New cast announced for 'Back to the Future: The Musical' in the West End

Vasco Emauz makes his West End debut as Marty McFly in Bob Gale, Alan Silvestri, and Glen Ballard's musical about a time-travelling teenager and an eccentric scientist.

New casting has been announced for Back to the Future: The Musical at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End. The musical has also extended performances through 27 July 2025.

Vasco Emauz will make his West End debut as teenager Marty McFly. He is joined by Orlando Gibbs (Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play) as George McFly, C.J. Borger (Kristin Chenoweth: An Evening With Friends In Honor Of Todd Haimes) as Goldie Wilson and Marvin Berry, Alex Runicles (The Choir of Man) as Biff Tannen, Talia Palamathanan (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) as Jennifer Parker, Ellis Kirk (Heathers the Musical) as alternate Marty McFly, and Liam McHugh (Grease the Musical) as Dave McFly. Kofi Aidoo-Appiah, Billie Bowman, and Gracie Caine join the ensemble.

Returning to the cast are Cory English as Doctor Emmett Brown, Sarah Goggin as Lorraine Baines, Lee Ormsby as Strickland and alternate Doctor Emmett Brown, and Patricia Wilkins as Linda McFly. Ella Beaumont, Sia Dauda, Alexander Day, Helen Gulston, Matthew Ives, Connor Lewis, Adam Margilewski, Bryan Mottram, Anna Murray, Samuel Nicholas, Louis Quinn, Zachkiel Smith, Grace Swaby-Moore, and Alexandra Wright return in the ensemble.

Based on the film trilogy by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, Back to the Future: The Musical has a book by Bob Gale and music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard.

The musical opened in the West End in September 2021 and follows teenager Marty McFly as he accidentally goes back in time to 1955 thanks to a time-travelling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr Emmett Brown.

The creative team includes John Rando (director), Tim Hatley (set and costume design), Tim Lutkin (lighting), Hugh Vanstone (lighting consultant), 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 are by Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook, with dance arrangements by David Chase.

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Photo credit: Vasco Emauz, who will star in Back to the Future The Musical. (Photo by Matt Crockett)