Netflix has introduced that their well-liked supernatural horror sequence Stranger Issues is getting a prequel stage play titled Stranger Issues: The First Shadow, and it’s coming to London’s West Finish. It’s going to have its world premiere on the Phoenix Theatre later this yr.
The play is alleged to be “rooted within the mythology” of the sequence, and it’s set in Hawkins in 1959, “a daily city with common worries. Younger Jim Hopper’s automobile gained’t begin, Bob Newby’s sister gained’t take his radio present critically and Joyce Maldonado simply needs to graduate and get the hell out of city. When new pupil 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.”
The play was written by Stranger Issues author and co-executive producer Kate Trefry from an unique story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Trefry. The manufacturing will likely be helmed by Tony-winning director Stephen Daldry, with co-direction from Justin Martin.
It’s defined that the artistic crew will 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 will maintain the important thing to the tip.”
The Duffer Brothers mentioned in an announcement. “We’re past enthusiastic about Stranger Issues: The First Shadow. Collaborating with the good Stephen Daldry has been nothing in need of 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 inform you extra in regards to the story however gained’t — it’s extra enjoyable to find it for your self. Can’t wait to see you nerds in London!”
This seems like it’s going to inform an attention-grabbing story. That is undoubtedly one thing I wish to see as a fan of Stranger Issues. I ponder if they are going to ever adapt it as a prequel sequence.
Tickets for the play, which is produced by Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions, will go on sale this spring.
