Interview with Cory English (a.k.a ‘Doc Brown’)

We last interviewed the one and only Bob Gale back in June 2021 ahead of the West End opening, so we were thrilled to catch up with him again recently to chat about everything that’s in store for Back to the Future The Musical in 2025! 🤯 We asked Bob to tell us about some of his highlights from Broadway and taking the show on the road with the North American Tour, as well as getting some EXCLUSIVE updates on what fans can expect from the upcoming Shiki Theatre Company production in Japan, the Royal Caribbean production aboard the Star of the Seas, and the Sydney and German productions. He also talks about the 5th Anniversary of Back to the Future The Musical and the 40th Anniversary of the original Back to the Future movie which will be celebrated next year! ⚡️ WARNING: Contains minor spoilers about Back to the Future The Musical. Recorded: 18th December 2024

It’s been about a year since our last cast interview… but we’re BACK! ⚡️ The phenomenally talented Elliott Evans who currently plays Alternate Marty and many other residents of Hill Valley in Back to the Future The Musical in the West End recently joined us for a little chat! With just a few weeks left in Hill Valley, we discussed Elliott’s path to musical theatre, his performance in Eugenius!, auditioning for Back to the Future, his unplanned debut as Marty, collaborating on a new musical, as well as asking him a few questions from our Back to the Future The Musical Fans Facebook group members. WARNING: Contains minor spoilers about Back to the Future The Musical. Recorded: 12th July 2024

Will Haswell is one of the original cast members of Back to the Future The Musical. He’s currently appearing at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End where he’s played Dave McFly, Sam Baines, Slick, Asbestos Guy(!) and Alternate Marty. Will was involved in some of the early workshops for Back to the Future The Musical before joining both the Original Manchester Cast and Original West End Cast. While chatting with us, he shared loads of brilliant stories about how he got interested in musical theatre, what it was like to be in the workshops, understudying the role of Marty McFly, the opening night in Manchester, the challenges of playing several ensemble roles with so many costume changes… and he answers a LOT of questions from our Back to the Future The Musical Fans Facebook group members! WARNING: Contains minor spoilers about Back to the Future The Musical. Recorded: 16th June 2023

Cory English joined the West End cast of Back to the Future The Musical as Doc Brown at the Adelphi Theatre in London for 6 weeks in November 2022 before taking over the role in March 2023. In this interview Cory shares some great stories about how he got into theatre, how he landed this part, how he developed the character, some of the challenges and demands of the role, his sources of inspiration, hoverboards, dancing, and he answered quite a few questions from members of the Back to the Future The Musical Fans Facebook group! WARNING: Contains minor spoilers about Back to the Future The Musical. Recorded: 3rd May 2023

Jordan Benjamin joined the West End cast of Back to the Future The Musical as Goldie Wilson and Marvin Berry at the Adelphi Theatre in London in August 2022. Jordan talked to us about how he got into acting and musical theatre, his audition experience, how he approached his two different roles, what it was like to perform for Magic at the Musicals at the Royal Albert Hall, coping with and recovering from his vocal cord injury, being an inspiration for aspiring performers, his biggest highlight, Roger Bart… and more! WARNING: Contains minor spoilers about Back to the Future The Musical. Recorded: 15th March 2023

Katharine Pearson is one of the original cast members who played the iconic Clocktower Woman for the World Premiere of Back to the Future The Musical in Manchester and the multi-award-winning Original West End Cast production at the Adelphi Theatre in London. She also covered the role of Lorraine Baines for multiple performances until leaving the Original West End Cast on Monday 15th August 2022. Katie kindly joined the Back to the Future The Musical Fans admins to share many brilliant stories from her Back to the Future The Musical experience, going right back to how she got into musical theatre, the audition process, those early days in Manchester, her most memorable performances, understudying and making her West End leading lady debut, right up until her final performance. There are some absolute gems in this interview that fans definitely won’t want to miss! WARNING: Contains minor spoilers about Back to the Future The Musical. Recorded: 4th October 2022 Originally released to YouTube: 13 October 2022

Rosanna Hyland is one of the original cast members from the multi-award-winning Back to the Future The Musical. She developed the role of Lorraine Baines during the original workshops, performed during the World Premiere at the Manchester Opera House, and is now appearing at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End. Rosie generously gave up some free time to chat with the Back to the Future The Musical Fans admins about her career journey, how she landed the role of Lorraine, her approach to developing the character, recording the cast album, and more… as well as answering a few questions from members of the Back to the Future The Musical Fans Facebook group! WARNING: Contains minor spoilers about Back to the Future The Musical. Recorded: 27th May 2022 Originally released to YouTube: 18 June 2022

As it’s been two years since the opening of Back to the Future The Musical in Manchester, we thought we’d take you back in time with a little bonus episode… Fresh from attending the World Premiere at the Manchester Opera House on 20th February 2020, Daz Chadderton was invited to the XS Manchester studio the very next morning to interview Bob Gale, Roger Bart (Doc Brown) and Olly Dobson (Marty McFly). With about an hour to prepare, Daz pulled together some questions and was able to chat with them about bringing the musical to Manchester and how they were feeling the morning after that very first public performance. Enjoy! Originally broadcast: 21st February 2020

Hugh Coles is one of the original cast members from Back to the Future The Musical, who took on the role of George McFly for the original workshops, performed during the World Premiere at the Manchester Opera House, and is now appearing at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End. Hugh took a short holiday in December and generously stopped eating cheese and drinking wine for long enough to chat with the Back to the Future The Musical Fans admins to discuss what it was like to be part of the original cast in the workshops for Back to the Future The Musical, what motivates him in his career, how he approached the character of George McFly, dressing like Crispin Glover… and more! WARNING: Contains minor spoilers about Back to the Future The Musical. Recorded: 18th December 2021 Originally released to YouTube: 7 January 2022

Mark Oxtoby is one of the original cast members from Back to the Future The Musical at the Manchester Opera House and the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End. He regularly plays the parts of Strickland, Mayor Red Thomas, Lou Caruthers, and the bum… but he also understudies for the role of Doc Brown, which he performed for the first time at the musical’s Press Night on Monday 13th September 2021. Mark kindly joined the admins of the Back to the Future The Musical Fans Facebook group to chat about his career, working on Back to the Future The Musical, being an understudy, stepping in as Doc Brown on Press Night… and more! WARNING: Contains minor spoilers about Back to the Future The Musical. Recorded: 11th December 2021 Originally released to YouTube: 17th December 2021