It is a transfer for a production that opened at Manchester Opera House in March, starring Olly Dobson as teenage time-traveller Marty McFly and Roger Bart as the zany inventor “Doc” Emmett Brown.
London’s West End theatres remain mostly shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic but, if the calculations are correct, a new musical version of Back to the Future will land there in May next year.
Gale said the production, directed by John Rando, showcases “groundbreaking stagecraft, which we firmly believe raises the bar for production design and illusion.
Lloyd Webber called once more for the government to give the theatre industry a date when they can reopen at full capacity for indoor performances.