Starlight Express is back. And it’s a two-and-a-half ... steam trains and booing the electric baddie, so in comes a new character – Hydra, the hydrogen train – to be our hero’s helper.

That in itself announces the head-spinning wonderland that director Luke Sheppard and co have conjured, as they trundle Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express out from the depot, 40 years after ...

Most critics concur that Starlight Express does not make much sense as a musical – the plot is slim, the characters thin, and the score unmemorable – but that its strong suit is its outrageous ...

“Starlight Express” has so little driving plot that ... Part of that is because the characters are wafer-thin. The daredevil dedication of the quadruple-threat performers – singing, acting ...

A concept show about racing trains, with characters performing on roller skates, it has picked up and dropped musical numbers over the years and, perhaps most notably in this revival directed by ...

The "wafer-thin" characters leave you longing for more ... But ultimately it doesn't really matter: more "spectacle than sense", "Starlight Express" is an "extraordinary creative onslaught ...

Learn all about the acclaimed new production of this roller-skating musical and find your Starlight Express London tickets now You might know Starlight Express as that musical about trains in ...

Honestly, I’m just going with the flow. Starlight Express hadn’t been a show that was on my radar, and especially not the character Greaseball, but I’m so grateful for all it has given me. I think ...

Holiday-themed characters greeted viewers ... "I love being at the “Starlight Express at Lake Fairfax.” The event recurs weekly on Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 15 from 5-8:40 p.m ...

Since its debut, it has been revised over and over again, with characters and songs being either removed or added in. Starlight Express is to musical theatre what Sugababes are to pop ...

‘Starlight Express’ is a lot of fun and has no aspirations ... Why not have a better story, or characters to actually care about, or basic internal coherence? Thrilling as Sheppard’s product ...