A cool behind the scenes video has been released from the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which serves as a prequel to the hit Netflix series Stranger Things. The play is set in Hawkins, 1959. The First Shadow takes place “before the world turned upside down.”
The cast includes Louis McCartney (Silent Roar, Hope Street, Game of Thrones) as Henry Creel; Ella Karuna Williams (The Equalizer) as Patty Newby; Patrick Vaill (Oklahoma!, Macbeth, Dash & Lily) as Dr. Brenner; Oscar Lloyd (The 47th, Hotel Portofino, 4 O’Clock Club) as Jim Hopper, Jr.; Isabella Pappas (Finding Alice, The Villains of Valley View, The Nether) as Joyce Maldonado (Joyce Byers’ maiden name); and Christopher Buckley (David Copperfield, Orphans, Stig of the Dump) plays Bob Newby.
They are joined by Michael Jibson (Bodies, The Essex Serpent, Hamilton) as Victor Creel; Lauren Ward (Dear Evan Hansen, Matilda the Musical, Caroline) as Virginia Creel; Shane Attwooll (Wonder Woman 1984, Legend, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot) as Chief Hopper; Kemi Awoderu as Sue Anderson (Sue Sinclair’s maiden name); Chase Brown as Lonnie Byers; Ammar Duffus plays Charles Sinclair; Gilles Geary as Ted Wheeler; Florence Guy as Karen Childress (Karen Wheeler’s maiden name); Max Harwood plays Allen Munson; Matthew Pidgeon as Father Newby; Calum Ross is Walter Henderson; and Maisie Norma Seaton takes on the role of Claudia Henderson.
Additional cast includes Tricia Adele-Turner, Lauren Arney, Reya-Nyomi Brown, Patricia Castro, Lydia Fraser, Isaac Gryn, Mark Hammersley, Tom Peters, Kingdom Sibanda, Tiana Simone, Danny Sykes and Meesha Turner.
The play features an original story from Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers, alongside Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry. Stranger Things: The First Shadow is being directed by Stephen Daldry, and the live stage show is headed to the Phoenix Theatre in London.
The official plot synopsis 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. 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 – and may hold the key to the end.”
The World Premiere takes the stage December 14 at the Phoenix Theatre on London’s West End, with previews beginning November 17. Go behind the scenes in the video below!
via: Bloody Disgusting
