Maddie Grace Jepson to make West End debut in 'Back to the Future'

Maddie Grace Jepson is best known for her online content creation, as well as starring alongside Nicola Coughlan in Channel 4's Big Mood.

Tik Tok star and actor Maddie Grace Jepson will make her West End and professional stage debut as Lorraine Baines in Back to the Future The Musical at the Adelphi Theatre from 13 August.

Jepson, who is best known for her online content creation, as well as starring alongside Nicola Coughlan in Channel 4's Big Mood, will perform alongside the previously announced Brian Conley as Doctor Emmett Brown, who joins the production for a strictly limited 12-week run. Cory English will return to the role of Doctor Emmett Brown from 5 November.

Jepson said, “Looks like I’m in my debut era! I’m beyond excited to be joining the cast of this brilliant, award-winning production. Musical theatre was my first love, I trained in it before my digital career, so joining this incredible show for my West End debut is like a full circle moment. It feels like fate. I’m so ready to return to my roots and share this side of Maddie Grace Jepson with the world. Lorraine - I’m coming for you!”

The production currently stars Caden Brauch as Marty McFly, Cory English as Doctor Emmett Brown, Sarah Goggin as Lorraine Baines, Orlando Gibbs as George McFly, C.J. Borger as Goldie Wilson and Marvin Berry, Alex Runicles as Biff Tannen, Talia Palamathanan as Jennifer Parker, Lee Ormsby as Strickland and alternate Doctor Emmett Brown, Liam McHugh as Dave McFly, Patricia Wilkins as Linda McFly, and Ellis Kirk as alternate Marty McFly. The cast is completed by Kofi Aidoo-Appiah, Billie Bowman, Ella Beaumont, Gracie Caine, Charlotte Coggin, Lauren Dawes, Alexander Day, Helen Gulston, Matthew Ives, Connor Lewis, Adam Margilewski, Bryan Mottram, Anna Murray, Samuel Nicholas, Louis Quinn, Zachkiel Smith and Grace Swaby-Moore.

Back to the Future enters its 5th year in London from 13 September. This year also marks the 40th anniversary of the original movie.

The musical follows teenager Marty McFly, who is accidentally transported back to 1955 in a time-travelling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr Emmett Brown. But to ensure his future existence, he must ensure his high school-aged parents fall in love before he can return to the present.

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Photo credit: Maddie Grace Jepson. (Photo by Hugo Glendinning)