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Back to the Future – The Musical

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BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical was at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End.  The hit movie made into a very successful musical.

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Marty McFly is a rock ‘n’ roll teenager who is accidentally transported back to 1955 in a time-travelling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr Emmett Brown.  But before he can return to 1985, Marty must make sure his high school-aged parents fall in love in order to save his own existence.
BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, four WhatsOnStage Awards, including Best New Musical, and the Broadway World Award for Best New Musical. 

Cast of Back to the Future

Celebrated theatre actor, Cory English, returned to the cast of BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical as as ‘Doctor Emmett Brown’.
The rest of the cast was as follows: Ben Joyce as ‘Marty McFly’, Sarah Goggin as ‘Lorraine Baines’, Oliver Nicholas as ‘George McFly’, Jay Perry as ‘Goldie Wilson’, Jordan Pearson as ‘Biff Tannen’, Sophie Naglik as ‘Jennifer Parker’, Lee Ormsby as ‘Strickland’, Rhodri Watkins as ‘Dave McFly’, Patricia Wilkins as ‘Linda McFly’,
A sign of its success the show extend its booking period several times before it finally closed in April 2026

Based on the film, BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical has a book by Bob Gale and new music and lyrics by the excellent pairing of  Alan Silvestri and  Glen Ballard. The good news is that the two songs I remember from the movie,  The Power of Love and Johnny B. Goode are also in the musical.

BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical was directed by John Rando (Urinetown, On The Town). His design team consistsed of Tim Hatley (set and costume design), Tim Lutkin (lighting), Gareth Owen (sound) and Finn Ross (video), with choreography by Chris Bailey, musical supervision and arrangements by Nick Finlow and Illusions by Chris Fisher.

Orchestrations were by Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook, with dance arrangements by David Chase.

The Original Cast Recording, released on Sony Music’s Masterworks Broadway label, is now available and has had over 3 million streams. It features the new music by multi-Grammy Award-winners Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard alongside classic songs from the movieincluding The Power of Love and Johnny B. Goode. 

Do you remember the movie?

Back to the Future the movie was released in 1985, starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as Dr Emmett Brown. The film grossed $360.6 million (£279 million) at the box office worldwide and the total box office for all three films in the Back to the Future franchise was $936.6 million (over $1.8 billion in today’s money). WOW!

Back To The Future – Theatre Info

Performances: Monday, Wed to Sat 19:30pm, Thursday and Saturday 14:30, Sunday 15:00
Closed 11 April 2026

Theatre: Adelphi Theatre, The Strand, London,
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden

Website: BackToTheFutureMusical.com
Twitter: @BTTFmusical
Instagram: @BTTFmusical

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