Great Scott! The first ever UK tour of the multi award-winning Back To The Future The Musical is heading to Scotland and the Edinburgh Playhouse for Christmas 2026.
The festive season will break up the first ever UK tour of the multi award-winning musical based on the 1985 blockbuster movie, which opens at the Bristol Hippodrome from 8 October 2026 to Saturday 21 November 2026. The tour will also visit the Liverpool Empire, 12 January-6 February 2027, Milton Keynes Theatre, 9-27 February 2027, Sunderland Empire, 13 April-8 May 2027 and Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 8 June-3 July 2027, with further tour dates and casting to be announced.
Lead producer Colin Ingram, in conjunction with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the creators of the Back To The Future film trilogy, says, “I’m so delighted that the DeLorean will be travelling 88 mph to all the main theatre cities in the UK so that we can bring this heartfelt spectacle of a show to those who haven’t seen it in the West End or want to see it again. Audiences are going to have such a fun and thrilling ride in a show which will tour in all its glory and be one of the biggest sets to come out on the road”.
Back To The Future The Musical will also continue to run in the West End at the Adelphi Theatre, entering its fifth year in London, having broken box office records at the venue, and been seen by more than two million people. The critically acclaimed Olivier, WhatsOnStage and Broadway World Award-winning Best New Musical is also a global success, with productions currently running in North America, Japan and on Royal Caribbean Cruises, with Australian and German productions to follow. The show has been seen by more than four million people worldwide so far.
It is directed by Tony Award-winning director John Rando, alongside the multi Tony and Olivier Award-winning design team of Tim Hatley (set and costume design), Chris Bailey (choreography), Chris Fisher (Illusions), Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone (lighting), Gareth Owen (sound) and Finn Ross (video), with musical supervision and arrangements by Nick Finlow. Orchestrations are by Ethan Popp and Bryan Crook, with dance arrangements by David Chase.
Back to the Future the movie was released in 1985, starring Michael J Fox as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as Dr Emmett Brown – this year marks the fortieth anniversary of the film’s release. The film grossed £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, more than $1.8 billion in today’s money.
Tickets here.
