{"id":61460,"date":"2023-11-06T16:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T21:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=61460"},"modified":"2023-11-06T16:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T21:52:51","slug":"stranger-things-the-first-shadow-bringing-stranger-things-to-the-stage-netflix-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/06\/stranger-things-the-first-shadow-bringing-stranger-things-to-the-stage-netflix-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Stranger Things: The First Shadow&#8221; &#8211; Bringing Stranger Things to the Stage &#8211; Netflix [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Duffer Brothers say it best &#8211; &#8220;There&#8217;s definitely more story to tell here.&#8221; Get a look behind the curtain of <em><strong>Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/strong><\/em> as told by the epic creative team that&#8217;s bringing this story to life on stage in London&#8217;s West End. The play features Hawkins&#8217; strangest in their high school days &#8211; including Joyce Maldonado, James Hopper Jr, Bob Newby, and the infamous Henry Creel.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p4qx2HzPV_o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Get a look behind the curtain of <em>Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/em> as told by the epic creative team that&#8217;s bringing this story to life.<\/p><div id=\"morty-603545104\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>ABOUT STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper&#8217;s car won&#8217;t start, Bob Newby&#8217;s sister won&#8217;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&#8217;t so easy&#8230; and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.<\/p>\n<p>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 &#8211; and may hold the key to the end.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions present<\/p><div id=\"morty-3382211781\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Kate Trefry<\/p>\n<p>Original story by The Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne &amp; Kate Trefry<\/p>\n<p>Based on the Netflix Series, Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers<\/p>\n<p>The Duffer Brothers act as creative producers, with 21 Laps Entertainment as associate producer.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Stephen Daldry, with co-direction by Justin Martin, leading the world class award-winning creative team, the cast is Shane Attwooll (Chief Hopper), Kemi Awoderu (Sue Anderson), Chase Brown (Lonnie Byers), Christopher Buckley (Bob Newby), Ammar Duffus (Charles Sinclair), Gilles Geary (Ted Wheeler), Florence Guy (Karen Childress), Max Harwood (Alan Munson), Michael Jibson (Victor Creel), Oscar Lloyd (James Hopper Jr.), Louis McCartney (Henry Creel), Isabella Pappas (Joyce Maldonado), Matthew Pidgeon (Principal Newby), Calum Ross (Walter Henderson), Maisie Norma Seaton (Claudia Yount), Patrick Vaill (Dr Brenner), Lauren Ward (Virginia Creel), Ella Karuna Williams (Patty Newby), and Anika Boyle, 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<p>STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW is written by Kate Trefry, directed by Stephen Daldry with co-director Justin Martin, set design by Miriam Buether, costume design by Brigitte Reiffenstuel, lighting design by Jon Clark, sound design by Paul Arditti, original music composition, orchestration, arrangements and supervision by D.J. Walde, illusions design &amp; visual effects by Jamie Harrison &amp; Chris Fisher, video design &amp; visual effects by 59 Productions, choreography by Coral Messam, movement direction by Lynne Page, wigs, hair and make-up design by Campbell Young Associates, technical director is Gary Beestone for Gary Beestone Associates, props supervision by Mary Halliday, dialect by William Conacher, fight direction by Kev McCurdy, casting by Jessica Ronane Casting CDG with additional casting by Charlotte Sutton CDG, and international casting consultancy by Jim Carnahan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW LISTINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phoenix Theatre<\/p>\n<p>Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 0JP<\/p>\n<p>Production opens on 14 December, with previews beginning 17 November. For further ticket information, performance schedule, full creative team and cast biographies, please visit strangerthingsonstage.com and the official social channels:<\/p>\n<p>Instagram.com\/STOnStage Tiktok.com\/STOnStage Facebook.com\/STOnStage Twitter.com\/STOnStage<\/p>\n<p>AND DON&#8217;T FORGET, IT&#8217;S&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>On November 6, 1983, Will Byers went missing in Hawkins, Indiana. Long after the town gave up the search, his friends kept looking&#8230; and discovered a mysterious girl known only by a number: Eleven. She was alone, hunted, and extremely powerful. Eleven would stop at nothing to help them find their friend. Stranger Things fans everywhere celebrate November 6 as &#8216;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stranger Things Day<\/span>,&#8217; a special day to share their love for the world of <em><strong>Stranger Things<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here at Netflix, we&#8217;re observing November 6 by looking back at the first four seasons, offering new teases on our social channels, unveiling limited edition merchandise online and in brick-and-mortar stores around the world and more! Follow along with the Stranger Things social media accounts on X @Stranger_Things, Instagram @StrangerThingsTV and Facebook @StrangerThingsTV for the latest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT STRANGER THINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Created by the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things debuted in July 2016 and quickly became one of Netflix&#8217;s most popular television series ever with its fourth season alone amassing over 140.7 Million views globally. Rooted in 80&#8217;s nostalgia, it has sparked a resurgence of pop culture items from the decade with every new season, including Eggo waffles and New Coke. Most recently, the series breathed new life into Kate Bush&#8217;s track &#8220;Running Up That Hill&#8221; with the song soaring in streams on Spotify and entering the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in its 38-year history. The series has also garnered over 70 awards worldwide including Emmys and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, and has been nominated for over 230 awards. 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