An electrifying new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express is coming to London in 2024, playing at the Starlight Auditorium at the the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.
Check out the cast for Starlight Express, including the actors and their biographies.
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Starlight Express – Cast
Principles
Jeevan Braich as Rusty
Training: The Royal Birmingham Junior Conservatoire.
Jeevan is extremely excited that Starlight Express will mark his professional debut.
Kayna Montecillo as Pearl
Training: ArtsEducational.
Credits while training: Maureen in Rent; Dance Captain/Ensemble in Sweet Charity.
Starlight Express marks Kayna’s professional debut.
Jade Marvin as Momma McCoy
Training: Arden School of Theatre.
Theatre credits include: Catherine of Aragon in Six (NCL); Mrs Otter in The Wind in the Willows (The Turbine Theatre); Sharky in Squad Goals (Dagenham and Redbridge F.C.); Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Union Theatre); Bad Girls: The Musical (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Mythic (Charing Cross Theatre).
Al Knott as Greaseball
Training: ArtsEducational.
Credits whilst training: Ensemble in Sweet Charity; Janet Van De Graaf in The Drowsy Chaperone.
Workshops: Starlight Express.
Starlight Express marks Al’s professional debut.
Eve Humphrey as Dinah
Training: Mountview.
Credits whilst Training: Violet Newstead in 9 to 5, Charles Charlemagne in Pippin, Regina George in Mean Girls, Paula in The Positive Hour, Dance Captain/Ensemble in On the Town.
Other work includes: Vocalist for Magic Radio’s Magic At The Musicals (Royal Albert Hall).
Starlight Express marks Eve’s Professional Debut.
Tom Pigram as Electra
Training: Guildford School of Acting.
Credits while training: Liliane La Fleur in Nine; Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde; Henrik Egerman in A Little Night Music.
Workshops: Freddie Benedick in Candidates.
Concerts: Schwartz at 75; West End Does: Hollywood.
Starlight Express marks Tom’s professional debut.
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Principles to be announced:
Poppa
Duvay
Ashley
Dustin
Belle
Flat Top
Wrench
Volta
Ruhrgold
Ensemble:
Ollie Augustin
Training: The Brit School, Bird College.
Theatre credits: Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Piccadilly Theatre); Come What May (UK Tour); Beauty and the Beast (Orchard Theatre).
Workshops: Legally Blonde.
Other work includes: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Press release for Universal Studios); The Brit Awards – Pink 2019 (O2 Arena); X Factor Final 2017 (Excel London).
Charles Butcher
Training: Dawn Dawson’s Academy of Dance in Bolton and SLP College in Leeds.
Theatre credits: Ensemble and U/S Good Fairy in Sleeping Beauty (Norwich Theatre); Enoch Snow Jnr/ Ensemble in Carousel (Kilworth House Theatre); Flat Top and Cover Caboose in Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany); Pan and Cover Neleus in Mary Poppins (Stuttgart & Hamburg, Germany); Dance Captain and U/S Smee in Return Of Captain Hook (Fairfield Hall Croydon and Bournemouth Pavillion); Ensemble in Aladdin (Cliffs Pavillion); Mungojerrie in CATS (Oasis of The Seas); Captains Mate in Dick Whittington (Cleethorpes); Ensemble in Robin Hood (Mayflower Theatre, Southampton); Ensemble in Cinderella (The Brindley) and Ensemble in Boogie Wonderland (Majesty of the Seas).
Other work includes: BBC Sounds of the 80s (Royal Festival Hall, London); Don’t Stop Believing (Channel 5).
Renz Cardenas
Training: The Urdang Academy.
Credits whilst training: Sonny in Grease (Billy Cullum).
Starlight Express will mark Renz’s professional debut.
Catherine Cornwall
Theatre credits: Swing/Understudy Young Norma in Sunset Boulevard (Savoy Theatre, West End); Ensemble/Understudy Babe in The Cher Show (UK Tour); Crossover Swing in The Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre, West End); Ensemble in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (Manchester Opera House).
Television credits: Dancer in London International Horse Show (BBC).
Film credits: Actor in Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow (Greenpeace); Ensemble in The Prince of Egypt Musical Movie (NBC/Universal).
Other work includes: Actor in Atlas 3.0 (Ruroc); Model for House of Fraser; Actor in Kurupt FM feat Craig David (Music Video).
Jamie Cruttenden
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits include: Oscar at The Crown (Edinburgh Fringe); My Fair Lady The Musical (London Coliseum and UK Tour); Dick Whittington (The Broadway Theatre, Barking); Sleeping Beauty (Beck Theatre, Hayes); Cinderella (The Alhambra, Bradford).
Film credits: Ensemble in Wonka (Warner Bros Pictures).
Other work include: McDonalds (Stink Films); Dancer in “In the wake of your leave”- Gangs of Youths.
Kelly Downing
Training: Three Spires Dance School and Bird College.
Theatre credits: Ensemble in Peter Pan (London Palladium); Original West End Cast Ensemble in Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre); The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals BBC Hamilton (Manchester AO Arena); Royal Variety Performance 2020 with Jason Manford, Gary Barlow, Marisha Wallace (Blackpool Winter Gardens); Olivier Awards 2018 with Hamilton (Royal Albert Hall); Royal Variety Performance with Hamilton (London Palladium); Sentebale Gala with Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre); Original Cast Ensemble in Bodyguard (Germany); Joule and understudied and played the roles of Buffy and Ashley in 25th Anniversary of Starlight Express (Germany); Ensemble and understudied and played the roles of Patty and Frenchy in Grease (UK Tour); Ensemble/Dance Captain and cover Spirit of Sherwood in Robin Hood (Woking Theatre); Ensemble and understudy Cinderella in Cinderella (Aylesbury Theatre); Ensemble in Dick Whittington and Aladdin (Belgrade Theatre).
Other work includes: Wicked (Feature Film); Dancer for Olly Murs and Rizzle Kicks at The Brit Awards 2012 (O2 Arena); Skater for Public Service Broadcasting, People Let’s Dance (Music Video); Medal ceremony presenter Grandstand (BBC2); Dancer for Our Town Story (02 Arena); Skater for New Balance (Corporate event); Skater for advert H&M Christmas (Worldwide); Skater and Dancer for advert Hunky Dorys; Buffalo is How We Roll (Ireland); Joule on the 25th Anniversary Cast Recording of Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany).
Asher Forth
Training: ArtsEducational.
Credits while training: Angel in RENT; Ensemble in Sweet Charity.
Workshops: Rusty in Starlight Express.
Starlight Express marks Asher’s professional debut.
Sam Gallacher
Training: Slyvia Young Theatre School and Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits: Swing in Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany); Ensemble/1st Cover Edwin in Summer Holiday (UK Tour); Crossover Swing in We Will Rock You.
Other work includes: Singer/Dancer at P&O Cruises; Genius TV Series (National Geographic dir. Ron Howard); Scorpious Malfoy Body Double in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
Lucy Glover
Training: The Urdang Academy.
Theatre credits: We Will Rock You (London Coliseum); Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany); West Side Story (Kilworth House); Sweet Charity (English Theatre Frankfurt); We Will Rock You (Germany); Disco Inferno (UK Tour); Pinocchio (UK Tour), Merry Widow Opera North (UK Tour), A Night of Dirty Dancing (UK Tour); Dancing Queen (UK and Norwegian Tour); Bohemian Rhapsody (UK Tour); Sleeping Beauty (Qdos Productions); Cinderella (Hackney Empire).
Ship Credits: Fantasy ColorLine – 2Entertain; Celebration, Carnival Cruise Lines.
Television Credits: Call The Midwife; Holby City; W1A; Eastenders.
Pablo Gómez Jones
Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts (2023 Graduate).
Credits while training: Chi-Chi Rodriguez in To Wong Foo (Hope Mill Theatre); 1st Cover Oscar, Lee and Tom in In Dreams (Leeds Playhouse); Joly in Les Misérables (Mexico City).
Theatre credits: Peter in Bare: A Pop Opera; Mr Erlanson in A Little Night Music; The Little Mermaid.
Concerts: Magic at the Musicals (Royal Albert Hall).
Scott Hayward
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits: Rock of Ages (UK Tour); Hairspray (Gaiety Theatre, Portsmouth); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (Kilworth House Theatre); Pippin (Hope Mill Theatre and Southwark Playhouse); Oliver! (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); Beauty and the Beast (Newbury Corn Exchange); Peter Pan (Cork Opera House); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Southampton Mayflower and Southend Cliffs Pavilion); Jack and the Beanstalk (Grand Opera House Belfast); Cinderella (Grand Opera House Belfast).
Television credits: Spy (Sky1).
Other work includes: The Best of Frank Loesser (Crazy Coqs London); Hollywood’s Lost Chords (Crazy Coqs London); Broadway’s Lost Chords (University of Sheffield).
Lilianna Hendy
Training: The Urdang Academy.
Credits Whilst Training include: Bring it On; Legally Blonde; Alan Menken Showcase.
Starlight Express marks Lilianna’s Professional Debut.
Lewis Kidd
Training: Dance School of Scotland and ArtsEducational Schools London.
Theatre credits: Mamma Mia! (UK and International Tour); The Sound Of Music (International Tour); Son Of A Preacher Man (UK Tour) and Some Enchanted Evening Concert by Rodgers and Hammerstein (Cadogan Hall).
Workshops: The Boy In The Dress By David Walliams for The Royal Shakespeare Company.
Television credits: Mamma Mia! At The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals.
Other work includes: Rice Fever Advert (Muller); and Amazon Business Advert for (Amazon).
Hannah Kiss
Training: Wilkes Academy.
Theatre credits: Wrench/Cover Components and Carriages in Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany); Alice in Dick Whittington (Princess Theatre, Hunstanton); Featured Vocalist in Thursford Christmas Spectacular; Tinkerbell in Peter Pan (Stockport Plaza); Lead Vocalist for Carnival Cruise Line, Ophelia in Domitius (Conway Hall, London); Alice in Mother Goose (Princess Theatre Hunstanton).
Other work includes: Featured Dancer in the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.
Oscar Kong
Training: University of Cambridge.
Theatre credits: Miss Saigon (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield); This is not a True Story (SOAS, Djam Lecture Theatre, London); Side Show (Berklee Performance Centre, Boston); Guys and Dolls (ADC Theatre, Cambridge); New Kids on the Block (HKAPA Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong).
Other work includes: Hardcore Fans (commercial, Heineken); Project X (commercial, Aramco).
Emily Martinez
Training: The Urdang Academy and The BRIT School.
Credits whilst training: Satine in Moulin Rouge (Urdang Summer Show); Fredrika in A Little Night Music; Sophia in Cases the Musical.
Starlight Express marks Emily’s professional debut.
Deearna McLean
Training: Performance Preparation Academy.
Theatre credits: The Magic Mirror in Snow White (Greenwich Theatre); Cover Nettie and Squeak in The Color Purple (UK Tour); Swing in TINA! The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre); Anna Gordy/Onstage Swing in Motown the Musical (UK and Ireland Tour); Zuma in Paw Patrol Live! (UK Arena Tour); Spirit of the Ring in Aladdin (Marina Theatre, Lowestoft).
Television credits: NHS Hands.Face.Space Fresh Air (Commercial).
Marianthe Panas
Training: ArtsEducational.
Theatre credits include: Teenage Fiona in Shrek the Musical (Sneddon Theatre, South Africa); Pepper in Annie (Sneddon Theatre, South Africa); 1st Cover Marina in Sindbad the Sailor (Sneddon Theatre, South Africa).
Other work includes: Symphonic Jackson (London Palladium); Doctor Zhivago (London Palladium); Olivier Awards (Royal Albert Hall); Lets Face the Music (Royal Albert Hall); South Africa’s Got Talent – Semi Finalist (E.TV).
David Peter-Brown
Theatre credits: Greaseball in Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany); Swing in Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany 2018); Ensemble/cover Kenickie in Grease (Royal Caribbean 2017); Ensemble/Cover Prince in Cinderella (Liverpool Empire).
Television credits: 2020 Dancer, Fame Maker.
Starlight Express marks David’s London debut.
RED
Training: Performers College.
Theatre credits include: Dancer in the 2012 London Olympics Closing ceremony (London Stadium); First Cast Volta/Cover Electra and Rockies in Starlight Express Das Musical (Bochum, Germany); Angel in Kinky Boots The Concert (Drury Lane); Prince Charming in Sleeping Beauty (Millfield Theatre).
Television credits include: Dancer in The Kooples (Rivoli Ballroom); Dancer in Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV Studios).
Other work include: Singer/Dancer cover lead male vocalist P&O Australia; Dancer in McDonald’s 40th Birthday Celebration Excel London, Dancer in Hooray For Hollywood (Romania); Model in Gender neutral fashion campaign for BN1 Magazine.
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Bethany Rose Lythgoe
Training: Liverpool Theatre School and The Hammond School.
Theatre Credits: Ensemble/Cover Tracy and Dinah in High Society (The Mill at Sonning); Humility/Pride in Pandemonium – The Musical (Fringe); Swing/Cover Jennifer Parker in Back to the Future (Manchester Opera House).
Other work includes: Eurovision Stage in The Park (Liverpool Empire Theatre); Rochelle in Text Me When You Get Home (Astraea Studios); Rochelle in Reclaim The Night (Astraea Studios); Ken Dodd’s Happiness (Tour); Collabro Royal Albert (Tour); Brendan Cole Showman (Tour).
Ashley Rowe
Training: D&B Academy of Performing Arts.
Theatre credits: Ensemble/1st Cover and played Pepper in Mamma Mia! (UK and International Tour); Swing in Legally Blonde (Regents Park, Open Air Theatre); Swing in Bring It On (Southbank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall); Saul in Cages (Riverside Studios/Scenario two).
Film credits: Male Ensemble/Dancer in Wonka (Warner Brothers).
Elly Shaw
Training: Urdang Academy.
Theatre Credits: Swing in Moulin Rouge Original London Cast (Piccadilly Theatre); Swing and Cover Rumpleteazer/Victoria/Jemima in CATS (International Tour); Swing/Ensemble in Beauty and The Beast (The Capitol Theatre, Horsham); Victoria and Cover Syllabub/Rumpelteazer in CATS (RCCL); Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz (The London Palladium); Brigitta Von Trapp in The Sound of Music (UK Tour); Jemima Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK Tour); Marta Von Trapp in The Sound of Music (The London Palladium); Young Eponine in Les Miserables (Queen’s Theatre).
Television Credits: Britain’s Got Talent (ITV); The Olivier Awards (ITV).
Other work includes: Dancer for Tropic Skincare (Birmingham NEC).
Gary Sheridan
Training: The College of Dance in Dublin, Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits: Hairspray (Esplanade Theatre, Singapore); Grease (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin); Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany).
Television credits: Penny Dreadful; The Tudors; Vikings and Vikings: Valhalla.
Film credits: Disney’s Disenchanted.
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Jessica Vaux
Training: ArtsEducational.
Theatre credits: Strictly Ballroom (UK and Ireland Tour).
Jaydon Vijn
Training: Wilkes Academy of Performing Arts.
Theatre Credits: Ensemble in Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre, London); Ensemble/First Cover Pepper in MAMMA MIA! (UK and International Tour); Rocky 2 in Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany); Theo, First Cover Lewis and Charles in Pippin (Charing Cross Theatre, London); Ensemble in Jack and The Beanstalk (The London Palladium); Swing in MAMMA MIA! (UK Tour); The Artful Dodger in Oliver! (UK Tour); Nigel in Matilda the Musical (Cambridge Theatre, Original West End Cast); Friedrich in The Sound of Music (Regents Park Open Air Theatre, London/Qatar); Child Ensemble in Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Original London Cast).
Television Credits: Professional Dancer/Contestant on I Like The Way U Move; Series 1 (BBC); Warburton’s Advert Three’s a Crowd and I Can Do it; You Can Too (CBeebies).
Film credits: Dancer in Wonka (Warner Bros); Dancer in Snow White (Disney).
Lara Vina Uzcatia
Training: Italia Conti.
Theatre credits: Rizzo in Grease The Musical 2023 (Italia Conti, Rhoda McGaw Theatre); Paulette in Grease 2 (Italia Conti Showcase; Rhoda McGaw).
Film credits: Good Dog – a short film 2018 (Artemisia Films).
Commercials: Pokémon Media Campaign 2022 (Maverick Media); Stills Shoot 2021 for Levile; A Fusion of Music and Dance 2017 (DMS Heart of England Academy).
Starlight Express marks Lara’s professional debut.
Sharon Wattis
Training: Guildford School of Acting.
Theatre credits: Paddington The Musical (Workshop); Mrs Brown/Kimbay in The Book of Mormon (Original UK and European Tour); Enochs Mother in Heaven on Earth (UK Tour); Mary in The Stepmother (Chichester Festival Theatre); Mommy in Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Stratford East/Belgrade Theatre); Company/1st cover Silvia in Love Me Tender (UK Tour); Vox Pop in The Kingmaker (St James Theatre); Poopsie in The Pajama Game (Shaftesbury Theatre); Dynamite/1st Cover Motor Mouth Maybelle in Hairspray (Leicester Curve); Mrs Brown/Kimbay in Original London Cast The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre); Dynamite in Hairspray (Aberystwyth Arts Centre); Ronette in Little Shop of Horrors (Broadway Theatre); Featured Singer in Godspell 40th Anniversary Concert (Palace; Manchester); Principal Girl in Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Oxford Theatre Company); Apple Tree/1st Cover and played Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (for the RSC Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse); New UB40 musical Promises and Lies (original cast; Birmingham Rep); Swing/Cover and played Shenzi and Sarabi in The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre); Richard Stilgoe’s Exit Allan (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff); Fairy Godmother in Jack and The Beanstalk (Assembly Rooms Tunbridge Wells).
Television/Film credits: King Lear (BBC) directed by Richard Eyre starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
Commercials include: Amazon Fire.
Television and Radio Specials include: The Royal Variety Show; Strictly Come Dancing; Swiss TV Music Awards; The Oliviers; Amazon Music with Tom Grennan; BBC Radio 2 Friday Night is Music Night; Amazon Music with Freya Riding; BBC Radio 2 The Music of Disney.
Ashlyn Weekes
Training: The Urdang Academy.
Credits whilst training: Becky in Waitress (Urdang Summer Show); Holly in The Wedding Singer; Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act (Urdang Summer Show).
Starlight Express marks Ashlyn’s professional debut.