Starlight Express UK tour announced for Glasgow

Lisa in the theatre
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A world tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical Starlight Express has been announced. The high-voltage musical about toy trains that come to life, pulls into Glasgow at the Theatre Royal from 16 June to 3 July 2027. Here's what we know so far:

Starlight Express UK tour and World tour

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The highly anticipated world tour of the critically acclaimed new production of Starlight Express comes to Glasgow from 16 June to 3 July 2027.

Starlight Express World Tour

Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals today confirms initial dates and venues for the highly anticipated world tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s STARLIGHT EXPRESS.

The beloved musical made a triumphant return to London when the new production opened to widespread critical acclaim at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in June 2024. It went on to win multiple awards, including an Olivier Award and a record-breaking seven WhatsOnStage Awards, and became London’s longest-running revival of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in 20 years.

This thrilling new production has been redesigned for theatres across the UK and beyond, bringing all the spectacle and high-speed energy of the London production to your doorstep.

The world tour of this brand new production pulls into the Theatre Royal, Glasgow from Wednesday 16 Jun until Saturday 3 July 2027.

Michael Harrison said:

“We are absolutely thrilled to be launching this major new tour of STARLIGHT EXPRESS. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s extraordinary score, combined with the show’s unique sense of spectacle, exhilaration and heart, continues to captivate audiences across generations. This exciting new production builds on everything people love about the show, featuring a dynamic new set design by Tim Hatley. It’s going to be an unmissable theatrical event, pulling into a station near you.”

About Starlight Express, the musical

Seen by over 30 million people across the world, STARLIGHT EXPRESS is an electrifying experience for all ages.

Feel the rush as an incredible cast whizzes by performing some of musical theatre’s most beloved songs, including AC/DC, Make Up My Heart, Light at the End of the Tunnel and the iconic Starlight Express.

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’.

Casting is still to be announced for the world tour of STARLIGHT EXPRESS, which has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe.

This new production is directed by Luke Sheppard, with set designs by Tim Hatley, costume designs by Gabriella Slade, lighting designs by Howard Hudson, sound designs by Gareth Owen, new orchestrations by Matthew Brind with Andrew Lloyd Webber, and music supervision by Matthew Brind and David Andrew Wilson.