Netflix introduced on Tuesday that Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which is a stage play spinoff of the wildly famous sci-fi series, will have its world premiere at the Phoenix Theatre later this year.
The play, which is based totally on the “mythology” of the Netflix show, is additionally written through Stranger Things author and co-executive producer Kate Trefry from an unique story by means of the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Trefry.
According to the authentic synopsis “Hawkins, 1959: a normal city with normal worries. Young Jim Hopper’s automobile won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio exhibit severely and Joyce Maldonado simply desires to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new scholar Henry Creel arrives, his household finds that a sparkling begin isn’t so easy… and the shadows of the previous have a very lengthy reach”
It in addition continues, “brought to lifestyles via a multi-award-winning innovative team, who take theatrical storytelling and stagecraft to a entire new dimension, this gripping new journey will take you proper lower back to the starting of the ‘Stranger Things’ story – and may additionally maintain the key to the end.”
Tickets for the stage show, which is produced with the aid of Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions, are predicted to go on sale this spring.
“We are past excited about ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow,'” the Duffer Brothers stated in a statement.
“Collaborating with the super Stephen Daldry has been nothing quick of inspiring, and Kate Trefry has written a play that is at turns surprising, horrifying and heartfelt.”
“You will meet endearing new characters, as properly as very acquainted ones, on a ride into the previous that units the groundwork for the future of ‘Stranger Things.’ We’re demise to inform you extra about the story however won’t it’s greater exciting to find out it for yourself. Can’t wait to see you nerds in London!”