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‘What would a kid do in this situation?’ Engineering Starlight Express’s dazzling return

One year on from its triumphant opening at Troubadour Wembley Park, the musical’s set, lighting, costume and video designers reveal how they souped up the 80s musicalHoward Hudson (lighting designer): I saw the original production many times. The scale and feel of it were unlike anything else. Complete escapism. I used to skate around the living room singing the songs.Andrzej Goulding (video designer and animator): It’s such a part of popular culture – Starlight Express is even referenced on Family Guy. But I didn’t know a huge amount about the musical aside from the fact that it was on roller-skates and it was trains. Continue reading...

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