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Back to the Future the Musical

“Relentless glee and unceasing spectacle”

Long ReviewsSep 14, 2021Adelphi Theatre, London

Olly Dobson in Back to the Future the Musical. Photo: Sean Ebsworth Barnes

Musical version of the beloved 1980s film excels at all-out spectacle but stumbles at everything else

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