Before the heartstopping events of the 80s, way before Mike, Will, Eleven & the gang embarked on their heroic journeys, Hawkins was just a regular town with regular worries. It’s 1959 and a 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.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow invites us back in time to explore the history of Hawkins and the origins of some key characters from the iconic Netflix series. Brought to life by a multi-award-winning creative team, who take theatrical storytelling and stagecraft to a whole new dimension, this gripping new adventure will take you right back to the beginning of the Stranger Things story – and may hold the key to the end.