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Louis McCartney: Stranger Things The First Shadow star had never set foot in a West End theatre before taking on lead role

The play takes the hit show back to its beginnings in 1950s Cold War America

Stranger Things star Louis McCartney is so new to the theatre he had never even seen a West End show before taking on the lead role in the stage version of the hit TV show.

The 20-year-old plays troubled child Henry Creel, played in season 4 of the Netflix show by Jamie Campbell Bower, and said it had taken around a dozen performances before he could get the nerve to look out at the audience.

Robert Dex, Evening Standard (15 December 2023)
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Phoenix Theatre, London

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