Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Kate Trefry

‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ is a thrilling addition to Hawkins

A captivating and thrilling Broadway production.

The Mary Sue

Broadway critics divided over ‘hollow’ Stranger Things theater adaptation

New play lands on Broadway after originating on London’s West End

The Independent UK

Broadway Bound: 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' Prequel Play

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a prequel play to the popular series, is set to hit Broadway in 2025, directed by Stephen Daldry.

Top News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2023

Our critics’ highlights of the year include a 24-hour marathon, a standup welcoming hecklers, a reboot of The Matrix and a bus ride filled with emotion

The Guardian - UK

Stranger Things: The First Shadow review – Netflix explodes into the West End with thrills galore

Humungous projections, a big musical score, an onslaught of foam, dry ice and flares: this big-budget stage play from the ‘Stranger Things’ universe spares no bombastic effect to bring new audiences flocking to the West End

The Independent UK

Stranger Things: The First Shadow review – this stunning Phoenix Theatre show will turn you upside down

This astonishing experience is full of enough thrills, scares and knowing nods to please fans and the uninitiated in equal measure

Evening Standard

Stranger Things: The First Shadow review – breathtaking theatre

This origin story has all the dark mystery of the Duffer Brothers’ Netflix series and delivers one coup de theatre after another

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Can Stranger Things replicate Harry Potter and save the West End?

The production team behind the most anticipated show of the year tell Annabel Nugent about what makes ‘The First Shadow’ so different from the usual screen-to-stage adaptation, and why they hope the ‘Stranger Things’ monsters will frighten away the curse of Covid from the West End

The Independent UK

'Stranger Things' final season to start filming in January

Makers of the horror drama show 'Stranger Things' are all set to begin production of the final season of the show. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Stranger Things Team Reveals Key New Details About The First Shadow, And I Really Need This To Come To The U.S.

The Duffers Bros. and others from Stranger Things: The First Shadow revealed new details about new characters and connections to the Netflix show.

Cinemablend

The Stranger Things play will be "integral" to the show going forward, says writer

EXCLUSIVE: Stranger Things: The First Shadow writer Kate Trefry says what happens in the play will provide context and set up the events in Stranger Things Season 5

Total Film

TV-to-stage plays like Stranger Things are turning theatre upside down. They could make it or break it

Adaptations of existing media get new fans in the building, but they also rob new plays of space, says Kate Wyver, xyz

The Guardian - UK

Netflix’s Stranger Things releases preview featurette ahead of West End bow

Loved the TV show? Now see it live in London

Evening Standard

Netflix’s Stranger Things stage play coming to the UK revealed as a prequel

Stranger Things: The First Shadow will launch in London’s West End later this year

Manchester Evening News

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

'Stranger Things' coming to the London stage

LONDON: The smash-hit Netflix streaming series "Stranger Things" is about to get its theatre debut.

The Guardian - UK

Stranger Things due in West End as stage spinoff of Netflix hit announced

Based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Kate Trefry and Jack Thorne, Stranger Things: The First Shadow promises ‘a journey into the past’

Wales Online

Netflix reveals more details about Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Set more than 20 years earlier, it will following existing characters Jim Hopper, Bob Newby and Henry Creel when they were younger

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.