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Strap in for the smash hit Back to the Future The Musical, landing at the Bristol Hippodrome as part of its first ever UK tour. Winner of Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards, WhatsOnStage Awards and Broadway World Awards, this “perfect musical escapism” (Metro) is ready to take you on an electrifying journey through time.

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Based on the iconic

1985 movie and brought to the stage by the film’s original creators Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, this multi-award-winning production is dazzling critics and thrilling audiences across the globe – and now it’s Bristol’s turn to experience the ride of a lifetime.   

 

When teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric Doc Brown, he disrupts the space-time continuum and must race against the clock to put things right – and get back to the future

 

Don’t miss this “high-voltage comedy” (Metro) and “feelgood triumph” (Telegraph), directed by Tony Award-winner John Rando and featuring a show-stopping DeLorean that “defies the laws of theatre” (Guardian).

 

Back to the Future the Musical features original music by multi-Grammy winners Alan Silvestri (Avengers: Endgame) and Glen Ballard (Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror), alongside hit songs from the movie including The Power of Love, Johnny B. Goode, Earth Angel and Back in Time.“It’s a total blast” (Metro), and when this baby hits 88mph at the Bristol Hippodrome, it will zap “the audience between the eyes and ears to a roar of delight” (Variety).

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On March 5, 2024, it was reported by Baz Bamigboye from Deadline Hollywood that the stage adaptation of the film was in development by Disney Theatrical Productions, opening in Bristol in Spring 2026 before heading to the West End and Broadway, following a workshop in Fall 2023.[1] On August 9, 2024, it was also announced at D23 Expo by Disney Theatricals with a performance of "The Greatest Show," the opening and closing number of the film which is also expected to do the same on stage. All songs from the film are expected to be included, with Pasek and Paul contributing five new songs to the production. The musical is also Disney's first stage adaptation of a 20th Century Studios film following The Walt Disney Company's 2019 acquisition of 21st Century Fox and its assets.[2]

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