This production began performances on 17th November and opened to rave reviews on 14th December 2023. The production is currently booking until 30th June 2024.
★★★★★
The West End event of the year
Daily Telegraph
Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy… and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.
★★★★★
‘Breathtaking theatre’
The Guardian
Based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry, STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, a new play written by Kate Trefry, will receive its world premiere in late 2023 at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End, directed by Stephen Daldry with co-direction by Justin Martin.
Produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions, the play will go on sale this spring, details of which will be announced later this month. The Duffer Brothers act as creative producers, with 21 Laps as associate producers.
This new play by Kate Trefry, a writer and co-executive producer for the TV series of Stranger Things, will be rooted in the mythology and world of the Netflix global phenomenon.
Brought to life by a multi-award-winning creative team, who take theatrical storytelling and stagecraft to a whole new dimension, this gripping new adventure will take you right back to the beginning of the Stranger Things story – and may hold the key to the end.
★★★★★
‘Sinister and thrilling trip balances horror and humour to great effect. This is exhilarating live theatre.'
Financial Times
CAST
TRICIA ADELE-TURNER – Swing
LAUREN ARNEY – Swing
SHANE ATTWOOLL – Chief Hopper
KEMI AWODERU – Sue Anderson
CHASE BROWN – Lonnie Byers
REYA-NYOMI BROWN – Ensemble
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY – Bob Newby
PATRICIA CASTRO – Ensemble
AMMAR DUFFUS – Charles Sinclair
LYDIA FRASER – Ensemble
GILLES GEARY – Ted Wheeler
ISAAC GRYN – Swing
FLORENCE GUY – Karen Childress
MARK HAMMERSLEY – Ensemble
MAX HARWOOD – Allen Munson
MICHAEL JIBSON – Victor Creel
OSCAR LLOYD – James Hopper Jr
LOUIS MCCARTNEY – Henry Creel
ISABELLA PAPPAS – Joyce Maldonado
TOM PETERS – Ensemble
MATTHEW PIDGEON – Father Newby
CALUM ROSS – Walter Henderson
MAISIE NORMA SEATON – Claudia Henderson
KINGDOM SIBANDA – Ensemble
TIANA SIMONE – Swing
DANNY SYKES – Swing
MEESHA TURNER – Ensemble
PATRICK VAILL – Dr Brenner
LAUREN WARD – Virginia Creel
ELLA KARUNA WILLIAMS – Patty Newby
CREATIVES
KATE TREFRY – Writer and Original Story
THE DUFFER BROTHERS – Original Story & Creative Producers
JACK THORNE – Original Story
STEPHEN DALDRY – Director
JUSTIN MARTIN – Co-Director
MIRIAM BUETHER – Set Designer
BRIGITTE REIFFENSTUEL – Costume Designer
JON CLARK – Lighting Designer
PAUL ARDITTI – Sound Designer
JAMIE HARRISON – Illusion Designer & Visual Effects
CHRIS FISHER – Illusion Designer & Visual Effects
59 PRODUCTIONS – Video Designer & Visual Effects
D.J. WALDE – Original Music & Arrangements
CORAL MESSAM – Choreographer
LYNNE PAGE – Movement Director
CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES – Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Designer
GARY BEESTONE – Technical Director
MARY HALLIDAY – Props Supervisor
WILLIAM CONACHER – Dialect Coach
KEV MCCURDY – Fight Director
JESSICA RONANE CASTING CDG – Casting Director
JIM CARNAHAN – International Casting Consultant