Netflix announces a 'Stranger Things' stage play is coming to London's West End

A caller "Stranger Things" signifier spinoff is coming to London's West End aboriginal this year, Netflix announced Wednesday.

"Stranger Things: The First Shadow," an adaptation of the fashionable subject fabrication series, volition premiere astatine the Phoenix Theatre arsenic the streaming giant's archetypal unrecorded signifier production.

The play volition beryllium acceptable successful 1959 successful the fictional municipality of Hawkins, Indiana, taking spot much than 2 decades earlier the show's archetypal scene. In a property release, Netflix said it volition see a fistful of the show's main characters, including the town's constabulary main Jim Hopper and Joyce Byers' fellow Bob Newby.

The play — based connected an archetypal communicative by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry — was written by Trefry and volition beryllium directed by Stephen Daldry, with co-direction from Justin Martin. It volition beryllium produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. Thorne besides wrote the signifier play for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."

"You volition conscionable endearing caller characters, arsenic good arsenic precise acquainted ones, connected a travel into the past that sets the groundwork for the aboriginal of 'Stranger Things,'" said Matt and Ross Duffer successful a statement.

The "Stranger Things" bid debuted successful 2016 and has been 1 of the streaming platform's astir fashionable shows. Its 4th play tops Netflix's Most Popular English TV database with 1.35 cardinal hours viewed.

In Netflix's astir caller shareholder letter, the institution said subscribers watched much returning seasons and sequels successful 2022 than immoderate twelvemonth prior. Netflix blew distant subscriber expectations for the 4th quarter, adding 7.66 cardinal paid subscribers during the 4th quarter.

The play joins a increasing array of in-person events inspired by Netflix films and shows, including the immersive multi-city "Stranger Things: The Experience." Other events person included balls themed astir "Bridgerton" and an flight country unrecorded acquisition based connected "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."

Netflix has besides been gaining traction successful the drama abstraction with a unrecorded stand-up peculiar starring Chris Rock acceptable for March 4, during which helium volition sermon Will Smith's Oscar slap.

Tickets for "Stranger Things: The First Shadow" are expected to spell connected merchantability successful the spring.