Title: Starlight Express
Date: July-September 1986
Type: Musical
Location: Apollo Victoria Theatre, London, England
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe
Book: N/A
Production: Original West End Production
Collection Folder: Folder 17

Cast

Rusty: Kofi Missah
Greaseball: Drue Williams
Poppa/Starlight Express: Lon Satton
Electra: Maynard Williams
Pearl: Maria Hyde
Dinah: Debbie Wake
Ashley: Voyd
Buffy: Caron Cardelle
Greaseball Gang: Trevor Hodge, Marek Antoni, Greg Ellis
Greaseball Gang/Krupp: George Canning
Greaseball Gang/Rocky II: Ruel George Campbell
Greaseball Gang/Bobo: Norman Warren
Greaseball Gang/Turnov: Stephne LeRoche
Gook/Rocky I: Sebastian Craig
Tank/Weltschaft: Nils Seibaek
Lube/Hashamoto: Eamon Geoghegan
2nd Class Sleeper: Beverley Braybon
3rd Class Sleeper/Volta: C. Jay Ranger
Rocky III: Winston Pitt
Dustin: Geoffrey Stevens
Flat Top: Eddie Kemp
C.B.: Paul Reeves
Espresso: Bob Lee Dysinger
City of Milton Keynes: Geoffrey Abbott
Wrench: Carole Amphlett
Joule: Becky Norman
Purse: Robin Wright
Belle: Shezwae Powell

Covers: Russell Leon Adamson, Sandy Borne, Zoë Caryl, Antoni Garfield Henry, Michael Skyers, Ruth Welby, Angie Williams

Booth Singers: Neil Braithwaite, Mary Carewe, Alan Colhoun, Barbara Courteney-King, Steve Davies, Anna Devere, Carol Duffy, Don Grieg, Michael Lassiter, Bill McGillivray

Understudy Greaseball/Dustin/Electra: Nick Lloyd
Understudy Rusty: Gary Cordice
Understudy Ashley: Carole Amphlett
Understudy Buffy: Becky Norman
Understudy Dinah/Pearl: Beverley Braybon
Understudy Rocky I: Winston Pitt
Understudy Rocky II: Trevor Hodge
Understudy Rocky III: George Canning
Understudy Flat Top: Kevyn Waby
Understudy C.B.: Robin Wright
Understudy Belle: Alison Thérèse Limerick
Understudy Poppa: Richie Pitts

Orchestra

Keyboards/Harmonica:
Andy Read

Keyboards:
Colin Dudman
Peter Hagen

Drums:
Tom Nichol

Guitar:
Nick Pearson

Bass Guitar:
John Mole

Percussion:
David Locke

Trumpets:
Butch Hudson
David Lord
Andy Gibson
Buzz Trueman

Horn:
Julie Lord

Trombones:
Martin Kelly
Roger Williams

Tenor Saxophone/Flute/Piccolo:
Peter Ripper

Alto Saxophone/Baritone Saxophone/Clarinet:
Ken Poole

Crew

For Starlight Express

Producer: The Really Useful Theatre Company Ltd.
Director: Trevor Nunn
Designer: John Napier
Choreographer: Arlene Philipps
Lighting: David Hersey
Orchestrations: David Cullen, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Associate Director: Dion McHugh
Assistant to the Director: Nigel Warrington
Associate Costume Designer: Liz Da Costa
Assistant to the Choreographer: Ilse Challis
Musical Director: Tony Stenson
Assistant Musical Director: Peter Hagen

General Manager: Andrew Traegus
Production Manager: Richard Bullimore
Production Administrator: Alistair Smith
Production Carpenter: Robert Knight
Production Engineer: Howard Eaton
Bridge Design Engineer: Mike Barnett
Production Sound Engineering Consultant: Andrew Bruce
Assistant to John Napier: Sue Jenkinson
Production Assistant: Joanne Benjamin
Assistant to the Designers: Ben Hilliard

Skating Coaches: Paul McIlhone, Eamon Geoghegan
Stunt Advisor: Roy Scammell
Rehearsal Dance Captain: Chrissy Wickham
Rehearsal Skating Assistant: Danny John Jules

For Starlight Express London

Company Manager: Nick Bromley
Stage Manager: Simon Garrett
Deputy Stage Manager: Karen Kerr
Deputy Stage Manager (Video): David Ffitch
Assistant Stage Managers: Margaret Burge, Jennifer Grove, Susanna Rumney, Ian Stephenson
Sound Operator No. 1: Mike Clayton
Sound Operator No. 2: Jane Bloomfield
Assistant Sound Operator: Michael Potter
Dance Captain: Voyd
Assistant to the Company Manager: Madeleine Enthoven
Wardrobe Mistress: Heather Howell
Deputy Wardrobe Mistress: Rosalind Lee
Wig Master: Hugo Byron-Wiggins
Master Carpenter: Les Peters
Chief Electrician: Shirley Jordorson
Deputy Chief Electrician: Mark Rickards
Bridge Operators: Tim Gibson-Roberts, Jude Hudson, Danny Brierley
Leading Spot Operator: Samantha Fear

For The Really Useful Theatre Company Ltd.

Managing Director: Brian Brolly
Financial Controller: Michael Sydney-Smith
Personal Secretary to Andrew Lloyd-Webber: Sue Knight
Personal Secretary to Brian Brolly: Peta Boreham

For the Apollo Victoria Theatre

General Manager: Peter Hancock
Deputy General Manager: John Deacon
Assistant General Manager: Jane Todd
Technical Manager: Peter Green
Chief Electrician: Chris Searle
Chargehand: Paul Byrne
Box Office Manager: Michael Mann
Deputy Box Office Manager: Charles Gillespie
Party Bookings Manager: Fredelinda Teller
Trainee Assistant Manager: Brian Palmer
Box Office Controller: Steven Clements
Financial Administrator: Helen Carew
Stage Door Keepers: Keith Schooling, Colin Scott
Night Security: Walter Palmer
Housekeeper: Barbara Thrower

Programme Printed By: Stanley Press Ltd., Dewsbury

Notes

Production ran 1984-2002. Cast featured performed approx. July 1986-March 1987, but programme advertises previews for Phantom of the Opera, which began in September 1986.