STRANGER THINGS Is Getting a Prequel Stage Play Titled THE FIRST SHADOW
Netflix has announced that their popular supernatural horror series Stranger Things is getting a prequel stage play titled Stranger Things: The First Shadow, and it’s coming to London’s West End. It will have its world premiere at the Phoenix Theatre later this year.
The play is said to be “rooted in the mythology” of the series, and it’s set in Hawkins in 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.”
The play was written by Stranger Things writer and co-executive producer Kate Trefry from an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Trefry. The production will be helmed by Tony-winning director Stephen Daldry, with co-direction from Justin Martin.
It’s explained that the creative team will 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.”
The Duffer Brothers said in a statement. “We are beyond excited about Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Collaborating with the brilliant Stephen Daldry has been nothing short of inspiring, and Kate Trefry has written a play that is at turns surprising, scary and heartfelt. You will meet endearing new characters, as well as very familiar ones, on a journey into the past that sets the groundwork for the future of Stranger Things. We’re dying to tell you more about the story but won’t — it’s more fun to discover it for yourself. Can’t wait to see you nerds in London!”
This sounds like it will tell an interesting story. This is definitely something I would like to see as a fan of Stranger Things. I wonder if they will ever adapt it as a prequel series.
Tickets for the play, which is produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions, will go on sale this spring.