Starlight Express - Musical Programme 2023

This year’s Senior Musical is set to take you on the ride of your life.

The Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera, Starlight Express, brings to the stage one of the most creative places to be, a child’s imagination. What better place to explore what could and might be without being fettered by the constraints of the grown-up world. Based loosely on the fairy tale of Cinderella, the messages that come from this story are brought to life on the stage. We will witness the power of self-belief, perseverance, and friendship. It showcases the importance of believing in oneself and never giving up on one’s dreams, no matter how difficult the journey maybe. These attributes have also brought our students and staff together to create this production full of all its twists and turns as the trains rival one and another through the course of the show. On seeing the show, I am sure it is obvious that there are many facets in bringing this production to life. Cast and crew have collaborated to create this imagining of the show. This project showcases how teamwork brings together the ultimate product. We applaud both the skill set and commitment of our staff and the enthusiasm and talents of our students. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s original premise of the show was to introduce live theatre to young audiences and the young at heart. As time moves forward, the show is meant to change, with Lloyd Webber stating, ‘Starlight Express by its nature has to change’. I am sure you will agree that justice has been done. So, I invite you to come with me and step into this wondrous world. The wheels have been set in motion, so follow all instructions from Control, keep your safety googles handy, remain seated with your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside your carriage and prepare for the Championship race! Mr Craig Bassingthwaighte

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Enter a world of speed and spectacle… the trip of a lifetime! Experience the imagination of a child! After a slight derailment in 2020, Starlight Express has rolled onto our stage for our 2023 musical. Our cast and crew have been working tirelessly to bring this production to life, and their hard work and dedication will shine through like the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’. Thank-you to our headmaster, Mr Craig Bassingthwaighte and the College Leadership Team, for having the foresight to support the work in our theatre to avail our students of the best possible experiences. The lessons that the young steam-train Rusty learns throughout the show regarding friendship and self-belief will be ones that our young cast take with them into their futures and will serve them well. Mrs Sue Roberts

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Starlight Express tells the story of a group of trains who come to life and compete in a race to become the fastest train in the world. The story takes place in a child’s (Control’s) imagination where the trains take on human-like personalities. Rusty, a young steam engine dreams of winning the race, however, he faces tough competition from other trains, including the arrogant Diesel and the powerful Electra. Being young and inexperienced, Rusty is not taken seriously by the other trains. He falls for a first-class coach named Pearl, who is also pursued by the flashy Greaseball. Pearl is drawn to Rusty’s kind and gentle nature, but she is torn between her feelings for him and her desire for a more glamorous life as promised by Greaseball. As the races progress, Rusty learns important lessons about friendship, perseverance, and self belief. He is helped along the way by his friends, including the experienced and wise Poppa, who encourages Rusty to believe in himself and his abilities. The races are full of excitement and drama, with each train using their unique skills and strengths to try and win. Rusty faces many challenges along the way, including a confrontation with the menacing Diesel, but he never gives up on his dream. In the end, Rusty emerges as the winner, proving to himself and others that he is capable of great things. He is reunited with Pearl, who realizes that true love is about more than just glamour and appearances. With its inspiring message about the power of self-belief and the importance of friendship, Starlight Express is a beloved classic of musical theatre.

House Keeping

Doors open approximately 20 minutes before show time. Cell phone use is prohibited once the show has begun. Please be respectful of other audience members. Food and drink is not permitted inside the theatre. The use of recording devices, including photography and video, inside the theatre is a violation of copyright law.

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We appreciate your attention to these important directions.

Overture Entry of National Trains Rolling Stock After Rolling Stock Rusty Cannot Be Serious A Whole Lotta Locomotion He’ll Whistle At Me

Orchestra

Control, Mother, National Engines

Greaseball, Company

Rusty, Greaseball, Nintendo, Prince of Wales, Ruhrgold, Turnov, Control, Coaches, Company

Coaches

Control, Coaches

Pearl, Coaches

Freight is Great

Coaches, Trucks, Control, Hip Hoppers, Flat Tops, Caboose, CB, Dustin, Greaseball, National Engines, Company

AC/DC Pumping Iron Coda of Freight

Control, Electra, Components

Coaches, Greaseball, Company

Greaseball, Electra, Coaches, Components, National Engines, Trucks, Company

Hitching and Switching Crazy Pearl, You’ve Been Honoured Make Up My Heart Race One

Control, Rusty, Pearl

Rusty, Pearl, Coaches

Purse, Rusty, Pearl

Pearl, Opal, Rusty

Control, Greaseball, Ruhrgold, Electra, Company

Poppa’s Blues After Blues Starlight Short

Poppa, Hip Hoppers, Flat Tops, Dustin

Poppa, Rusty, Hip Hoppers, Flat Tops, Dustin

Poppa, Control, Hip Hoppers, Rusty, Flat Tops, Dustin

Race Two

Poppa, Control, Nintendo, Turnov, Ruhrgold, Company

Laughing Stock

Rusty, Dustin, Poppa, Greaseball & Gang, Flat Tops, Hip Hoppers, Caboose, CB, Dustin, Electra & Components, Pearl, Coaches

Starlight Express

Rusty

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The Rap

Hip Hoppers, Control, Electra, Components, Greaseball, Caboose, CB, Dinah, Company

Whirl Pearl U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D. Girls’ Rolling Stock Dinah You’re Honoured

Greaseball, Pearl, Coaches

Dinah, Cookie, Coaches, Hip Hoppers

Buffy, Noshy, Duvay, Eider, Dinah, Cookie, Opal

Purse, Dinah, Coaches, Caboose, CB & Greaseball

Intro to Race Three Race Three

Purse, Dinah, Coaches, Caboose, CB, Greaseball

Control, Greaseball, Dinah, Electra, Dinah, Rusty, Caboose, CB Greaseball & Gang, Electra & Components, Caboose, CB, Flat Tops, Rusty, Pearl

Terrorising Rusty

Right Place, Right Time Rusty Alone Starlight Sequence Rusty and Dustin

Rusty, Hip Hoppers

Rusty

Rusty, Starlight

Rusty, Dustin

Dinah’s Disco Pre-Race Four

Dinah, Electra, Caboose, CB & Control

Greaseball & Gang, Pearl, Electra & Components, Caboose, CB, Rusty, Dustin, Company

Race Four

Control, Greaseball, Pearl, Electra, Caboose, CB, Rusty, Dustin, Company

One Rock ‘n’ Roll Too Many After Rock ‘n’ Roll I Do Long Live Rusty Mega-Mix Light at the End of the Tunnel

Electra, Greaseball, Caboose, CB

Control, Poppa, Dustin, Company

Pearl, Opal, Rusty

Dinah, Greaseball, Electra, Poppa, Company

Poppa, Company

Company

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River Teixeira Erin Davies

Control Mother Starlight

Arya Denzongpa-Bathols

Engines

Xavier O’Brien

Rusty

Benji Liu

Greaseball

Hamish Kennedy

Electra Poppa

Evan Cosson

Coaches

Hannah Zubair Hayeon Byun Daisy Webber Claudia Mewing

Pearl Opal Dinah Cookie Buffy Noshy Duvay Eider

Ayla Chirathivat-Geralds

Matilda Guthrie

Bella Beer

Daisy Symons

Freight

John Oluteye Ella Flowers Trinity Flowers

Dustin

Flat Top T Class 1 Flat Top T Class 2

Arya Denzongpa-Bathols

Caboose

Sarah Cosson

CB

Rockies Smackdown Avalanche

Jamie Chirathivat-Geralds Julian Kelly-Correa Ashane Kulawickrama

Striker

Arjun Rai

Thunderbolt

Rockettes Razor Bulletproof Bone Crusher

Abhilasha Sarmah

Angela Sun Aurell Gupta

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Japan Engine Nintendo

Carriages Sega

Mia Woodthorpe

Kaitenan Weintrop Eliana Brienza

Atari

Zoe Benson Beth Curry

Masaya Konami

Russia Engine Turnov

Carriages Varinka

Leylah Zubair

Matilda Folliott Alexis Butler

Vanya Vavara

Lucy Moss

England Engine Prince of Wales Noah Carter

Carriages Earl Grey Dean Goldsmith Lady Grey Filippa Capone Assam Joey Mewing Pekoe Laalasa Guduri

Germany Engine Ruhrgold

Carriages Reinhard

Abhiraj Sarma

Magnus Anthony Lucas Hannaford

Rutger Ricarda Richeza

Ling Rostas Bridie Sly

ELECTRA'S COMPONENTS

Phoenix Ritchie Erin Davies Riddhi Athota Aleeza Tariq

Wrench | The Repair Truck Purse | The Money Truck Joule | The Dynamite Truck Volta | The Freezer Truck Tacho | The Postal Truck D.C. | The Generator Truck Nitro | The Security Truck A.C. | The Battery Truck Chassis | The Panel Beater Truck Magneto | The Maintenance Truck

Emily Zhu

Ella Simmons

Anika Lu

Hana Chandler Ariana Hannaford

Jess Jeffries

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HIP HOPPERS

Iona Radcliffe Julia Puhalla Allegra Luissi Megan Cattell

Switcher Speeder Swinger Spiker Shunter Slugger Steeler

Sophie Ward-Harvey Emmeline Anthony Jenna Raybould

GREASEBALL'S GANG

Will Martin

Buzzlight

Hope Foukkare

Chromestuff

Esme Fink Evie Wilson

Starshift Pyrodrive

Mrs Sue Roberts Oliver Yang Tony Xia Oscar Pan Leo Kelly Correa Mr Declan Roberts Phoenix Kyaw

Director Keyboards

Saxophone

Guitar

Jaden Lee Joe Murphy

Bass Guitar

Drums

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Assistant Director Choreographer Technical Directors Director

Mrs Sue Roberts

Mrs Janine Carnell Ms Melissa Parkinson Ms Josephine Flynn Mr Sam Cash Mrs Anna D’Arcy Mr Brendan Robinson Mr Luke Sciacchitano Ms Deneale Scandrett

Sound and Lighting

Artistic Design Set Painting

Mr Ross Keefer Evan Cosson, Momoko Takahata, Sophie Schleimer-Newman, Lucia Razack, Alysha Gahankari, Secret Goetz, Emily Dopper, Lawrence Lee, Oscar Wheldon, Nicholas Mc Monagle, Peter Pilarinos, Asher Norton, Esme Finke, Filippa Capone, Will Martin, Erin Davies

Mr David Hinze

Set Construction Stage Manager

Noa Chester-Haviv Haysal Denzongpa-Bathols

Mr Stuart Roberts Mrs Kirsten McGrath Mr Mario Keczan

General Assistance

Liam O’Nuallain, Yuan Yu, Alex Kilmartin, Bailey Pourre, Luke Oishi

Technical Services Crew

Mr Luke Sciacchitano

Programme

Thank Yous Thank you to the following departments for their support of this production: Events, Logistics, Accounts, IT, Grounds & Maintenance, Communications & Media, and Cleaning. Thank you to all staff, parents and students of Somerset College who have generously given of their time to bring this production to life.

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Trial by Jury by W.S. Gilbert and A. Sullivan

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Mame Book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman

Guys and Dolls Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser, Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

Return to the Forbidden Planet by Bob Carlton by arrangement with Warner / Chappell Music

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Les Miserables A Musical by Alain Boublil and Claude Michel Schonberg, based on the novel by Victor Hugo, Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, original French Text by Alain Boublil and Jean Marc Natel, additional material by James Fenton, original orchestrations by John Cameron Grease Book Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey Amateur production by special arrangement with Dominie Pty Ltd Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Musical Thriller Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler from an Adaptation by Christopher Bond, Originally Directed by Harold Prince, Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards Jekyll and Hyde Conceived for the stage by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn, Book and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, Music by Frank Wildhorn, Orchestrations by Kim Scharnberg, Arrangements by Jason Howland Eurobeat Almost Eurovision Book by Craig Christie, Music and Lyrics by Craig Christie and Andrew Patterson CATS Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot by arrangement with ORiGiN™ THEATRICAL on behalf of the Really Useful Group Limited CATS logo TM ©1981 the Really Useful Group Limited Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Book by Lawrence Ka Sha and David Landay, Johnny Mercer, Gene de Paul, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, Based on a MGM Film and “The Sobbin’ Women” by Stephen Vincent Benet, Originally Directed for Broadway by Lawrence Kasha, Originally Produced on Broadway by Kaslan Proudctions, Inc. by arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY) Our House by Tim Firth Music and Lyrics by Madness. Our House was first produced at the Cambridge Theatre, London on 28th October 2002. Producers were Tiger Aspect Productions, Rupert Lord, Andre Ptaszynski and Phil McIntrye in association with Madness. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd on behalf of Josef Weinberger Ltd. Hairspray the Broadway Musical Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman. Based on the New Line Cinema film written and directed by John Waters. Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler, Arrangements by Marc Shaiman. By arrangement with Hai Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, Exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY). High School Musical on Stage Book by David Simpatico, Original Songs by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil; Ray Cham, Greg Cham and Andrew Seeley; Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn; Andy Dodd and Adam Watts; Bryan Louiselle; David N. Lawrence and Faye Greenberg; Jamie Houston Music Adapted, Arranged and Produced by Bryan Louiselle. Based on a Disney Channel Original Movie Written by Peter Barsocchini. Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia). All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia Legally Blonde Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin. Book by Heather Hach. Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia). All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia. Beauty and The Beast Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice, Book by Linda Woolverton, Originally Directed by Robert Jess Roth, Originally Produced by, Disney Theatrical Productions Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia). All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia We Will Rock You School Edition by Queen and Ben Elton. By Arrangement with David Spicer Productions www.davidspicer.com.au WICKED Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Winnie Holzman, Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, Produced on Broadway by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone. Orchestrations by William David Brohn. Music Arrangements Alex Lacamoire & Stephen Oremus. Dance Arrangements James Lynn Abbott. Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia). All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia. MAMMA MIA! Music and Lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and some songs with Stig Anderson; Book by Catherine Johnson, Originally conceived by Judy Craymer, MAMMA MIA! was originally produced in London by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal, Additional material & arrangements by Martin Koch, Music published by Universal Music Publishing Group, Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia), All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia

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