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Starlight Express facts and figures
- Since Starlight Express opened at the Apollo Victoria in London on 27th March 1984 it has been produced in Germany, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and Mexico, as well as a production on ice in 1997.
- STARLIGHT EXPRESS at the Apollo, London closed on the 12th January 2002, after a run of 18 years and 7409 performances.
- The German production, in Bochum, celebrated it's 17th Birthday in 2004. It has been seen by over 10 million people.
- Although only 24 people appear on stage, over 200 are involved in making Starlight Express happen every night.
- STARLIGHT EXPRESS opened on 27th March 1984. It is second only to CATS as the longest running musical in British theatre history: Tuesday 9th January 2001 saw it's 7000th performance at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.
- New casts attended skate school prior to opening in the show. Skate school ran for 4 weeks prior to 7 weeks of vocal staging and choreography rehearsals.
- In November 1992, every aspect of the production was re-worked. The show was re-directed, re-choreographed, re-lit, even the set was thoroughly refurbished for the new production. The advance booking is the highest for the last five years.
- There have been eight productions since 1984 including London, New York, US/Canadian tour, Las Vegas, Japan, Australia/Japan tour, Germany and Mexico.
- An estimated 16 million people have seen the show worldwide and the estimated gross box office world-wide is £352 million.
- Scary Spice, of The Spice Girls, trained in the Skate School for Starlight Express in 1995. Saffron, lead singer for Republica, was in Starlight Express for two years.
- The theatre ghost, who has been seen since the theatre was a cinema, sat in Row Q, sometimes during the evening performances.
- The London production was seen by over 7 million people.
- The original production cost £2.25 million to mount.
- The bridge featured in the show weighs five and half tonnes.
- When the set was first built, 750 gallons of paint and varnish were used.
- 6 miles of timber, two and half acres of sheet wood and 60 tonnes of steel were used to construct the set.
- 90,000 feet of trussing is on the set.
- There are 1,500 light bulbs on the set, 1,200 lanterns and 6,000 pea lights on the back wall of the set to create the star effect.
- The top speed recorded by a skater was 40 mph during a rehearsal.
- 20,000 pairs of skate laces, 25,000 skate wheels and 15,000 toe stops were used during the London run.
- The London skaters got through 1,200,000 boxes of tissues and 12,000 gallon bottles of water.
- 2,000 pairs of false eyelashes, 8,000 tins of base make-up and 2,000 tubs of make-up remover have been applied.
- Three generations of the Pearton family watched the Apollo Victoria show every week for the final four years. The grand-daughter had skating lessons every week.
- Alan Newman, a postman from Kent, saw the show 750 times and estimates he spent £21,000.00. He always sat in the same seat - Stalls L23.
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