similar), which is entirely misleading. So take your thoroughly patronising comment and shove it where the sun don’t shine.

[@kevinmcneillie6217]

Off to see this tomorrow as original run was till end of this month now I heard until this time next year wonder if it'll extend again

[@eightlegsright]

Original run was until Feb next year. You may be confused with previews 🎉

[@50sRockChick]

@@eightlegsrightthey’re now booking til next June.

[@eightlegsright]

@@50sRockChick that’s right

[@LuckyRabbit234]

I love how they’re incorporating modern railway industry trends in this rendition! In the original run, CB represented the trucking industry “killing” business for railways. Now, Hydra represents the new advent of hydrogen trains.

[@cressidaritchie4411]

In the original 1985 London version, CB "the red caboose was simply the last carriage on the freight train. He did not represent the trucking industry.

[@LuckyRabbit234]

@ His original design was meant to evoke that of a trucker, with a traditional trucker hat and mustache. His name, CB, as well as his use of trucker lingo (“Ten-four, Smokey Bear”), was a reference to CB radio, commonly used by both truckers and occasionally used by caboose operators.

[@freyfreyfun11]

I don’t get why people keep k Hating on this show, I thought it was great ❤

[@WDI2008]

Just be glad they are still on roller skates!🛼

[@nerdknight111]

Oh how I wish I lived in the UK. I wanna experience this so damn bad

[@randomimmy99]

I remember watching this before the new version came out

[@Hellohuman_12]

What seats were you in please???

[@ToastyPlayz82]

one thing, i went here yesterday! and i was great, second thing, THEY SAID YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RECORD HERE BRO-

[@achiblitz_]

A lot of people recorded the ending and the staff didn’t object to it, I saw a video online of someone’s recording and hydra looked at the camera and smiled so I think it’s allowed at the end :3

[@potroastpig]

They make an announcement you cannot record until the mega mix. They encourage and allow recording of the mega mix and curtain call only

[@50sRockChick]

How many new songs are there? Which song from 2002 show are still there?

[@chutney-h3o]

@@50sRockChick two new songs to my recollection..."I Am me" and "hydrogen".

[@blackusdogus]

I will go and see it if it stays open for long enough, I will give it benefit of the doubt, but as someone who saw the origional at the Apollo a few times I fear a few tears of disappointment may be shed. if you are going to do something do it it properly and I don't think the Lord has done his masterpiece justice. looking at ticket prices I may be better off skating off to Germany to see a more spectacular authentic production.

[@danielbushen4661]

It has £13 million in advance sales - I think it's going to be alright somehow

[@butterbook]

@@danielbushen4661 That doesn't answer the question. Is it worth the astronomical pice for a ticket? The Apollo version was very affordable and ever dollar was seen before your eyes. This looks like a Box Trolls musical

[@Simulacra719]

@@danielbushen4661yes, because people thought they were buying tickets to see Starlight, not whatever this is!

[@louwoods9278]

You echo my feelings. We will see this 31st July. I loved the original with Lon Satton as Poppa and Michael Staniforth as CB.

[@chutney-h3o]

I paid 29.50 for mid week performance booked 48 hr before.

[@Dandyd47]

Lettuce hear it for ... the lighting?

[@gasmmusic]

Indeed. The orchestra sounds good, too.

[@Rik77]

​@@gasmmusicis it a live orchestra in this one? Or recording?

[@gasmmusic]

@@Rik77 It's a live orchestra. They're playing either under the stage or behind it. There would be monitors around the theatre for the cast to watch the conductor for their cues.

[@ryangarrett9433]

@@gasmmusic They are positioned Stage left behind the audience seats in that corner. You can see them gesture to the conductor who steps out and takes a bow

[@RJMCTV]

Which cruise ship is this on?

[@davetomberlin5713]

The HMS Crapula

[@faith4disney]

LOL

[@s.hopkins4490]

The biggest problem is the small stage and set - which is giving cruise ship vibes. The show needs spectacle. The most impressive thing I can see is a few skaters skating backwards down the back ramp.

[@genreproductions2706]

It doesn’t take place on a cruise ship. It takes place in Wembley Park Theater.

[@kevinyates33]

@@genreproductions2706 I think it was a joke sweetheart!!!

[@moindermeyn]

Der Chorgesang klingt sehr gut, die Solostimmen schreien ganz furchtbar und das eigentliche Highlight, die Rollschuh-Choreografie wirkt hier peinlich bemüht. Kein Vergleich zur Produktion in Bochum.

[@PeteEvans-v1l]

Saw Starlight last night, the show was great but should never took the songs ' Only you and Starlight express ' out. Not as good without them!

[@finalfightguy]

The song Starlight Express closes Act 1

[@ImpossiblePrinceRagdoll]

Only you was one of my favourite songs, but that was cut out as far back as the “new” starlight express back in the nineties

[@jverlo]

the only thin i dont like : The kid should go back to sleep to "close" the play. INSANE.

[@jverlo]

btw IRL I cried a lot, and coming back late october

[@squidmochi7811]

For a closing scene yeah, but bows are always at the end and officially ends the production

[@mat.coccaceae]

so this is what DeBarge's song referring to.

[@jowe7038]

Hate the Greaseball-change and the costumes, but like the Set:)

[@dogwithbluedots]

well i like the old costumes girls looks so big , I PREFER POPPA NOT MOMA BUT PERHAPS ,,,,,

[@DavidBrown-ly6lp]

Guess we lost the 'tightening my nuts' joke

[@TheDivineLordOfChaos]

2:36

[@Sven_life_travel_urbex]

Loooks good but if you want the magic of Starlight Express come to Germany.

[@networksenglish]

"Only You" was the whole bloody point of the show. And they've cut it?

[@ImpossiblePrinceRagdoll]

That was cut years ago

[@genreproductions2706]

What do you mean it was “the point of the show”?

[@taniaj09]

Only You has not been in the show since it was first reworked in the early 1990s.

[@hassanabou-said6321]

Starlight

[@Beatlelover21]

I’ll sell my soul for a proshot

[@hassanabou-said6321]

Pumping Iron

[@nigelmoignard5348]

Ren598, why do you post videos dated the American way? So you actually saw this 16th June 2024 and not 6/16/2024.

[@ren598]

Because I’m American and that’s how we do it in America. And yes, I saw this on the 16th of June 2024 during my visit to London.

[@alisonporter8508]

Is Greaseball female now? I knew they changed Poppa to female but Greaseball too?

[@mysteriouscolours1532]

Oh no the train is a different gender how awful!

[@alisonporter8508]

@@mysteriouscolours1532 I didn't say it was. I was just asking !

[@butterbook]

Yes...ALW hates white males.

[@finalfightguy]

Yes, Al Knott is sensational too. Think Joan Jett as opposed to the previous versions Elvis.

[@butterbook]

@@finalfightguy why would she be changed and not add a male carriage car? Same thing??? Right???

[@butterbook]

Looks like something you would see during Jerry Lewis" telethon on labor day.

[@MusicMeetsMadness]

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO GREASEBALL

[@Vertigotheatre1]

This looks so am dram.

[@MS-zu8ds]

As one who worked on the production at the Apollo, I find this rather disappointing, not as much as the Vegas production, but nevertheless. I don't think the track is as dynamic and I'm guessing the bridge isn't used for Electra's entrance, that was always a bit of a thrill. Worst of all, Greaseball's a girl!!! Reading the comments that Only You and Starlight Express have been cut that is a great pity.

[@butterbook]

Saw theApollo and Vegas. I would take Vegas over this any day!!!!

[@saz3988]

Amazing! I saw it at the Apollo in the 90s. It’s still my favourite musical ever. I agree, this is disappointing. Where is the diversity in the voices? With that gone, it’s just like another high school musical to me. Next time you fall in love was also taken out . Maybe someone couldn’t do it justice 😢 I preferred the elvis version of greaseball too. Smaller stage, so I get why less cast. But why do we see the controller? The adults really look like toy trains next to him on stage don’t they! Seeing it in Jan now so maybe it will be better live than this clip gives it credit for. 🤞🏻 Bet you’re really proud of what you guys made back then - and rightly so. It was incredible. 👏🏻👏🏻

[@MS-zu8ds]

👍🏻🎭

[@ananr.2936]

Yee, the skating seems very slowed down and lacking energy. The stage was possibly too small for the cast to skate fast and do proper tricks. I'm going in August, so I hope the show surprises me. The costumes feel too crowded. They should have simple, distinct silhouettes. The main characters should stand out from the supporting characters, which they don't here. When the cast are on stage, they feel overcrowded and don't stand out from each other. Greaseball feels like a background character. I love 'I do' in the German production in the megamix, and has always been my favourite song, but it just doesn't hit the same here. I'm gonna suspend my disbelieve until I see it and hope it proves me wrong.

[@meikezal]

The song „Starlight Express“ was cut in the musical „Starlight Express“??? Sounds strange …

[@michael1967ize]

Not liking rusty"s new coatume

[@chutney-h3o]

@@michael1967ize what about Electras?

[@Simulacra719]

@@chutney-h3oElectra’s is probably the worst of the lot - a Bacofoil-wrapped, oven-ready Turkey Twizzler.

[@chutney-h3o]

@@Simulacra719 hahaha 😆 brilliant 👏 I agree. At one point he and his trucks inflate some point star looking attachments. I think in his entry song.

[@Simulacra719]

@@chutney-h3o yes, I heard that it ruins the whole vibe of AC/DC as it’s just so silly. But more to the point…why?! Why inflatable bits?! It’s bizarre! And I heard that the inflatable bits are prone to falling off as well, so it all looks a bit cheap and nasty 😖

[@MelPither]

How can you say that it was bloody amazing saying it’s awful and totally awful it’s harsh and cruel Andrew Lloyd Webber is amazing

[@kevinyates33]

This looks embarrassingly bad!!! And did SIX the musical have a garage sale for the costumes!!!???

[@Simulacra719]

It’s the discarded ideas the designer had for Six (she designed the Starlight costumes too). She’s never seen Starlight (it says so in the programme) and she couldn’t even be bothered to attempt to make the costumes look like trains. It’s just lazy 😖

[@freyfreyfun11]

I disagree I think it’s great!

[@selinapoochie]

They're modern and sleek.

[@achiblitz_]

It looks incredible Wdym??

[@NicaMG]

Horrible! 😢

[@Frenchmisto]

Not impressed…😢sorry

[@hassanabou-said6321]

FemaleGreaseball

[@ifr-ed]

disgusting. Please - go to Bochum.. dont waste a single cent here...

[@hotbeare15]

This looks awful. It's like a bad cruise ship version.

[@paulphillips6340]

Absolutely awful, totally ruined 😢

[@Mindthegap125]

You really think that or are you being sarcastic

[@Sweet-vw3mp]

Are you fr 🤬

[@lizziemead2467]

Why?!!

[@hassanabou-said6321]

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