West End dates and booking details announced for STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW

Based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry, Stranger Things: The First Shadow will receive its world premiere at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End, with performances beginning on 17 November.

Directed by Stephen Daldry with co-direction by Justin Martin, priority booking for the production opens on 28 March from 12pm GMT with access given to those who have signed up via the mailing list here – it is still possible to sign up to the mailing list until 26 March. Public booking then opens on 30 March at 12pm GMT.

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.

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.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow has set design by Miriam Buether, with costumes by Brigitte Reiffenstuel, lighting by Jon Clark, sound by Paul Arditti, illusions & visual effects by Jamie Harrison & Chris Fisher, video & visual effects by 59 Productions, movement direction by Coral Messam, and casting by Charlotte Sutton CDG, with further creative team members to be announced.

Further information will be announced at a later date here.