Lead producer Colin Ingram, together with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the creators of the Back To The Future film trilogy, announce that celebrated theatre actor, Cory English, will join the cast of Back To The Future The Musical at the Adelphi Theatre, playing the role of ‘Doctor Emmett Brown’.
The show will also extend its booking period until Sunday 22 October 2023. Tickets for the new booking period are on sale now.
The critically acclaimed Olivier, WhatsOnStage and Broadway World Award-winning Best New Musical had its opening night in London on Monday 13 September 2021 and recently broke box office records at the Adelphi Theatre for the highest gross sales in one week.
Back To The Future The Musical is nominated for three WhatsOnStage Awards in 2023 including Best West End Musical, Best Takeover Performance for Ben Joyce and Best Professional Debut Performance for Oliver Nicholas.
Alongside the extension of the booking period, the Adelphi Theatre’s co-owners, LW Theatres, have also partnered with Gala Pro – a revolutionary app for accessibility and translation to enhance accessible experiences at live performances. Available now, the technology works by delivering individual closed captioning and audio description to the user’s own mobile device. This exciting new partnership accompanies other additions, such as dedicated relaxed, signed, audio described and captioned performances later in the year.
Cory English recently played the role of ‘Doctor Emmett Brown’ in the show from 23 November 2022 to 3 January 2023 and is now taking over the role permanently as Roger Bart heads to the Broadway production, finishing his run on 20 March 2023. Cory played Max Bialystock in the West End and UK Touring productions of The Producers, directed by Susan Stroman. His other credits include Sleepless at Troubadour Theatre Wembley Park, She Loves Me at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Igor in Young Frankenstein on Broadway and in the West End and Benny Southstreet in Michael Grandage’s West End production of Guys & Dolls.
Back To The Future The Musical currently stars Tony Award-winning Roger Bart and Ben Joyce as ‘Doctor Emmett Brown’ and ‘Marty McFly’ respectively, with Amber Davies as ‘Lorraine Baines’, Oliver Nicholas as ‘George McFly’, Jordan Benjamin as ‘Goldie Wilson’, Harry Jobson as ‘Biff Tannen’, Sophie Naglik as ‘Jennifer Parker’, Gary Trainor as ‘Strickland’, Will Haswell as alternate ‘Marty McFly’ and ‘Dave McFly’ and Emma Lloyd as ‘Linda McFly’. Also in the cast are Amy Barker, Simeon Beckett, Sia Dauda, Tyler Davis, Glen Facey, Dylan Gordon-Jones, Adam Margilewski, Cameron McAllister, Alessia McDermott, Bryan Mottram, Laura Mullowney, Anna Murray, Jon Reynolds, Melissa Rose, Georgia Tapp, Justin Thomas, Charley Warburton, Tavio Wright and Rhodri Watkins.
The Original Cast Recording, released on Sony Music’s Masterworks Broadway label, is now available on all formats, including vinyl, 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 movie including The Power of Love and Johnny B. Goode.
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. The productions in London and Manchester have so far been seen by half a million people and the musical has broken box office records at the Adelphi Theatre.
