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TikTok Sensation Maddie Grace Jepson To Make West End Debut in Back to the Future: The Musical

London, 25 June 2025 — Popular content creator Maddie Grace Jepson will swap ring lights for stage lights this summer when she joins the hit production of Back to the Future: The Musical at the Adelphi Theatre. From 13 August 2025, Jepson will step into the role of Lorraine Baines, Marty McFly’s lovestruck mother-to-be.

“Looks like I’m in my debut era!” Jepson exclaimed. “Musical theatre was my first love, so joining this award-winning show feels like fate. Lorraine— I’m coming for you.”


A Global Time-Travelling Phenomenon

Since opening in September 2021, the WhatsOnStage Award-winning musical has welcomed more than 1.6 milliontheatregoers in London and Manchester and smashed box-office records at the Adelphi. Productions have launched on Broadway and in Japan, with Australian and German runs slated for later this year and a Royal Caribbean iteration currently in development.


Starry Additions and Fan-Favourite Leads

Jepson isn’t the only fresh face arriving on 13 August. Beloved entertainer Brian Conley will don the lab coat and goggles of Doctor Emmett Brown for a limited 12-week engagement through 3 November. They join a company led by Caden Brauch as Marty McFly and Sarah Goggin—who hands the Lorraine baton to Jepson—alongside Orlando Gibbs (George McFly) and Alex Runicles (Biff Tannen).


Creative Team

  • Book: Back to the Future screenwriter Bob Gale

  • Music & Lyrics: Film composer Alan Silvestri and Grammy-winner Glen Ballard

  • Direction: Tony-winner John Rando

  • Design: Tim Hatley (sets/costumes), Tim Lutkin & Hugh Vanstone (lighting), Gareth Owen (sound), Finn Ross(video)

  • Choreography: Chris Bailey

  • Illusions: Chris Fisher

Classic hits “The Power of Love” and “Johnny B Goode” appear alongside new numbers that propel the 1985 film’s time-hopping narrative onto the stage—with a DeLorean that actually flies.


Fast Facts

  • Anniversary Tie-In: The casting news aligns with the film’s 40th anniversary (July 1985).

  • Audience Reach: London’s run alone has grossed tens of millions and continues to draw capacity crowds.

  • Awards Count: Multiple Olivier and WhatsOnStage trophies, plus a North American tour cited for record advance sales.


Ready to Hit 88?

Tickets for Back to the Future: The Musical are on sale via the Adelphi Theatre box office and official website. With a TikTok star at the wheel and a new Doc Brown in the lab, this flux-capacitor-fueled juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down. Great Scott—get a seat before it vanishes into the past!

Belaid S

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