The London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express, which opened in June 2024, will play its final performance in the specially designed Starlight Auditorium at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre May 3, 2026. The closing date marks the musical's seventh and final extension.

The international hit musical will subsequently embark on its first World Tour in 2027; details of the tour will be announced at a later date.

The current company includes Gavin Adams as Rusty, Jade Marvin as Momma McCoy, Olivia Ringrose as Greaseball, Asher Forth as Electra, Sophie Naglik as Pearl, Georgia Pemberton as Dinah, Jaydon Vijn as Hydra, and Scott Hayward as Alternate Rusty plus Jamie Addison, Jessie Angell, Ollie Augustin, Evan Taylor Benyacar, Charles Butcher, Cletus Chan, Tamara Verhoven Clyde, Jamie Cruttenden, Kelly Downing, Isaac Edwards, Maddy Erzan-Essien, Sam Gallacher, Lucy Glover, Amiyah Goodall, Dante Hutchinson, Iwan James, Lewis Kidd, Hannah Kiss, Nicole Louise-Lewis, Bethany Rose Lythgoe, Temi Olawole, RED, Ashley Rowe, Sheridan, Dieuwke Tonissen, Nicky Wong Rush, Charlie Russell, Lara Vina Uzcatia, and Amber Weston.

In the musical, as a child’s train set magically comes to life and the engines race to become the fastest in the world, Rusty the steam train has little hope of winning until he is inspired by the legend of the "Starlight Express."

Starlight Express is the second show produced by Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals, the partnership between composer Lloyd Webber and producer Michael Harrison. The first was the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Sunset Blvd. revival directed by Jamie Lloyd, also a hit at London's Savoy Theatre.

With music by Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, Starlight Express has set design by Tim Hatley (Back to the Future), costume design by Gabriella Slade (Six), video design by Andrzej Goulding (Life of Pi), lighting design by Howard Hudson (& Juliet), sound design by Gareth Owen (MJ the Musical), new orchestrations by Matthew Brind with Lloyd Webber, musical supervision by Brind and David Wilson, and new choreography by Ashley Nottingham (Pacific Overtures) with Arlene Phillips as the creative dramaturg. Casting is by Pearson Casting.

A new London cast album, released in November 2024, has had over 17 million streams; physical record sales have topped 12,000, and Scottish DJ Hudson Mohawke remixed the iconic Race motif to launch the Deluxe Edition of the album in May 2025.

After its London premiere, Starlight Express opened on Broadway March 15, 1987, playing 22 previews and 761 regular performances at the Gershwin. The musical was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It won the Tony for John Napier's costume designs.

Songs include "AC/DC," "Make Up My Heart," "Light at the End of the Tunnel," and the title tune.

Visit StarlightExpressLondon.com.