‘Stranger Issues’ Play to Hit London Stage
New Stranger Issues content material is coming this yr, however it’s not the fifth season. The Netflix sequence’ co-executive producer Kate Trefry has penned Stranger Issues: The First Shadow, a prequel stage play that will premiere at London’s Phoenix Theatre in late 2023. The play is predicated on an authentic story by Stranger Issues creators Matt and Ross Duffer, Jack Thorne (Enola Holmes) and Trefry.
The First Shadow is described as: “Hawkins, 1959: an everyday city with common worries. Younger Jim Hopper’s automobile received’t begin, Bob Newby’s sister received’t take his radio present severely and Joyce Maldonado simply needs to graduate and get the hell out of city. When new scholar Henry Creel arrives, his household finds {that a} contemporary begin isn’t really easy … and the shadows of the previous have a really lengthy attain. Dropped at life by a multi-award-winning artistic staff, who take theatrical storytelling and stagecraft to a complete new dimension, this gripping new journey will take you proper again to the start of the Stranger Issues story — and should maintain the important thing to the top.”
A brand new Stranger Issues story…
Tomorrow. 11am GMT.#StrangerThingsOnStage pic.twitter.com/le7tzkvV3j— Stranger Issues On Stage (@STOnStage) February 28, 2023
Stephen Daldry (The Crown, Billy Elliot) will direct, in collaboration with co-director Justin Martin. The artistic staff additionally consists of Set design by Miriam Buether; costume design by Brigitte Reiffenstuel; lighting design by Jon Clark; sound design by Paul Arditti; illusions design by Jamie Harrison & Chris Fisher; video design by 59 Productions; motion path by Coral Messam; wigs, hair and make-up design by Campbell Younger Associates; and technical path by Gary Beestone for Gary Beestone Associates.
“We’re past enthusiastic about Stranger Issues: The First Shadow,” the Duffer brothers stated in a press release. “Collaborating with the good Stephen Daldry has been nothing wanting inspiring, and Kate Trefry has written a play that’s at turns stunning, scary and heartfelt. You’ll meet endearing new characters, in addition to very acquainted ones, on a journey into the previous that units the groundwork for the way forward for Stranger Issues. We’re dying to let you know extra in regards to the story however received’t – it’s extra enjoyable to find it for your self. Can’t wait to see you nerds in London.”
“Stranger Issues has captured the creativeness of followers all over the world, and we’re extremely thrilled to increase this thrilling universe with Netflix’s first stay stage manufacturing,” stated Greg Lombardo, VP Dwell Experiences at Netflix. “With the artistic skills of Matt and Ross Duffer mixed with Sonia Friedman and Stephen Daldry, theatergoers can be swept up in a very epic occasion worthy of Stranger Issues.”
The First Shadow serves as Netflix’s first stay theater manufacturing. Sonia Friedman Productions produces, with sequence government producer Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps serving as affiliate producer.

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