The critically acclaimed Olivier Award-winning production also announces an extension to its run due to unprecedented demand.
Louis Healy in Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Photo by Manuel Harlan
Hailed by the Daily Telegraph as "The event of the year", a new cast recently joined the West End production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
Written by Kate Trefry, with direction by Stephen Daldry and co-director Justin Martin, the prequel to the hit Netflix show opened to rave reviews last December. Stranger Things: The First Shadow has won several awards since its debut including the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow is a thrilling new adventure that takes audiences back to the origins of the Stranger Things saga.
The new cast members include Shane Attwooll (Chief Hopper), Jack Crumlin (Lonnie Byers), Rhianna Dorris (Sue Anderson), Ammar Duffus (Charles Sinclair), Jack Gardner (Walter Henderson), Louis Healy (Henry Creel), Joshua James (Dr Brenner), Andy Langtree (Victor Creel), Callum Maxwell (Bob Newby), Betsy Mayle (Claudia Yount), Miranda Mufema (Patty Newby), Michael Murray (Alan Munson), Lauren O’Neil (Virginia Creel), Matthew Pidgeon (Principal Newby), Jessica Rhodes (Joyce Maldonado), George Smale (James Hopper Jr), Barney Wilkinson (Ted Wheeler) and Edie Wright (Karen Childress). Alternating the role of Alice Creel are Lily Crawford, Scarlett Davies, India Moon and Pixie Robbins. They are joined by Chloe Akuma, Harry Ames, Sophie Atherton, Levi Bent, Mat Betteridge, Amara Campbell, Lois Churcher, Flora Dawson, Benjamin Lafayette, Jake Mavis, Karen Mavundukure, Chris Porter, Marianna Scott and Jonny Warr.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow has also extended its run at the Phoenix Theatre to 7 September 2025.
