The news comes as the stage adaptation of the critically acclaimed Netflix show prepares to celebrate its second anniversary in the West End.
New lead casting has been announced for the West End production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which is now extending its run at the Phoenix Theatre until the 5th April 2026.
It has been confirmed that from the 12th November 2025 (shortly before the arrival of the fifth and final season of the Netflix series), the West End company will include: Jack Christou in the role of Henry Creel with Stewart Clarke as Dr Brenner, Avril Maponga as Patty Newby, Max Potter as Bob Newby, Adam Wadsworth as James Hopper Jr. and Edie Wright as Joyce Maldonado.
In addition, to celebrate the show’s second year anniversary a limited number of tickets priced at £19.59 will be released for weekday performances between 18th November and 12th December 2025, available for 72 hours only.
Before the world turned upside down. 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.
The production has also confirmed a partnership with Go Live Theatre, which will host Education Matinee on Friday 21st November providing students from state schools around London with a high percentile of Pupil Premium the opportunity to see Stranger Things: The First Shadow for £10 a ticket.
Written by Kate Trefry, from an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Trefry, Stranger Things: The First Shadow is directed by Stephen Daldry with co-direction from Justin Martin. The play also opened earlier this year on Broadway, going onto win four Tony Awards including a special award for Illusions and Technical Effects and is currently booking at the Marquis Theatre until March 2026.
The creative team behind the show includes: set design by Miriam Buether, costume design by Brigitte Reiffenstuel, lighting design by Jon Clark, sound design by Paul Arditti, original music composition, orchestration, arrangements and supervision by D.J. Walde, illusions design and visual effects by Jamie Harrison and Chris Fisher, video design and visual effects by 59 Studio, choreography by Coral Messam, movement direction by Lynne Page, wigs, hair and make-up design by Campbell Young Associates, technical director Gary Beestone for Gary Beestone Associates, props supervision by Mary Halliday, dialect coaching by William Conacher, casting by Jessica Ronane Casting CDG and international casting consultancy by Jim Carnahan.
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