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The Award-winning production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/a> is on its way to Broadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stage show is a prequel to the popular Netflix series and is written by Kate Trefry with a story by the creators of the TV series The Duffer Brothers, alongside Jack Thorne and Trefry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/a> first previewed in November 2023 and officially opened in December 2023 at the Phoenix Theatre. Produced by Sonia Friedman and directed by Stephen Daldry, the show won \u2018Best New Play\u2019 at the WhatsOnStage Awards this year. The play also won the Olivier Award for \u2018Best Entertainment or Comedy Play\u2019 as well as \u2018Best Set Design\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/a> is set in Hawkins in 1959 and follows the story of young Jim Hopper, Joyce Maldonado, and Bob Newby. The stage show expands on the TV show\u2019s story and mythology with incredible stagecraft and stunning visual effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current West End cast includes Shane Attwooll as Chief Hopper, Kemi Awoderu as Sue Anderson, Chase Brown as Lonnie Byers, Christopher Buckley as Bob Newby, Ammar Duffus as Charles Sinclair, Gilles Geary as Ted Wheeler, Florence Guy as Karen Childress, Max Harwood as Alan Munson, Michael Jibson as Victor Creel, Oscar Lloyd as James Hopper Jr, Louis McCartney as Henry Creel, Isabella Pappas as Joyce Maldonado, Matthew Pidgeon as Principal Newby, Calum Ross as Walter Henderson, Maisie Norma Seaton as Claudia Yount, Patrick Vaill as Dr Brenner, Ella Karuna Williams as Patty Newby and Alex Young as Virginia Creel.

The full company is completed by 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The production is set to start previews in March 2025 at the Marquis Theatre ahead of an official opening on 22 April. Casting for the Broadway run is yet to be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/a> is currently playing at the Phoenix Theatre<\/a> and is booking up until February 2025. Book your Stranger Things<\/a> tickets now online via the LSBO<\/a> website or at our box office in Leicester Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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