Justin Martin,<\/strong> speaking from the snug \u201ccompany office,\u201d where a shower is visible behind him.<\/p>\nOlivier Award\u2013winning director Stephen Daldry<\/strong> was the man with the provocative idea to bring Stranger Things,<\/em> conceived by brothers Matt<\/strong> and Ross Duffer,<\/strong> to the stage. Around the time the fourth season was being written, Daldry teamed up with producer colossus Sonia Friedman<\/strong> to approach Netflix about what Martin calls its \u201ccatalog.\u201d \u201cThe Duffers, to their credit, went, \u2018You\u2019re mad, but yeah, let\u2019s see if we can find something within this world,\u2019\u201d says Martin, who has worked with Daldry for 16 years. \u201cThe honest truth is, the idea of turning the show into a play would\u2019ve never crossed our minds,\u201d the Duffers say by email. \u201cThis is fully the brainchild of Stephen Daldry.\u201d<\/p>\nProducer Friedman and writer Jack Thorne,<\/strong> who are responsible for the mammoth theatrical success of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,<\/em> were a reassuring presence. But First Shadow<\/em> was complex territory. \u201cThe cycle of Potter<\/em> was complete, and therefore we had access to the full canon [for Cursed Child<\/em>],\u201d Friedman says. She can\u2019t think of another live show emerging mid-canon like this. Arriving while we wait for the series\u2019 season five (its strike-delayed filming is due to start next month), First Shadow<\/em> takes place before the first season, in 1959, and explores the high school past of Henry Creel, dramatizing how he became the murderous Vecna we meet in season four.<\/p>\n\u201cThe mythology is quite complicated,\u201d says Friedman, speaking in the sing-song style of someone who has just stumbled on an r\/StrangerThings Reddit thread. Thorne bowed out after one draft, passing the baton to Kate Trefry,<\/strong> who has written for Stranger Things<\/em> since season two. \u201cIt\u2019s just like a huge jellyfish of interlocking pieces,\u201d Trefry says. \u201cWe wanted to hit this sweet spot where the play can stand on its own as an independent work but also connect to everything in four, but also be looking forward to five.\u201d We meet younger versions of Joyce Byers, n\u00e9e Maldonado (Isabella Pappas<\/strong>), Jim Hopper (Oscar Lloyd<\/strong>), and Bob Newby (Christopher Buckley<\/strong>), who investigate some neighborhood pet deaths; we also meet Dr. Brenner (Patrick Vaill<\/strong>) and come to understand why he began his horrifying experimentation on Eleven and other children.<\/p>\nFirst Shadow<\/em> is visually stunning and could easily make stars of its young cast, principally Louis McCartney,<\/strong> who plays Henry, and Ella Karuna Williams,<\/strong> who portrays new character Patty Newby. Martin says that they told casting director Jessica Ronane,<\/strong> \u201cWe want to find the next Ben Whishaw<\/strong> and Andrew Garfield.<\/strong>\u201d The real star of the show, however, may be the often jaw-dropping stagecraft. The program claims that First Shadow<\/em> is \u201cthe most technically advanced show in the West End,\u201d an assertion that\u2019s hard to test but easy to believe.<\/p>\nChris Fisher<\/strong> and Jamie Harrison,<\/strong> who head up the illusions and visual effects team, took a trip to Vegas to see how the world\u2019s biggest magicians pull it off. \u201cWhen you\u2019ve got a show of this scale and a show of this budget as well, you can really push the boundaries,\u201d says Harrison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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