Starlight Express reviews

471 reviews

How do we collect reviews?

These ratings include verified reviews from both Headout guests and our trusted partners who operate this experience locally. All reviews come from real travelers who've taken this experience.

409

Guests from Austria, United States, Switzerland and over 24 countries have loved this experience

Susan R

Couple

Verified booking

Apr 2026

Absolutely brilliant. I first saw this show about 40years ago and it is still fabulous. Atmosphere is amazing. Ever character were just as brilliant as each other. They all made the show ! Costumes were fabulous. Funny moments, jolly moments and sad moments. A great show to see. Highly recommmend and would go again for a 3rd time ! My daughter thougt it was just as brilliant as I did.

Sally B

Group

Verified booking

Apr 2026

Fantastic setting, incredibly talented and accomplished performers, suitable for youngsters of school age, grannies and everyone in between. A wonderful experience. So sad that it is closing or we would definitely have considered a return visit.

Andrew M

Group

Verified booking

Apr 2026

A magical adventure! Put aside all preconceived notions of what a performance should be and relish the delight of a sight and sound spectacle that goes beyond imagination. We loved this show, even my teenage son who's not easily impressed.

Martina K

Group

Verified booking

May 2026

Just everything—the pace, the music, the artists. An unforgettable and thrilling experience that will stay with you forever.

Kevin M

Couple

Verified booking

Apr 2026

I had read the reviews - performers racing around tracks around and amongst the audience. It sounded unbelievable - I had to see it. I arrived at the Theatre to soak in the atmosphere and to see the auditorium (plus find my seat) to be told that we could not enter until 20 - 30 minutes before the performance started. The doors opened and the staff were briliant in getting everyone to their seats and all Safety announcements made. Once it started I was mesmorised by the skills of the actors doing what they did on skates and the speeds around the tracks - especially the two 'marshalls' on their scooters - and they sang. I have been asked if the show met my expectations, my respose was 'far exceeded them. I would love to go again and sit in a different part of the auditorium for a different experience but the show, very sadly, finishes soon. To anyone who is in doubt, if you can GO - you will will thoroughly enjoy the show.

Starlight Express

Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Show Unavailable

More details

Review by Headout

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express follows Rusty, a steam engine trying to win the girl of his dreams: a first-class observation car named Pearl. Adapted for the stage, this production has its cast on wheels whizzing past audiences and delivering some banger tunes. It’s as zany as it sounds and is the epitome of camp.
Despite their best efforts to figure out why audiences adore this musical and have catapulted it to the ninth-longest-running show on West End, critics are stumped. The answer, however, is simple: Starlight Express is entertainment in its purest form. It’s the underdog story, it is high-octane pizazz, it is foot-stomping bops tempered by character-defining ballads. It is everything a musical ought to be and everything Webber hoped this whacky train ride would become.