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STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW

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

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