Starlight Express will spend Christmas 2027 in Manchester. The UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's roller-skating musical has added more dates, and now runs from May 2027 to New Year's Day 2028.
WhatsOnStage reports four new stops after Bradford: Milton Keynes, Plymouth and Edinburgh through October and November, then a month-long festive run at the Palace Theatre in Manchester from 1 December 2027 to 1 January 2028. The tour opens at Curve in Leicester on 9 May 2027.
The production's own tour site currently lists the run as far as Bradford, with further dates marked as still to be announced.
The full UK itinerary now reads:
- 9-22 May 2027: Curve, Leicester
- 26 May - 12 June 2027: Liverpool Empire, Liverpool
- 16 June - 3 July 2027: Theatre Royal, Glasgow
- 14-31 July 2027: Sunderland Empire, Sunderland
- 11 August - 11 September 2027: Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham
- 15-25 September 2027: Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
- 29 September - 9 October 2027: Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
- 13-23 October 2027: Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes
- 27 October - 6 November 2027: Theatre Royal Plymouth, Plymouth
- 10-20 November 2027: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
- 1 December 2027 - 1 January 2028: Palace Theatre, Manchester
The tour takes on the revival Luke Sheppard directed at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, which played from June 2024 until 3 May 2026. Casting for the road has not been announced yet. Dates in Canada and Australia are also planned, with details to follow.
Anyone who cannot wait that long has a shorter journey: the Wembley staging reaches cinemas on 26 November, and our story on the film has the details.
For more information, visit the official website.
