Is it a musical? Is it a roller derby? Is it a game-show? When the roller-skating phenomenon that is “Starlight Express” opened in London in 1984 it was all of those and more, as evidenced by its ...

We still get to meet Rusty and Pearl, Greaseball, Electra, and all the others, as well as some new ones paired (watch out for Carrie and the details on her costume) with beloved old songs and new ...

Who knew blunt force trauma could be so enjoyable? Starlight Express is back. And it’s a two-and-a-half-hour neon fever dream, where people on roller skates in iridescent costumes pretend to be trains ...

I was at the 1984 West End press night of the original Starlight, as it happens, and vividly recall the technical glitches that beset the opening, as well as the general dismay expressed back then at ...

Surely the Troubadour was made for this production? As soon as you enter the vast foyer, you are greeted with more glitter-balls than a particularly sparkly episode of Strictly. The auditorium itself ...