Netflix has announced their popular supernatural horror series Stranger things is getting a prequel stage play titled Stranger Things: The First Shadow, and will arrive in London’s West End. It will have its world premiere at the Phoenix Theater later this year.
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The show is said to be “rooted in the mythology” of the series, and is set in 1959 Hawkins, “an ordinary town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take her radio show seriously, and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate high school and get out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family discovers that a new beginning is not so easy … and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.
The game 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 directed by the Tony-winning director Stephen Daldryco-directed by Justin Martin.
It is explained that the creative team will take “theatrical storytelling and set design to a whole new dimension, this gripping new adventure will take you back to the beginning of the Stranger things story – and may hold the key to the end.”
The Duffer Brothers say so in a note. “We are beyond excited 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 by turns startling, frightening and heartfelt. You will meet captivating new characters, as well as very familiar characters, in a journey into the past that sets the stage for the future of Stranger Things. We can’t wait to tell you more about the story, but we won’t – it’s more fun to find out for yourself. Can’t wait to see you nerds in London!”
Looks like it’s going to tell an interesting story. This is definitely something I would like to see as a fan Stranger things. I wonder if they will ever adapt it as a prequel series.
Tickets for the show, produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions, will go on sale this spring.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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