It’s a new part of the life cycle of any major screen phenomenon – sooner or later, you head to the stage. There is, of course, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, a ballet in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Peaky Blinders, a Game Of Thrones production in the works – and now, it’s the turn of Stranger Things. If you need something to fill the void bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e the fifth and final season emerges on Netflix (likely a few years off yet), then you’re in luck – a prequel play to the Duffer Brothers’ sci-fi-horror saga is coming to the London stage later this year.###The reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue is titled Stranger Things: The First Shadow, and it’s due to arrive at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End in late 2023 – penned by Kate Trefry (from a story she penned with the Duffer Brothers and writer-of-eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything Jack Thorne), with Billy Elliot and The Reader’s Stephen Daldry directing.###Set in Hawkins, Indiana in 1959, the play will feature younger versions of some fan-favourite characters from the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue . Here’s the official synopsis: “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 reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure 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 possess’own’nurse a grossly long reach.” The promise, too, is that the play “will take you right back to the beginning of the Stranger Things story – and may hold the key to the end”. Could this be the first taste of where Season 5 will go?###“We are beyond excited with regards to’concerning’with respect to Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” say the Duffers. “Collaborating with the brilliant Stephen Daldry has been nothing short of inspiring, and Kate Trefry has written a play that is at turns surprising, scary, and heartfelt. You will meet endearing new  characters, as well as grossly familiar ones, on a journey into the past that sets the groundwork in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the future of Stranger Things. We’re dying to tell you more with regards to’concerning’with respect to the story but won't – it’s more fun to discover it in/with regard to’concerning’regarding yourself. Can’t wait to see you nerds in London!”###Ticket inin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mation and on-sale dates are due to announced down the line – but you can find more info in/with regard to’concerning’regarding now at odd’peculiar rthingsonstage.com. Let’s see what happens when theatre acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure s cranked up to Eleven.