Yahoo News Stranger Things play: How to get tickets for The First Shadow
Everyone's favourite retro TV show is about to tread the boards.
Stranger Things is about to expand into a new dimension - London's West End.
The hit Netflix fantasy show about a group of nerdy kids in small town 80s America and the otherworldly monsters they battle is making its way to the theatre for a live show.
Get in line for your tickets to see the origin stories of fan favourites from the TV series in Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which is sure to be a sell out run.
How to get tickets for Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Stranger Things: The First Shadow makes its world premiere at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End on 14 December, but previews are available from 17 November and the show is currently booking up until 25 August, 2024.
Tickets are available from £20 at ATG Tickets now.
What happens in Stranger Things: The First Shadow?
Fans of the Netflix series will be excited to get a completely fresh take on the beloved show, rather than just watching the same storylines played out in the theatre.
While the TV series focuses on Eleven's super powers and her friends' help in protecting her from the sinister research lab while battling monsters, the theatre show shifts its gaze to the show's adults.
Delve into Hopper, Joyce and co's back stories as the throwback plot sheds more light on how the Hawkins grown-ups first met and how their own teenage years affect events in the future.
The show's description reads: "Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’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’t so easy… and the shadows of the past have a very long reach."
Who stars in Stranger Things: The First Shadow?
Sadly, as the show is a prequel it means we can't expect to see Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder or David Harbour take to the stage.
However, series creators The Duffer Brothers are closely involved in the show and have promised you won't be disappointed.
A joint statement from Matt and Ross Duffer said: "The cast of Stranger Things: The First Shadow is nothing short of phenomenal.
"These actors brilliantly explore the early days of many fan favorites – including Hopper, Joyce, Bob, Henry and Dr. Brenner – while also bringing new characters to vivid life. We couldn’t be more thrilled and can’t wait for you to meet them all live on stage. See you in London, nerds!"
The cast includes 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 (Allen Munson), Michael Jibson (Victor Creel), Oscar Lloyd (James Hopper, Jr.), Louis McCartney (Henry Creel), Isabella Pappas (Joyce Maldonado), Matthew Pidgeon (Father Newby), Calum Ross (Walter Henderson), Maisie Norma Seaton (Claudia Henderson), Patrick Vaill (Dr. Brenner), Lauren Ward (Virginia Creel), and Ella Karuna Williams (Patty Newby).
