Bob Gale is an Oscar®-nominated Screenwriter-Producer-Director, best known as co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of Back to the Future and its sequels. Gale was born and raised in St Louis, Missouri, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Cinema from the University of Southern California in 1973, where he met and began his association with his longtime collaborator, Robert Zemeckis.

Gale has written or co-written over 30 screenplays and his other film credits include 1941, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Used Cars, Trespass and Interstate 60, the last of which he also directed. In addition to his film and television work, and being the ‘Gatekeeper’ for the BTTF franchise, Gale has written comic books including Spider-Man, Batman and IDW’s Back to the Future title, thus proving to his father that he did not waste hours and hours reading comics in his youth. He has given talks on screenwriting in colleges across the USA, and enjoys meeting fans at comic conventions and Back to the Future events. He is the author of the 2026 book Back to the Future: The Complete Screenplay, the annotated version of the script, and has also served as an expert witness in over 25 plagiarism lawsuits, even though this has occasionally required him to wear a suit and tie.

When he’s not in production, writing, or wasting time on the internet, he actually does take out the trash, even when his wife doesn’t ask (well, sometimes he does). Gale lives in California with his wife and dog. Back to the Future the Musical is his first foray into writing for the stage.

Robert Zemeckis won an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe and a Director’s Guild of America Award for Best Director for the hugely successful and popular motion picture Forrest Gump. The film’s numerous honours also included a Best Picture Oscar and, for Tom Hanks, a Best Actor Oscar.

Early in his career, he co-wrote with Bob Gale and directed Back to the Future, which was the top-grossing release of 1985 and for which Zemeckis shared Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Screenplay. He then went on to helm the sequels Back to the Future Part II and Part III, completing one of the most successful film franchises in motion picture history.

Zemeckis has continued to bring an impressive number of popular films to the screen, including the comedies Used Cars and I Wanna Hold Your Hand, the romantic adventure Romancing the Stone starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner and the macabre comedy hit Death Becomes Her starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and Goldie Hawn.

He also directed Who Framed Roger Rabbit, cleverly blending live action and animation in a feature film, resulting in a worldwide box office smash hit. Zemeckis then re-teamed with Hanks, directing and producing the unique contemporary drama Cast Away, which opened to critical and audience acclaim.

He directed and produced Contact, starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey, based on the best-selling novel by Carl Sagan. He also co-wrote and directed the motion-capture film The Polar Express starring Tom Hanks as a charming train conductor taking children on a magical adventure to the North Pole.

Zemeckis produced and directed his second motion-capture film, Beowulf, which starred Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie, based on one of the oldest surviving pieces of Anglo-Saxon literature, written before the 10th Century A.D. He released another advanced motion-capture film, A Christmas Carol, based on the celebrated and beloved classic Charles Dickens story, which he both wrote and directed for The Disney Studios.

Zemeckis returned to live-action directing with the critically acclaimed dramatic feature Flight, for Paramount Pictures starring Denzel Washington. Under the direction of Zemeckis, Washington received an Academy Award® nomination for his role.

For The Walk, he directed Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ben Kingsley in the story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s historic 1974 attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City.

He directed the romantic thriller Allied, starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, telling the compelling story of the relationship between a Canadian Intelligence Officer and a French Resistance Fighter against the backdrop of WWII in 1942 North Africa.

Along with Caroline Thompson, Zemeckis wrote the screenplay for Welcome to Marwen, which he directed for Universal Pictures. The film starred Steve Carell as real life artist Mark Hogancamp who created a miniature WWI-era village as a way to recover from a violent assault. He then directed The Witches for Warner Bros. Studios.

Zemeckis produced such films as The Frighteners, Monster House and Last Holiday, and as a producer brought the true life story of The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson to the big screen. Along with Bob Gale, he wrote Trespass. He and Gale also wrote 1941, which began a long-time association with Steven Spielberg.

Zemeckis helmed Pinocchio, which he co-wrote for The Disney Studios. He was nominated for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures by the Producer’s Guild of America.

In 1988 Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey partnered to form ImageMovers, a production company dedicated to telling character-driven stories across many genres for film and television, incorporating both cutting-edge and innovative digital technology.

For the small screen, his directing credits include episodes of Spielberg’s Amazing Stories and HBO’s Tales from the Crypt. He served as EP on Medal of Honour for Netflix, Blue Book for The History Channel and Manifest for NBC and Warner Bros.

In March 2001 the USC School of Cinema-Television celebrated the opening of the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts. This state-of-the-art centre is the country’s first and only fully digital training centre and houses the latest in non-linear production and post-production equipment as well as stages, a 50-seat screening room and USC student-run television station Trojan Vision.

Recently Zemeckis directed Here for Sony Pictures Studios and Miramax. The film premiered at the 2024 AFI Festival.

Zemeckis is currently at work on his newest film The Last Mrs Parrish, starring Jennifer Lopez, for release by Netflix in 2026.

For more than five decades, Alan Silvestri has been one of cinema’s most celebrated composers, creating some of the most iconic and emotionally resonant scores in film history. With music for more than 100 feature films, his work has become woven into popular culture, inspiring generations of filmmakers and audiences around the world.

Silvestri’s extraordinary career has earned two Academy Award® nominations, two Golden Globe® nominations, three Grammy® Awards, two Emmy® Awards, and numerous honours from the International Film Music Critics Association, the Saturn Awards, and the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

Born in New York City and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, Silvestri originally aspired to become a jazz guitarist. After studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston for two years, he embarked on a career as a performer and arranger before moving to Hollywood at the age of 22. There, he received his first major opportunity composing the score for The Doberman Gang, launching a career that would redefine modern film music.

Throughout the 1970s, Silvestri became known for his energetic, rhythmically driven scores, including his memorable music for the hit television series CHiPs. That work caught the attention of emerging filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, leading to their first collaboration on the 1984 adventure classic Romancing the Stone. The film marked the beginning of one of the most enduring and successful composer-director partnerships in cinematic history.

Over the course of seventeen films – and counting – Silvestri and Zemeckis have explored an extraordinary range of stories and musical styles. Their collaborations include the beloved Back to the Future trilogy, the animated brilliance of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the suspense of Death Becomes Her and What Lies Beneath, the awe-inspiring Contact, the emotional depth of Cast Away, and the holiday classic The Polar Express. Perhaps no collaboration better exemplifies their creative partnership than the Academy Award-winning Forrest Gump. Silvestri’s unforgettable score earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations while creating one of the most beloved themes in contemporary film music. Their creative partnership continues with the upcoming psychological thriller The Last Mrs Parrish, extending a collaboration that has spanned more than four decades.

While the Zemeckis partnership remains legendary, Silvestri’s body of work spans virtually every genre. His powerful orchestral writing has elevated action and adventure films including Predator, The Abyss, The Mummy Returns, and Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. His remarkable versatility is equally evident in beloved family films such as Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II, The Parent Trap, Stuart Little and Stuart Little 2, Disney’s Lilo & Stitch, The Croods, and the Night at the Museum trilogy. His lyrical gift for melody has also enriched romantic favourites including The Bodyguard and What Women Want. Among Silvestri’s most current projects is writer-director Tony Gilroy’s highly anticipated Behemoth!, an ambitious and groundbreaking film that features original music by Alan alongside contributions from eight of Hollywood’s most acclaimed film composers. The unique collaboration brings together an extraordinary collection of musical voices, further underscoring Silvestri’s enduring influence and standing among the industry’s most respected artists.

Silvestri’s work with Marvel Studios has introduced his music to an entirely new generation of moviegoers. Beginning with Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011, he went on to compose the scores for The Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame, helping define the musical identity of one of the most successful franchises in cinematic history. He is currently composing the score for Avengers: Doomsday, scheduled for release in December 2026.

Beyond film scoring, Silvestri has enjoyed remarkable success as a songwriter. His longtime collaboration with six-time Grammy Award winner Glen Ballard has produced several acclaimed songs, including the Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated ‘Believe’, performed by Josh Groban for The Polar Express. Their partnership has also produced ‘Butterfly Fly Away’ for Hannah Montana: The Movie, ‘God Bless Us Everyone’ for A Christmas Carol, and ‘A Hero Comes Home’ for Beowulf.

Alan and his wife, Sandra, have long called California’s Central Coast home. In 1998, they founded Silvestri Vineyards, combining their passion for craftsmanship with a love of winemaking. Reflecting on the similarities between his two artistic pursuits, Silvestri says, ‘There’s something about the elemental side of winemaking that appeals to me. Both music-making and winemaking involve a magical blending of art and science. Just as each note brings its own voice to the melody, each vine brings its own unique personality to the wine.’

Equally important to the Silvestri family is their commitment to finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes. After their son was diagnosed with the disease at the age of two, Alan and Sandra became dedicated supporters of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. More than three decades later, they continue their advocacy with the hope that future generations will one day live in a world free from Type 1 diabetes.

Six-time Grammy Award®-winner Glen Ballard is one of popular music’s most accomplished producers and songwriters, whose records have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. Through his Los Angeles-based production company, Augury, Ballard is developing a diverse slate of projects in which music plays a central role. His most recent project is the Netflix Original series The Eddy: a musical and multicultural drama about a jazz band trying to survive in modern-day Paris, which debuted in May 2020. Ballard wrote and composed original songs and music for the limited series and served as an executive producer alongside Oscar®-winning director Damien Chazelle, BAFTA and Tony Award®-winning writer Jack Thorne, and Emmy®-winning producer/director Alan Poul.

Ballard wrote original lyrics and music for Ghost the Musical, which debuted in 2011 and has since been touring worldwide. Ballard’s company, Augury, is also developing several other projects, including Decade, an original TV series based on the 1995 music scene in Los Angeles.

Ballard produced and co-wrote Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill (33 million worldwide, four Grammys, and named Best Album of the Decade by Billboard magazine), and in 2019 a musical called Jagged Little Pill featuring all the songs from the album debuted on Broadway. Directed by Diane Paulus with a book by Diablo Cody, the musical Jagged Little Pill was nominated for 15 Tony Awards in 2020.

He has written and produced songs for Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Dave Matthews, Shakira, Katy Perry, Michael Bublé, Ringo Starr, George Strait, Wilson Phillips, Van Halen, Chaka Khan, Patti Austin, Andrea Bocelli and many others. His productions include incidental and dialogue music recordings for Renae Lemmon, No Doubt and Michael Jackson. Ballard arranged ‘Man in the Mirror’ for Michael Jackson and co-wrote and produced the Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated ‘Believe’ (Josh Groban) for the feature film The Polar Express.

Film includes: original songs for Charlotte’s Web, Beowulf, A Christmas Carol, The Croods, The Mummy Returns, Valentine’s Day and Disney’s live-action retelling of Pinocchio.

John Rando is the director of the 2021 Olivier Award-winning musical Back to the Future, with productions that have spanned the globe: Broadway, US Tour, Tokyo, Sydney, Hamburg, Mexico City, the Caribbean and UK Tour.

Broadway includes: Urinetown, The Musical, for which he won the Best Director Tony Award® and the Outer Critics Circle Award; Mr. Saturday Night, starring Billy Crystal (Best Musical Tony nomination); On the Town (Best Director and Best Revival of a Musical Tony nominations); A Christmas Story (Best Musical Tony nomination); The Wedding Singer (Best Musical Tony nomination); Penn & Teller on Broadway; Gettin’ The Band Back Together; A Thousand Clowns; Dance of the Vampires; and Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party.

For City Center Encores! includes: The New Yorkers, High Button Shoes, It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman, Annie Get Your Gun, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Damn Yankees, Face the Music, Of Thee I Sing, The Pajama Game, Do Re Mi and Strike Up the Band.

John’s concert production of Carousel with the New York Philharmonic received an Emmy nomination for Live From Lincoln Center.

Off-Broadway includes: Jerry Springer: The Opera, David Ives’s The Heir Apparent (SDCF Callaway Award) and All in the Timing (Obie Award).

He also has an extensive résumé of regional theatre work at various theatres around the US, including The Alley Theatre, The Geffen Playhouse, The Old Globe Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and American Conservatory Theater, among many others.

International includes: three original Chinese musicals in China – Blossoms Shanghai, Jay Chou’s The Secret and Jonathan Lee’s Spirit of Life. The latter two won Best Musical at the Beijing Tianqiao Musical Awards. His upcoming project with the Chinese theatre company Kaixin Mahua will premiere at the Wynn Hotel in Macau in 2028.

His exceptional body of work was recognised by both of his alma maters. In 2004, John was awarded the Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award from the University of Texas. In 2010, John was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from UCLA.

John serves as a board member and is the Executive Vice President of SDC, the union of stage directors and choreographers.

Tim has designed extensively for the National Theatre, West End and Broadway. Winner of three Olivier Awards, four Drama Desk Awards and three Tony® Awards, most recently for Set Design for Life of Pi.

Recent work includes: High Noon (West End), Starlight Express (London 2024), The Devil Wears Prada (Plymouth), Life of Pi (West End and Broadway), Back to the Future (West End), Dreamgirls (West End and UK tour), The Bodyguard (West End/UK tour/US tour/Cologne/Korea), Travesties (Menier Chocolate Factory/West End/Broadway), Ghosts (Almeida/West End/BAM), Little Eyolf (Almeida), Temple (Donmar Warehouse), Enemy of the People and The Pajama Game (Chichester Festival Theatre), Mr Foote’s Other Leg (Hampstead Theatre/West End), Shrek (West End/Broadway/UK tour/US), Spamalot (West End/Broadway/US tour/Vegas), Singin’ in the Rain and My Fair Lady (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris), Carmen and Don Quixote (Royal Ballet).

Film includes: Closer, Notes on a Scandal and Stage Beauty.

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Credits include: Back to the Future, The Entertainer with Kenneth Branagh (West End), Gettin’ the Band Back Together and Cyrano de Bergerac (Broadway), Jerry Springer the Opera (The New Group, Chita Rivera Award nominee), The New Yorkers and 1776 (NY City Center Encores!), Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory) and ‘Bigger’ with Neil Patrick Harris – 2013 Tony Awards® opening number (CBS).

Nick is currently the UK Musical Supervisor for The Book of Mormon (London), Musical Supervisor, Vocal Arranger and Music Arranger for Back to the Future (International), and Associate Musical Supervisor for Mamma Mia! (London).

Previous work includes: Bliss (Musical Supervisor), Something Rotten (Musical Supervisor), Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York (Broadway, Musical Supervisor), The Time Traveller’s Wife (Additional Music, Arranger and Musical Supervisor), Dreamgirls (UK Tour) and The Book of Mormon (UK Tour 2019, Musical Supervisor), Dreamgirls (London, Musical Supervisor/Conductor), Memphis (London), Avenue Q (UK Tour), Les Misérables (UK Tour 2009, Musical Supervisor) and Jersey Boys (London, Associate Musical Supervisor).

Musical Director credits include: The Book of Mormon (London), Jersey Boys (London), Avenue Q (Noël Coward Theatre), Acorn Antiques (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Mamma Mia! (London), Tonight’s the Night (Victoria Palace), Tell Me on a Sunday (Gielgud Theatre), Rent (Shaftesbury Theatre), Stairway to Heaven (King’s Head Theatre), and Kiss Me, Kate (Norwich Playhouse).

Cast album recordings include: The Time Traveller’s Wife (Co-Producer & Musical Supervisor), Back to the Future Original London Cast Recording (Co-Producer & Musical Supervisor), Dreamgirls (London, Musical Supervisor), Memphis (London, Musical Supervisor), Acorn Antiques (Musical Director), and Tell Me on a Sunday (London, Musical Director).

He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and holds a postgraduate diploma in Advanced Instrumental Studies (Piano).

Tim is a two-time Olivier Award-winner and a Tony Award-winning Lighting Designer and Creative Director.

Theatre credits include: Back to the Future, Life of Pi (Broadway/West End/Tokyo/International Tours), The Producers, Avenue Q, Fiddler on the Roof, Quiz, Chimerica, Big, Elf, The Crucible, Noises Off, The Girls, The Full Monty, Four Quartets, Close To You, Strangers on a Train, Impossible (West End); The Misanthrope, Coriolanus, Jack Absolute Flies Again, Les Blancs, Under Milk Wood, Antony and Cleopatra, Salome, The Crucible (National Theatre); The Winter’s Tale, Edward II, Timon of Athens, The Rover, Candide, All’s Well That Ends Well (RSC); A Number, Lungs, Present Laughter (Old Vic Theatre); Twelfth Night (Young Vic); Women Beware the Devil, Macbeth (Almeida Theatre).

Parks and Resorts includes: World of Frozen, Festival of The Lion King (Hong Kong Disneyland); The Lion King – Rhythm of The Pride Lands (Frontierland Theatre, Disneyland Park); Mickey & The Magician (Animagique Theatre, Walt Disney Studios Park), Marvel Superheroes United, Frozen Celebration, Disney Junior Dream Factory (Disneyland Paris).

Arena Tours include: David Blaine Live (Eventim Apollo and National Arena Tour); Dynamo Live – Seeing Is Believing (Hammersmith Apollo and World Arena Tour); Destiny (MGM/International Tour).

Tim is a Creative Director at Walt Disney Imagineering, recently opening Disney Tales of Magic at Disneyland.

Hugh has worked extensively in London’s West End and on Broadway, lighting over 200 productions worldwide and receiving many accolades for his work including three Olivier Awards, two Tony Awards and a Molière.

He is currently represented around the world by the multi-award winning international productions of the musicals Back to the Future, Matilda, Mary Poppins and The Old Vic’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol, now in its tenth year.

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Finn Ross has won two Olivier, one Tony, three Drama Desk and four WhatsOnStage Awards. He is an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Theatre includes: BOOP! (Broadway); Hello, Dolly! (West End); Tammy Faye, Spring Awakening (Almeida); My Neighbour Totoro (RSC); Back to the Future (West End, Broadway); Frozen (West End, Broadway and International); Les Misérables (West End and International); Mean Girls (West End and Broadway); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End & Broadway); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway/West End/Tour); Jagged Little Pill (ART); American Psycho (Almeida and Broadway); Chimerica (Almeida and West End); The Tempest (RSC & Barbican); The Master and Margarita, All My Sons, Shunkin (Complicité).

Opera includes: The Hours (The Met); Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Royal Opera House); Missa Solemnis (LA Phil); Benvenuto Cellini, The Death of Klinghoffer, The Damnation of Faust (ENO); Hänsel und Gretel, Die Zauberflöte, A Dog’s Heart (DNO, Amsterdam); La clemenza di Tito, Mr Brouček (Opera North); Les Pêcheurs de Perles, The Turn of the Screw (Theater an der Wien); Rinaldo (Glyndebourne).

Dance includes: Cinderella (Royal Ballet); Anna Karenina (Joffrey Ballet); The Nutcracker (Atlanta Ballet); The Feeling of Going (Skånes Dansteater).

Music includes: Glass Animals (Tour); Sodagreen (Tour); Declan McKenna (Reading & Leeds 2023); Lewis Capaldi (2022 Tour); Azimuth (Al Ula); Coldplay (Music of the Spheres); Sam Fender (17 Going Under); Foals (Life is Yours); Mark Ronson (Midnight Feeling); J Balvin (Fortnight); W Hotel Installation (Guangzhou, China); Rolling Stones Exhibitionism (International).

Sound Design Award highlights: Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for MJ: The Musical, Olivier Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, BroadwayWorld Award, Green Room Award, Dora Award, Craig Noel Award and WhatsOnStage Award for Come From Away, Olivier Award for Memphis, Olivier Award for Merrily We Roll Along, Tony Award nomination for Hell’s Kitchen, Tony Award nomination for & Juliet, Tony Award nomination for A Little Night Music, Tony Award nomination for End of the Rainbow, Olivier Award nomination for Back to the Future, Olivier Award nomination for Bat Out of Hell, Olivier Award nomination for Top Hat, Olivier Award nomination for End of the Rainbow, and Pro Sound Award for Sound Engineer of the Year.

Broadway highlights: Boop!, Hell’s Kitchen, Tommy, Back to the Future, & Juliet, MJ: The Musical, Elf, Bad Cinderella, Diana, Summer, Come From Away, A Bronx Tale, Spring Awakening, End of the Rainbow, Bat Out of Hell, The Secret Garden and A Little Night Music.

West End highlights: Paddington: The Musical, The Devil Wears Prada, Starlight Express, MJ: The Musical, Just For One Day, Back to the Future, Cinderella, The Prince of Egypt, & Juliet, Come From Away, Bat Out of Hell, Strictly Ballroom, 42nd Street, The Wind in the Willows, Memphis, I Can’t Sing!, In the Heights, La Cage aux Folles, Elf and Top Hat.

International highlights: Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany), Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Worldwide), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Worldwide).

Honorary Doctorate from the University of Salford.

Chris Fisher received a Special Tony Award in 2025 for his work as Illusions and Visual Effects Designer on Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Chris is also a member of The Magic Circle and works worldwide as International Illusions and Magic Associate for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Theatre credits as Illusion Designer and Director include: Paranormal Activity (Broadway, West End), The Tempest (RSC), Black Swan (American Repertory Theater), The Psychic (York Theatre Royal), The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (West End), The BFG (RSC, Singapore), The Hunger Games On Stage (Troubadour Canary Wharf), The Magic Flute (The Santa Fe Opera), Stranger Things: The First Shadow (Broadway, Phoenix Theatre), Dr. Strangelove (Noël Coward Theatre), The Illusionist (Tokyo), Ballet Shoes (National Theatre), Back to the Future – The Musical (Broadway, Tokyo, US Tour, Adelphi Theatre), The Ghost and the Lady (Tokyo), The Witches (National Theatre), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Leeds Playhouse, UK Tour), The Time Traveller’s Wife (Apollo Theatre), The Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Gillian Lynne Theatre, UK Tour), 2:22 A Ghost Story (Noël Coward Theatre, Melbourne, Los Angeles), Peter Gynt (National Theatre), Here We Go (National Theatre), Treasure Island (National Theatre), Julie (National Theatre), Angels in America (National Theatre, Broadway), Big the Musical (Dominion Theatre), Wicked Das Musical (Hamburg), Company (Gielgud Theatre, Broadway), Merlin (Northern Ballet).

Ethan Popp is a Grammy Award-nominated music producer and an Olivier Award- and three-time Tony Award-nominated orchestrator whose work has been heard on stages, screens, and recordings around the world for more than twenty-five years. He is delighted to continue his association with Back to the Future as the production tours the UK and Ireland.

Theatre includes: The Lost Boys (Broadway World Premiere; Tony Award nomination for Best Orchestrations), Back to the Future (Olivier Award nomination for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations), Mrs. Doubtfire, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Tony Award nomination for Best Orchestrations), School of Rock, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Motown The Musical (Tony Award and Grammy Award nominations), Rock of Ages, Disney’s Tarzan, We Will Rock You, Disney’s Aida, Disney’s The Lion King and Mamma Mia!, among many others.

Beyond the theatre, Ethan has worked extensively in television and film as a composer, music producer, arranger, orchestrator, and music supervisor. His television credits include NBC/Universal’s Smash and HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. In film, he served as Music Director and Music Production Supervisor for the global hit The Greatest Showman, starring Hugh Jackman, and worked as vocal and piano coach to Academy Award winner Rami Malek for his acclaimed performance as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody.

As a producer and creative collaborator, Ethan continues to develop new theatrical works while supporting productions around the world.

With all my love to Aldrin and Vanessa.

Bryan Crook is an award-winning orchestrator, songwriter, producer and world class multi-instrumentalist. With Tony and Olivier nominations, his career spans Broadway, film, TV, ads, and more. As a founder of Mana Music & Media, he creates and produces music worldwide.

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David Chase has been Music Director, Supervisor, and/or Arranger for over 40 Broadway productions, including the 2026 Best Musical Tony Award Winner, Schmigadoon!

UK theatre includes: dance music for Anything Goes (Olivier nomination), Sinatra, Hercules, Beauty and the Beast, the Donmar Warehouse’s Guys & Dolls and Evita, and Chichester’s A Damsel in Distress.

Television includes: The Gilded Age, Schmigadoon!, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Étoile, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, and American Classic. Two Emmy® nominations (The Sound of Music Live! and Peter Pan Live!) and a Grammy® nomination.

Film includes: The Last Showgirl, Joker: Folie à Deux, The Bride, and Beyond the Sea.

Also, many arrangements for the Boston Pops, The Kennedy Center Honors, and Radio City Music Hall. Choral works published by Hal Leonard.

David lives in NYC with his wife, Drama Desk nominee Paula Leggett Chase, and their sons, Kyler and Dashiell.

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West End/UK includes: Trainspotting, Sinatra, Glengarry Glen Ross, Atonement, High Society, Pride, Magic, Romeo & Juliet, High Noon, The Last Ship, Paddington – The Musical, Miss Saigon (UK Tour), Sing Street, Hercules, Come Fall In Love, Mrs Warren’s Profession, A Knight’s Tale, Muriel’s Wedding, Kinky Boots, Calamity Jane, The Fear Of 13, Juno and the Paycock, The Devil Wears Prada, Starlight Express, Groundhog Day, 42nd Street, Aspects of Love, Guys & Dolls, Hello, Dolly!, The King & I, As You Like It, Good, Eureka Day, Anything Goes, Get Up Stand Up, The Drifters Girl, Rosmersholm, All About Eve, St. Joan, One Night in Miami, City of Angels, The Young Chekhov Trilogy, Gypsy, The Bodyguard.

Broadway includes: A Beautiful Noise, The Music Man, Carousel, Head Over Heels, Three Tall Women, Hello, Dolly!, The Crucible, Misery, Sylvia, A Delicate Balance, Les Misérables.

West End/Broadway includes: Stranger Things: The First Shadow, The Hills of California, Back to the Future, Funny Girl, Leopoldstadt, To Kill a Mockingbird, Company, A Christmas Carol, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical (Drama Desk Award – Outstanding Wigs and Hair), The Ferryman, Girl from the North Country, Farinelli and the King, Groundhog Day, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Matilda, Ghost, Billy Elliot.

Opera includes: Un Ballo in Maschera, La Bohème (Bregenz), Anna Nicole (BAM).

Film and TV includes: The Gilded Age, Downton Abbey, Deadpool & Wolverine.

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Maurice Chan is a French Stunt Coordinator, Fight Choreographer, and stunt performer with over 25 years of experience in film, television, and live entertainment. He is the co-founder of CASCADE France, one of France’s leading stunt teams, established in 1997, and the founder of CASCADE Asia, an action performance and stunt training company established in Cambodia in 2025.

Stunt credits include: John Wick: Chapter 4 (dir. Chad Stahelski), Jack Ryan (Season 4), Spectre (dir. Sam Mendes), Lucy (dir. Luc Besson), The Killer (dir. John Woo), Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (dir. Guillaume Canet), 355 (dir. Simon Kinberg), Fox Hunt (dir. Leo Zhang), City Hunter (dir. Philippe Lacheau), From Paris with Love (dir. Pierre Morel), District 13: Ultimatum (dir. Patrick Alessandrin), Unleashed (dir. Louis Leterrier), Largo Winch: The Price of Money, and numerous other international film and television productions.

As Fight Choreographer and Stunt Coordinator includes: Back to the Future: The Musical (West End, Broadway and the UK Tour), as well as several Marvel productions at Disneyland Paris, including Marvel Super Heroes United, Stark Expo, and Avengers Campus, where he currently serves as Stunt Coordinator and Fight Director. His live entertainment credits also include The Pirates Live Show at the Paris Aquarium, the CASCADE live shows for the Canadian National Exhibition, and television productions including France’s Got Talent, Britain’s Got Talent, and Arabs Got Talent.

His recent screen credits include serving as Fight Choreographer on the French television series Cat’s Eyes (Season 2) and the upcoming French adventure series Chercheurs d’or. Since 2015, Maurice has taught fight choreography at Campus Univers Cascades, one of France’s leading stunt schools, where he continues to train the next generation of stunt performers and action professionals.

Maurice continues to work internationally across feature films, television, and large-scale live productions, bringing cinematic action to audiences around the world.

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Theatre includes: Pride the Musical (National Theatre), Sinatra, Back to the Future: The Musical, Grease, Elf, The Time Traveller’s Wife, Into the Woods, Waitress, Only Fools & Horses, Magic Mike Live, Matilda, 42nd Street, Bat Out of Hell, Five Guys Named Moe, Ghost, Hairspray, Our House, Urinetown (West End), Mamma Mia! (Worldwide), Mamma Mia! The Party, Sweet Charity (Donmar Warehouse), Come Fall in Love (Palace Theatre, Manchester), A Christmas Carol, Groundhog Day, Jekyll & Hyde (The Old Vic), Sinatra, Bhangra Nation (Birmingham Rep), Chicago, Shrek, Grease, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Mrs Henderson Presents, Fat Friends, The Commitments (UK Tour), Man of La Mancha, Chess, Carousel, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, On the Town, Kismet (English National Opera), Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hello, Dolly!, Crazy for You (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, Kiss Me, Kate, West Side Story, On the Town (BBC Proms/John Wilson), Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Oliver!, Sweet Charity (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), My Fair Lady, Candide, 42nd Street, Singin’ in the Rain, Kiss Me, Kate (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris), The Beggar’s Opera (Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris), Guys and Dolls (Théâtre Marigny, Paris), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Hello, Dolly! (Lido de Paris).

For Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Tell Me on a Sunday, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game, Bombay Dreams, The Woman in White, The Sound of Music, Love Never Dies, The Wizard of Oz, Stephen Ward, School of Rock, Unmasked, Cinderella.

Film includes: Musical Ensemble Casting for Matilda, Greatest Days, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Mamma Mia!; UK Dancer Casting for Mary Poppins Returns, Nine; Casting Director for The Phantom of the Opera.

Television includes: Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert, Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream (ITV), The Sound of Music Live (2016 BAFTA Award), Superstar, Over the Rainbow, I’d Do Anything, Any Dream Will Do, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? (2007 Emmy Award), Kombat Opera Presents… (2008 Golden Rose Montreux Award), Hollyoaks, West End Star (TV3 Sweden).

Awards include: Casting Society of America Creative Collaboration Award, Casting Directors’ Guild Award for Best Musical Casting 2022 (Back to the Future: The Musical).

David is proud to be an Associate Artist at The Old Vic, a Trustee of Watermill Theatre, Newbury, a Trustee of the Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre, and Vice President of Arts Educational Schools.

GBC Casting Directors: Will Burton, Stephen Crockett. GBC Casting Associate: Amy Beadel. GBC Casting Coordinator: Will Burry.

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Having graduated from the University of Durham a long time ago, Simon began working in stage management at English National Opera and then Scottish Opera. He moved into production management over thirty years ago and has gone on to oversee all technical aspects of many international shows such as Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera, & Juliet, Back to The Future, The Devil Wears Prada and numerous other West End / Broadway musicals and plays. Beyond the Dawn (Kate Bush at the Hammersmith Apollo) was a happy and different process to add to the list.

A chronicle of achievements is not interesting to most programme readers – his best, however, are Harry, Freddy, Martha and Wilf – his four children.

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Theatre credits include: My Neighbour Totoro (Barbican/Gillian Lynne), Matilda the Musical (Cambridge Theatre/UK Tours), Hadestown (Lyric), Oklahoma! (Wyndham’s), Dr Semmelweis (Harold Pinter), The King and I (Dominion/UK Tour), Come From Away (Phoenix/UK Tour), 42nd Street (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Girl From The North Country (Gielgud/Noël Coward/Old Vic/UK Tour), Queen Anne (Theatre Royal Haymarket), From Here to Eternity (Shaftesbury), Pride (NT Dorfman/Sherman, Cardiff), Hamlet Hail To The Thief (Barbican/Royal Shakespeare Theatre/Factory International), Martin Guerre, A Christmas Carol, Groundhog Day, The American Clock, Sylvia, Fanny and Alexander, The Divide, The Lorax, Future Conditional, The Bridge Project, and Cinderella (Old Vic), Golden Boy, Cold War, The Secret Life of Bees, Tammy Faye, and Spring Awakening (Almeida), A Face In The Crowd and Oklahoma! (Young Vic), Sweeney Todd and Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Birmingham Rep), Local Hero (Chichester Festival Theatre), Wild Rose (Edinburgh Lyceum), Little Shop of Horrors, White Christmas, Miss Saigon, She Loves Me, and Guys and Dolls (Sheffield Crucible), The Wizard of Oz (Leeds Playhouse), and Cats (International Tour).

Film credits include: Robin Hood (Universal).

Other credits include: Music Manager at The National Theatre 2000–2010 and the RSC 2010–2011, National Symphony Orchestra, Wolf Hall recordings (Broadway), and AMFAR Gala, Cannes.

Costume Supervisor credits include: Back to the Future (Manchester Opera House, West End, Broadway & North American Tour, Japan, Australia & Germany), Wicked (West End 2018–2025 & UK Tour 2024), Waitress (West End & UK Tour 2021 & 2026), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (UK Tour & Australian Tour), Teddy (London & UK Tour), Toast (London, UK Tour & Broadway), Roundabout (London & Broadway), Handbagged (UK Tour).

Associate Costume Supervisor credits include: The Bodyguard (UK Tour) and Peter Pan (National Theatre).

2026 marks 20 years of Marcus Hall Props, and in that time they have worked on over 350 of the most prestigious plays and musicals across the world.

With a workshop proudly based in South East London, Chris & Jonathan, and the team have worked on many shows including The Greatest Showman, Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, The Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton, Back to the Future, Starlight Express, Into the Woods, Operation Mincemeat, MJ, Just for One Day, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, Come From Away, Groundhog Day, The Great Gatsby, Mamma Mia! The Party, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Wizard of Oz and many more.

Theatre in 2026 includes: Hay Fever (Wyndham’s), The Cherry Orchard (Harold Pinter), The Lives of Others (Adelphi), High School Musical (Manchester and London), Mrs. Doubtfire (UK Tour), Death Note (Barbican), Fame (Plymouth), My Fair Lady (Chichester), Jersey Boys (UK Tour), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Legend of the Seas – Royal Caribbean), High Society (Barbican), Beetlejuice (Prince Edward), Magic (Chichester), Avenue Q (Shaftesbury), Back to the Future (Hamburg), Operation Mincemeat (UK Tour), The Greatest Showman (Bristol).

As well as building these shows for the UK, they have also been able to build many of them for international productions, supplying props to countries including Australia, Japan, China, Holland, Belgium, Canada, Germany, USA and Spain, as well as the seas in between, working on board ships for Royal Caribbean and Cunard.

Other projects include working with The London Transport Museum, Fortnum and Mason, Aesop, The Great British Menu, Arlo Parks, Sam Smith, The Brits, The Shard, NBC/Universal, and others.

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Sam is a director and movement director working across opera, theatre and comedy. He is currently the UK Associate Director of Back to the Future and Co-Artistic Director of international physical theatre company Voloz Collective.

Selected directing credits include: Serse (Opera Holland Park), The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much (UK & International Tour – Playbill Critic’s Pick), Vespers (Smith Square Hall), REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-Up (UK Tour), Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds in Concert (UK Tour), DALIDA (Peacock Theatre, Sadler’s Wells), The Life Sporadic of Jess Wildgoose (UK & International Tour), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opera Holland Park), Five Years with the White Man (King’s Head Theatre) and Man of One Hundred Faces (King’s Head Theatre – featured in The Guardian’s ‘Readers’ Best Plays of 2022’).

Selected movement direction credits include: Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?! (HBO/Soho Theatre – New York Times Critic’s Pick), Jack Whitehall: At Large (International Arena Tour/Netflix), Animal Farm (UK Tour), Mrs President (Charing Cross Theatre), Sheeps: Live and Loud (Soho Theatre/Pleasance Courtyard), Jordan Brookes: BLEED (Soho Theatre/Pleasance Courtyard) and Ricky Whittington and his Cat (New Diorama Theatre).

Selected resident and associate directing credits include: Back to the Future (Adelphi Theatre, Resident Director), Broken Wings (Theatre Royal Haymarket & International Tour), Umm Kulthum and the Golden Era (London Palladium & International Tour), and The Adventures of Pinocchio (Ambassadors Theatre) for Bronagh Lagan; Parsifal (Inner Temple Church) for Julia Burbach; Boatmantown (UK Tour) and Dear Father Christmas (Oxford Playhouse) for Helen Eastman.

Sam trained at L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq and the University of Cambridge.

Laura trained at Elmhurst School of Dance & Performing Arts.

Theatre credits include: Back to the Future (Adelphi Theatre), Dick Whittington (Hackney Empire), Legally Blonde the Musical (UK/Ireland Tour), the UK/European Premiere of Big the Musical (Theatre Royal Plymouth/Bord Gáis Energy Theatre), Cathy/First Cover Gemma in the UK Premiere of Jackie the Musical (UK Tour), Singin’ in the Rain (Kilworth House), and The Merry Widow (London City Opera, US Tour).

As Choreographer: Made in Dagenham (Waterside Theatre, Manchester), Aladdin (Harlington Theatre, Fleet), and various productions onboard Crystal Cruises (Worldwide Entertainment).

Other credits include: Fait Accompli (directed by Baz Luhrmann and Rob Ashford).

Cast recordings include: Back to the Future the Musical (Original West End Cast) and Big the Musical (Original UK Cast).

Laura was Dance Captain of the original cast for the World Premiere of Back to the Future the Musical at Manchester Opera House, continuing in the show for three years in the West End. For the last two years Laura has been Resident Choreographer, and she is delighted to be returning as Associate Choreographer for the show’s first UK tour.

Associate design work includes: Back to the Future (Broadway/West End/Worldwide), Life of Pi (Broadway/West End/UK and US Tour), Starlight Express (London), Don Quixote (BRB/Sadler’s Wells), Dreamgirls (West End/UK Tour), Travesties (Broadway/West End), The Bodyguard (UK Tour/Worldwide), Shrek the Musical (UK Tour/Brazil), Singin’ in the Rain (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris), Carmen (Royal Ballet), 3 Winters (National Theatre), High Noon (West End), Mr Foote’s Other Leg (West End/Hampstead Theatre), The Slaves of Solitude (Hampstead Theatre), Little Eyolf (Almeida), Temple (Donmar Warehouse), An Enemy of the People (Chichester Festival Theatre) and Fiddler on the Roof (West End/Menier Chocolate Factory).

Theatre includes: Paranormal Activity (Leeds Playhouse/West End/UK Tour), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Birmingham Rep/Leeds Playhouse/UK Tour), Tom Brace: The Ride (Pleasance), Wonderville (West End), Impossible (West End/UK Tour).