Today, Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions unveiled the first tantalising look at the new original stage play,Stranger Things: The First Shadow, introducing the first act titled “Chapter One: The Girl From Nowhere.“The productionis written byKate Trefryand helmed by the acclaimed directorStephen Daldry, the winner of three Tony Awards and three-time Academy Award nominee forBilly Elliot, The HoursandThe Reader.
The first public previewof the highly anticipated stage adaptation launches this evening inLondon’s West End at the Phoenix Theatre. Those lucky enough to be in attendance were treated to a window into a part of Hawkins, Indiana never before seen, as the original storybrings fans of the series to 1959. The stage play will act as a prequel to the main series, ahead of the fifth season ofStranger Thingswhich has recently resumed production.
The play seesthe charactersofJim Hopper, Joyce (Byers) Maldonado, Bob Newby and Henry Creel— the tortured young man who would end up cast into the Upside Down and turned into the deplorable Vecna, the main antagonist of the fourth season and inevitably, of the fifth season too.
What is the ‘Stranger Things’ Play About?
According to the show’s official synopsis, the play will take us back to the beginning, long before Eleven and Will ever appeared on our screens:
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.
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.
When Will The Final Season of ‘Stranger Things’ Air?
StarDavid Harbourconfirmed last week that the series production wasresuming imminentlyon Netflix’s flagship series. Series creatorsMatt and Ross Dufferhavepreviously revealed that the final season is expected to feature eight episodeswith an epic 2.5-hour series finale. The writing duo, after the end of the WGA strike, revealed the opening lines fromthe first episode. The episode from which the new script lines were revealed istitled “Chapter One: The Crawl,“the cover of which was shared lastStranger Thingsday in 2022. DirectorShawn Levypreviously told Colliderthat the final season will be “epic and very emotional.”
There is currently no release date forStranger ThingsSeason 5.For further ticket information, performance schedule, full creative team and cast bios, fans can visitstrangerthingsonstage.com.
Stranger Things
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.
