Starlight Express | Megamix & Skate Around | New London Production | June 22th 2024, 7.30 pm
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2024
- This is the Medley at the end of the Musical Starlight Express. Filming was allowed.
Specific Cast unknown. But Rusty, Greaseball, Electra, Golden Eagle and Hydra were definitely main Cast.
Background:
Starlight Express originally premiered in 1984 in Apollo Victoria Theatre. In 2002 Starlights Doors closed in London - making Bochum (Germany) the only place worldwide, to show a constant production of Starlight Express.
In 2023 Andrew Lloyd Webber announced, that his famous Musical Starlight Express will return to its hometown London.
For the revival the original theatre wasnt available - hence being the home of „Wicked“ since 2006. So they used Troubadour Theatre next to Wembley Park. The Production varies a lot from the original from 1984. It also varies a lot from the current Bochum production - including various new Characters and gender swaps. For the first time „Control“ is live on stage and played by a child actor.
First Preview in Wembley Park was on June 8th 2024 - the premiere is set for June 30th. By this, this recording shows a preview - the show might slightly change till premiere.
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My sisters and I have been avid Starlght fans since being little children. Overall we still thought there was a lot of magic in last Saturday's show, despite not having the amazing choreography & jaw dropping stunts of the previous version. We thought the child's dream scene gave clarity to the whole show and we really loved the softening prescence of Mama thoughtout - a very positive change. But we were incredibly disappointed with the cartoon costumes and the space settings - we felt they confused the story and didn't enhance the train theme. We also felt the continual interruption of the child to be distracting - they spolit the flow of the show, and we felt it was too much pressure on a little child, we would strongly suggest aftet the dream scene the child does not appear again. But we really liked the introduction of Hydra, brining the show up to date! We are keen to return but for the magic of the Starlight we loved we will be visiting Germany!
I've seen several different films of the megamix already but this is the first time I've seen the marshalls bending down to high five the audience and doing amazing tricks on the way out :-) Still have to wait another month today to see it myself and I simply can't wait! - Gary
it does not disappoint in any way shape or form - just seen it today, - wow wow wow
Thanks for posting this, I loved seeing it recently
I loved this show. We planned a trip to London around Starlight tickets, and at the interval we bought tickets for 22 June so we could see it again. It's cool that we're in the audience in this video.
I've had a soft spot for this show since seeing it in Vegas in 96. We also saw the US tour in 2003, but it's really an impossible show to do well on tour. I'm not a huge ALW fan, but this show (and School of Rock) are exceptions. While I miss the old songs, I think overall this is the best production I've seen, and they fixed some (not all) of the problems the old versions had.
Saw this show in the early 90's with school for my Deama GCSE and loved it. Then i saw a am dram production which was outstanding a few years ago. Would love to see it again
I saw it early 90's in london and then came back in june 2024 london.... Coming back to london in september to see it again. Is Starlight express Better Than London ?
i find it so funny that both theatres where starlight express premiered (on bway and west end) are playing wicked also since it's premiere
@@alexoy2k thats true.
Gershwin in New York - Apollo Victoria in London
I WANNA GO SO BAD
Well I can recommend it to you. But only, if you havent seen the german production and like it. Because my experience is: people, who know and like the german production and the original costumes, HATE the new london prosuction
@@corvoauditore3564me too I hope it comes on tour in Cardiff wales Millennium centre
@corvoauditore3564 To those people, I say: which one? The German version has not been the "original" since 2002. In fact, the version that is on in Germany is much closer to this version than any other. Yes, there is always going to be a place in my heart for the original, but every production should NOT be like that. That's the fun of a musical revival. We allow new artists to look at the material and make changes that fit their vision of a show. Plus, a lot has changed since 1983 / 1987 /1993 / 2012 in terms of cultural norms.
I understand if you do not like the new vision, but hating a production because it is not like the ORIGINAL kinda bothers me. Especially since people have been making changes to this show for YEARS.
Just saw it this evening. Still good!!! My fave productions were the last 2 - seen in Manchester and London years ago. I'd go again for sure. They've made it more PC and it's definitely a younger and diverse cast. I guess it has to appeal to the next generations. It was fab though. 🎉😊
@@user-up9rf3nw2i I see your point!:)
I was also very entertained. But I still would love to see the old shows again.
Saw the original on Broadway back in the 80's
Having seen the show, I want to speak in defense of the costumes and... Well, everything! Firstly, the costumes make a lot more sense in context - It's space themed, though I also think the fact they're trains doesn't get lost if you actually watch it. The performances were amazing and the script is actually pretty much identical to the current German one aside from changing some characters - So if you don't like it because it's 'woke', whatever that even means other than 'it's got someone in it who isn't like me and I don't like that', maybe don't fork out to go to Bochum either! Fwiw, the new take on Greaseball was really fun and Lara who played her when I saw it was a gem. Admittedly I don't love all the costumes even in context, I think the competing racers look too same-y and would've liked more variation on them, and I'm not sure how much having Control onstage really adds to anything, and there's some songs I *wish* they'd brought back, but these people are passionate and put on a really remarkably good performance.
Also, are you really a Starlight Express fan if you're not aware of the fact the show's been put on all over the place, and has had stuff cut and changed about a million times? 😂😂😂 Contrary to what some people think, the show you saw in the 80s when you were growing up hasn't existed for a *long* time, and probably isn't coming back. This one is very different, but different isn't bad. Give it a chance, open your mind to having fun, and who knows? You may just have some.
(Also wanted to add a note and say I may be a young fan, but I've been a fan since *2012* when I saw the UK tour, which was a long time ago. I was ready to hate this production and I won't be uncritical about it, but slandering a production of the show you've never seen just because it's different and you want your childhood show back is beyond the pail.)
@@strangeandinteresting I dont mind the „woke“ parts. But yeah, I miss the old Starlight. I‘m from Germany and I do dislike many of the changed from 2018. I loved the old costume, the crazy Electra with that burst wire on his head, the dirty Freight Trains, the old Caboose, who was acting really nice first and then shows its two sides, the big orchestra, with trumpets, saxophones and on and on…
And yes - I really dislike the costumes of this Production and I dont like the space theme at all. But I dont hate the production. I‘m just sad, that I‘ll never see the old Starlight again. :/
I’m 27 years old and first visited Starlight in 2003 - so please allow me to be nostalgic.
i love that the costumes look heavier but i hate that the similarity of the shapes of the costumes makes it harder to distinguish the different characters also some characters i don't recognize at all. 😢
So its for children
It always has been. It originally started life as a Thomas the Tank Engine musical.
It's for people who have imagination.
Don't have imagination? Sit at home and watch GB News instead.
@@Powered_By_Piesdon’t make me laugh! If this production had any imagination they’d have made them look like actual trains, not knock-off Power Rangers villains. The choreography is laughable and simplistic and doesn’t even attempt to simulate train movements like past productions did. It just relies on spectacle over substance with all the extra special effects just to cover up how amateurish the whole thing is. The whole thing is just garbage. But if amateur hour is what floats your boat, have at it…
@@Simulacra719don’t make ME laugh. They have always looked like this, they just sparkle more! If that’s not imagination, I have no idea what is. And I think it looks great. And if you’re gonna insult my intelligence, and those of everyone else who agree with me, and yes, there are many who do, then what are you even doing here?
The costumes are hprrible. Bring back the old version
Learn to spell and THEN COMMENT! They are great🎉
you're blind? they look incredible
Glad I'm missing it, was always great didn't need politically correcting.
@@darrenday702 I haven’t this version of this show but it still looks good but still prefer the old starlight express and I hate how they have got rid of next time you fall in love
I too am upset at how toned down Electras drag aesthetic is.
They are fucking trains what is politically correct about trains???
Musical theatre has always been, and always will be, run by queer people.
Oh no you might have to interact with some art from 2024. How awful for you Darren. How will you cope.