★★★★★
“The West End Event Of The Year”
Daily Telegraph
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SMASH-HIT
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
EXTENDS DUE TO PUBLIC DEMAND
★★★★★
‘Breathtaking Theatre’
The Guardian
THE WHATSONSTAGE AWARD-WINNER OF BEST NEW PLAY
AND NOW NOMINATED FOR 5 OLIVIER AWARDS INCLUDING BEST ENTERTAINMENT AND BEST DIRECTOR
IS NOW BOOKING UNTIL 15 DECEMBER
★★★★★
‘The First Shadow is a Scintillating Experience’
Metro
Sonia Friedman Productions and Netflix today announce that the critically acclaimed world première production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow extends until the 15 December 2024 at the Phoenix Theatre.
Written by Kate Trefry and with direction by Stephen Daldry and co-director Justin Martin, the production opened to rave reviews at the Phoenix Theatre on 14 December 2023. Recently winning the WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play, and receiving 5 Olivier Award nominations including Best New Entertainment Play, Best Director, Best Set Design, Best Lighting Design and Best Sound Design.
★★★★★
“As a piece of total theatre, this is streets ahead of anything else”
Evening Standard
★★★★★
‘Sinister and thrilling trip balances horror and humour to great effect. This is exhilarating live theatre…’
Financial Times
Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions present
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
By Kate Trefry
Original story by The Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne & Kate Trefry
Based on the Netflix Series, Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers
The Duffer Brothers act as creative producers, with 21 Laps Entertainment as associate producer.
Directed by Stephen Daldry, with co-direction by Justin Martin, leading the world class award-winning creative team, the cast is Shane Attwooll (Chief Hopper), Kemi Awoderu (Sue Anderson), Chase Brown (Lonnie Byers), Christopher Buckley (Bob Newby), Ammar Duffus (Charles Sinclair), Gilles Geary (Ted Wheeler), Florence Guy (Karen Childress), Max Harwood (Alan Munson), Michael Jibson (Victor Creel), Oscar Lloyd (James Hopper Jr.), Louis McCartney (Henry Creel), Isabella Pappas (Joyce Maldonado), Matthew Pidgeon (Principal Newby), Calum Ross (Walter Henderson), Maisie Norma Seaton (Claudia Yount), Patrick Vaill (Dr Brenner), Alex Young (Virginia Creel), Ella Karuna Williams (Patty Newby), and Anika Boyle, Lily Crawford, Faith Delaney and Imogen Turner (alternating the role of Alice Creel); with Tricia Adele-Turner, Lauren Arney, Samuel Baxter, Reya-Nyomi Brown, Patricia Castro, Lydia Fraser, Isaac Gryn, Mark Hammersley, Benjamin Lafayette, Tom Peters, Kingdom Sibanda, Tiana Simone, Danny Sykes and Meesha Turner.
ABOUT STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
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.
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW is written by Kate Trefry, directed by Stephen Daldry with co-director Justin Martin, set design by Miriam Buether, costume design by Brigitte Reiffenstuel, lighting design by Jon Clark, sound design by Paul Arditti, original music composition, orchestration, arrangements and supervision by D.J. Walde, illusions design & visual effects by Jamie Harrison & Chris Fisher, video design & visual effects by 59 Productions, choreography by Coral Messam, movement direction by Lynne Page, wigs, hair and make-up design by Campbell Young Associates, technical director is Gary Beestone for Gary Beestone Associates, props supervision by Mary Halliday, dialect by William Conacher, fight direction by Kev McCurdy, casting by Jessica Ronane Casting CDG with additional casting by Charlotte Sutton CDG, and international casting consultancy by Jim Carnahan.
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
LISTINGS
Phoenix Theatre
Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 0JP
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