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There's a Back to the Future Musical heading our way

And, it's got an award-winning team behind it.

29 January 2020

We've yet to meet anyone who isn't a fan of Back to the Future (and rightly so), so the following news will either fill you with excitement or (more likely) dread - Back to the Future is being rebooted... for the stage.

Following reports that The Karate Kid is getting a Broadway makeover, it seems no '80s classic is safe because Back to the Future: The Musical is real.

If you don’t believe us, take a look at the show’s trailer - featuring the O.G. inventor himself, Christopher Lloyd.

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The actor who played Doc Brown in the 1985 cult classic had his very own cameo in the trailer, which sees Marty McFly (Olly Dobson) hand him a set of keys before dashing off.


Lloyd won’t be starring in the musical but it might reassure you to know that this is by far an amateur show - the team behind the time-travelling musical are littered with awards.


A new score is being composed by Grammy Award-winning duo Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, and the musical is directed by Tony Award-winning John Rando.


These new songs will also be accompanied by the movie’s iconic hits The Power of Love, Johnny B Goode, Earth Angel and Back in Time (just please don’t sing along).


Back to the Future: The Musical will be on at the Manchester Opera House from 20 February, before transferred to London’s West End later in the year.


Tickets are also a bargain with prices starting at just £13.