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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 15th Birthday in June 2003.

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 attend skate school prior to opening in the show. Skate school runs 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.

One ticket tout, who has been outside the Apollo Victoria Theatre each weekend since the show opened, now has his grandson to help him.

An Army video training film has Starlight Express as one of the London landmarks for orienteering.

The theatre ghost, who has been seen since the theatre was a cinema, sits in Row Q, sometimes during the evening performances.

The London production has been 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 have been used since the production opened.

The skaters have 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 have watched the show every week for the last four years. The grand-daughter has skating lessons every week.

Alan Newman, a postman from Kent, has seen the show 750 times and estimates he has spent �21,000.00. He always sits in the same seat - Stalls L23.

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