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Starlight Express – Milton Keynes Theatre

Starlight Express - Milton Keynes Theatre- credit Eric Richmond

Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber Choreographer & Director: Arlene Phillips Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe Reviewer: Maggie Constable The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★½☆ For the next fortnight in Milton Keynes what a treat! …. Starlight Express, the sparkling new 3D production has rollered into the theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s futuristic story of hope and love when confronted by all that life can [...]

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Starlight Express – Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol

Starlight Express

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe Additional Lyrics: David Yazbeck Direction and Choreography: Arlene Phillips Reviewer: Richard Loftus The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★☆☆ Starlight Express opened at the Apollo Victoria on 27 March 1984 – 29 years later, the production glides on to Bristol Hippodrome’s stage providing A Whole Lotta Locomation for audiences. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express [...]

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Starlight Express – Liverpool Empire

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe Additional Lyrics: David Yazbek Director: Trevor Nunn Reviewer: Tim Stone The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½  Bill Kenwright’s 2012 touring production of Starlight Express has the potential to win over the even biggest of Andrew Lloyd Webber critics, not only by the complete professional and smooth musical show, but also by the enjoyable [...]

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Rock Around the Clock – Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Director: Neil Dorward Reviewer: Mary Tapper The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★☆☆ Rock Around the Clock provides a real whistle stop tour of music from the 50s and early 60s with performances of songs by Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, The Four Seasons, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Shirelles, Elvis and Fats Domino to name but a few! Accompanied by [...]

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Rock Around the Clock – Richmond Theatre, London

Director: Neil Dorward Reviewer: Alex Ramon The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★½☆ Rock Around the Clock is pretty much the kind of show that you know whether or not you’ll enjoy before stepping into the auditorium. It’s the ultimate nostalgia-fest jukebox musical: a slick assemblage of 1950s and early 60s rock ‘n’ roll hits strung together without anything as distracting [...]

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