Title: Starlight Express
Date: June 1984-Late 1984
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: Ray Shell
Greaseball: Jeff Shankley
Poppa/Starlight Express: Lon Statton
Electra: Tom Jobe
Pearl: Stephanie Lawrence
Dinah: Frances Ruffelle
Ashley: Chrissy Wickham
Buffy: Nancy Wood
Greaseball Gang/Rocky I: Danny John Jules
Greaseball Gang/Rocky II: Attlee Baptiste
Greaseball Gang/Rocky III: Richard Bodkin
Greaseball Gang/Dustin: Gary Love
Greaseball Gang/Hashamoto: Drue Williams
Greaseball Gang/Turnov: Bobby Collins
Greaseball Gang/Krupp: Michael Seraphim
Gook/Flat Top: Paul Reeves
Tank/Weltschaft: Mark Davis
Lube/Bobo: Sebastian Craig
2nd Class Sleeper/Joule: Debbie Wake
3rd Class Sleeper/Volta: Voyd
C.B.: Michael Staniforth
Espresso: Ruel George Campbell
Wrench: Carole Amphlett
Belle: P.P. Arnold

Swings: Eleanor Bertram, Pollyanna Buckingham, Caron Cardelle, Marcus D’Amico, Uduak Ephraim, Raymond Hatfield, Stefan Reekie

Understudy Greaseball: Mark Davis
Understudy Rusty/Electra: Kofi Missah
Understudy Ashley: Voyd
Understudy Buffy: Charlotte Avery
Understudy Dinah: Carole Amphlett
Understudy Pearl: Nancy Wood
Understudy Rocky I: Sebastian Craig
Understudy Rocky II: Ruel George Campbell
Understudy Rocky III: Michael Seraphim
Understudy Dustin: Drue Williams
Understudy C.B.: Paul Reeves
Understudy Belle: Samantha Foxx
Understudy Poppa: Abraham Osuagwu

Orchestra

Keyboards/Harmonica:
Bill Worrall

Keyboards:
Colin Dudman
Philip Edwards

Drums:
Peter Van Hooke

Guitar:
Nick Pearson

Bass Guitar:
John Mole

Percussion:
David Locke

Trumpets:
Butch Hudson
David Lord
Graham Russell
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
Assistant to the Director: Dion McHugh
Associate Costume Designer: Liz Da Costa
Assistant to the Choreographer: Jane Newman
Musical Director: Tony Stenson
Assistant Musical Director: Philip Edwards

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
General Management PA: Helen Nicholson

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

For Starlight Express

Company Manager: Nick Bromley
Stage Manager: John Rae-Smith
Deputy Stage Manager: Polly Davidson
Video Deputy Stage Manager: Andy Barker
Assistant Stage Managers: Susanne Rumney, Anlouise Snedden, Gary Higham
Sound Operators: Maddie Parisio, Graham Carmichael
Assistant Sound Operators: Jane Bloomfield, Mandy Hare
Dance Captain: Mark Davis
Wardrobe Mistress: Heather Howell
Deputy Wardrobe Mistress: Hilary Ball
Wig Master: Hugo Byron Wiggins
Master Carpenter: Chris Barron
Chief Electrician: Paul Taylor
Deputy Chief Electrician: Shirley Jordorson
Bridge Operators: Les Peters, Tim Gibson Roberts, Jude Hudson
Leading Spot Operator: Mark Richards

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: Patricia Carson

For the Apollo Victoria Theatre

General Manager: Peter Hancock
Deputy General Manager: Andrew De Rosa
Assistant General Manager: John Deacon
Chief Electrician: Paul O’Brien
Maintenance Manager: Peter Green
Deputy Chief Electrician: Paul Greener
Box Office Manager: Michael Mann
Deputy Box Office Manager: Charles Gillespie
Party Bookings Manager: Fredelinda Telfer
Theatre Secretary/PA: Tessa Chisholm
Assistant Administrator: Helen Sykes
Stage Door Keepers: John McCrosson, Colin Scott
Night Security: Walter Palmer

Programme Printed By: Stanley Press Ltd., Dewsbury

Notes

Programme has no date. Date estimated by cast featured, alongside adverts in programme. Cast featured is nearly all of the Original West End Cast. Programme advertises show that opened June 1984 and a show that ran May 1984-September 1985.