Isabella Pappas interview: Stranger Things – The First Shadow (Grazia)

For fans of the Netflix phenomenon – of which there are millions – the prospect of seeing Stranger Things on stage is definitely an intriguing one. How will they emulate the Upside Down in a theatre? Who will play our favourite characters? And most importantly, will the script ring true?

Speaking to Isabella Pappas, who plays a teenage Joyce Maldonado in the new West End show, our concerns have subsided. ‘I’ve always been a Stranger Things fan since I was younger,’ Pappas reveals. ‘I was the same age as the kids when they started so I got to grow up with them. I never expected that I’d get to play a young Winona Rider when I was younger, it’s amazing.’