'Stranger Things': First look unveiled. Know about discounted tickets, plot, director, producer, stage

Producers of 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' have released the photographs from rehearsals of the West End stage play. The images of Henry Creel and Dr. Brenner (played by Louis McCartney and Patrick Vaill) in an intense face-to-face standoff and Lonnie Byers sitting with and holding Joyce Maldonado (played by Chase Brown and Isabella Pappas) have been made public.

Tickets

The production house has partnered with TodayTix to give tickets at a discount. The initiative has been named 'Shadow Seats'. There will be 11 pairs of tickets available for £19.59 per seat for each performance. Some of these discounted tickets will be located in the front row of the stalls.

'Shadow Seats'

Shadow seats will not be available on the main booking page, these will be allotted for sale via the lottery on the TodayTix app every Friday beginning on November 3. The first tickets will be drawn on November 6 for preview performances, which begin on November 17.

Talking about the discounted tickets, Producer Sonia Friedman told 'Variety' that she is offering accessibly priced tickets available to all in great locations in the house for every performance. She expressed hope that theatre lovers alongside new audiences would discover the joy and thrill of live theatre.

Opening at Phoenix Theater

'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' will be staged at the Phoenix Theater in London's West End.

Directed by Stephen Daldry

Kate Trefry wrote the scripts of a play based on an original story co-written with Ross and Matt Duffer and Jack Thorne. Stephen Daldry will direct the play and Justin Martin will co-direct it. The Duffers are the creative producers and 21 Laps Entertainment are the associate producers of the play.

Plot

'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' was set in Hawkins, Indiana in 1959. At the outset of the play, the car of Jim Hopper’s (Oscar Lloyd) won’t start. Bob Newby’s (Christopher Buckley) sister (Ella Karuna Williams) does not take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. With the arrival of a new student, Henry Creel, it is found that a fresh start is not so easy.

FAQs:

What is 'Shadow Seats' Initiative?
The producers of 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' have partnered with TodayTix to give tickets at a discount. The initiative has been named 'Shadow Seats'. There will be 11 pairs of tickets available for £19.59 per seat for each performance. Some of these discounted tickets will be located in the front row of the stalls.

Who are the people behind 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow'?
Stephen Daldry will direct the play 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' and Justin Martin will co-direct it.
Kate Trefry wrote the scripts of a play based on an original story co-written with Ross and Matt Duffer and Jack Thorne. The Duffers are the creative producers and 21 Laps Entertainment are the associate producers of the play.