Mixed-up mixed media promoters Secret Cinema have now officially cancelled the screenings of Back to the Future until a time firmly before the advent of Twitter, the iPhone, hipsters and telecommunications in general.

Speaking from under his top hat, impresario and ringmaster for the organisation, Colonel Buckminster Isambard T Cottle urged ticket-holders to leave their electronic devices at home to create “an immersive experience of utter shambolic confusion”.

It is thought that the new strategy will help ticket-holders meet themselves coming back, creating an event paradox by warning themselves not to go in the first place.