1 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:08,341 [upbeat music playing] 2 00:00:16,516 --> 00:00:18,226 [upbeat music continues] 3 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:24,274 [machine cranking] 4 00:00:26,317 --> 00:00:28,778 ♪ I don't know how you've been feeling ♪ 5 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:34,242 ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪ 6 00:00:36,077 --> 00:00:38,413 ♪ I don't know how you've been feeling ♪ 7 00:00:38,496 --> 00:00:41,124 Tonight is our night. 8 00:00:41,207 --> 00:00:43,960 ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪ 9 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:48,089 [Fallon] Get this. Today Netflix said they're premiering a Stranger Things play. 10 00:00:48,173 --> 00:00:50,383 Right now, a team of choreographers is hard at work, 11 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:52,469 teaching a Demogorgon how to jazz hands. 12 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:55,096 -[audience laughs] -[upbeat music continues] 13 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:57,223 [woman] You'll see what the world thinks of us, 14 00:00:57,307 --> 00:00:59,559 and most importantly, you'll feel it in the house. 15 00:00:59,642 --> 00:01:01,019 -We flew from Miami. -Just for this. 16 00:01:01,102 --> 00:01:03,354 -Miami, Florida. -Honestly, I don't know what to expect. 17 00:01:03,438 --> 00:01:06,107 How are they gonna pull this off in the theater? 18 00:01:06,191 --> 00:01:09,319 -[clamoring] -♪ The Upside Down ♪ 19 00:01:09,402 --> 00:01:10,737 [upbeat music continues] 20 00:01:10,820 --> 00:01:13,615 ♪ The Upside Down ♪ 21 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:16,868 -[camera shutters clicking] -[indistinct chatter] 22 00:01:16,951 --> 00:01:18,495 We will be reviewed, 23 00:01:18,578 --> 00:01:20,622 so keep your wits about you. 24 00:01:20,705 --> 00:01:22,540 [upbeat music continues] 25 00:01:26,002 --> 00:01:29,047 [indistinct chatter] 26 00:01:29,130 --> 00:01:32,050 [announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. 27 00:01:32,133 --> 00:01:34,219 The show will begin in five minutes. 28 00:01:34,302 --> 00:01:36,054 [upbeat music continues] 29 00:01:37,347 --> 00:01:39,432 [man 1] Nerves on the first night are the worst. 30 00:01:41,601 --> 00:01:44,437 [man 2] I think I always like to think I'm just like a killer, 31 00:01:44,521 --> 00:01:45,980 that I don't get nervous, 32 00:01:46,064 --> 00:01:47,857 but I think I probably do. 33 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:50,819 -[upbeat music continues] -♪ The Upside Down ♪ 34 00:01:51,903 --> 00:01:53,404 -Have a good show. -♪ The Upside Down ♪ 35 00:01:53,488 --> 00:01:55,740 -Let's rock and roll, baby. -Yeah, baby. 36 00:01:55,824 --> 00:01:58,701 Rock and roll. That's what I'm ****ing talking about. 37 00:01:58,785 --> 00:02:00,829 [man 3] People have tried to do horror, 38 00:02:00,912 --> 00:02:03,414 tried to do monsters on stage, 39 00:02:03,498 --> 00:02:05,500 and most of the time, it doesn't work. 40 00:02:05,583 --> 00:02:08,128 [upbeat music continues] 41 00:02:09,003 --> 00:02:12,549 [woman 1] It's the most nervous I've ever been in my life. 42 00:02:12,632 --> 00:02:14,384 -Gotta go. -[indistinct chatter] 43 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:16,261 [upbeat music continues] 44 00:02:17,595 --> 00:02:18,638 [music halts] 45 00:02:18,721 --> 00:02:22,100 -[theme music playing] -[audience cheering] 46 00:02:26,437 --> 00:02:28,565 [cheering continues] 47 00:02:33,027 --> 00:02:34,988 [theme music continues] 48 00:02:39,075 --> 00:02:40,910 [cheering fades] 49 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,043 -[dramatic whooshing] -[faint crackling] 50 00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:57,135 [thunder rumbling] 51 00:02:58,636 --> 00:02:59,721 [music halts] 52 00:03:04,809 --> 00:03:06,853 [angelic music playing] 53 00:03:06,936 --> 00:03:08,897 [woman] Hey, are we all here? 54 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:11,691 Okay, it's six o'clock. 55 00:03:12,358 --> 00:03:15,195 We are all meeting for the first time 56 00:03:15,945 --> 00:03:18,823 for Stranger Things: The First Shadow. 57 00:03:18,907 --> 00:03:22,702 [cheering, applause] 58 00:03:22,785 --> 00:03:25,830 It's probably the biggest, most technical, 59 00:03:26,497 --> 00:03:30,460 most exciting design that I've ever seen 60 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:34,339 and I think that audiences will ever experience. 61 00:03:34,422 --> 00:03:36,674 So thank you to everybody. 62 00:03:37,425 --> 00:03:39,135 I'm going to hand over to Stephen. 63 00:03:39,219 --> 00:03:41,304 Uh, thank… Oh my gosh. Thanks everybody. 64 00:03:41,387 --> 00:03:43,389 Uh, yeah, this is a bit like base camp. 65 00:03:43,473 --> 00:03:48,561 Um, you know, we've been climbing up from Kathmandu for some months, 66 00:03:48,645 --> 00:03:50,313 and we've still got one mountain to climb, 67 00:03:50,396 --> 00:03:52,482 but I'm delighted that we've got to this point. 68 00:03:52,565 --> 00:03:55,318 Matt and Ross, I was trying to remember when 69 00:03:55,401 --> 00:03:57,528 we first talked about this all those years ago. 70 00:03:57,612 --> 00:03:59,489 It was not that long after season one 71 00:03:59,572 --> 00:04:03,368 Netflix mentioned that Stephen Daldry was interested 72 00:04:03,451 --> 00:04:05,536 in doing a play of Stranger Things. 73 00:04:05,620 --> 00:04:08,206 We were like, "Wait. What? What are you talking about?" 74 00:04:08,289 --> 00:04:10,959 Like Billy Elliot Stephen Daldry, The Crown Stephen Daldry? 75 00:04:11,042 --> 00:04:13,211 And you've got Sonia Friedman, 76 00:04:13,294 --> 00:04:17,590 who has I don't know how many shelves of Tonys and Oliviers. 77 00:04:17,674 --> 00:04:19,217 I don't know why initially we were like, 78 00:04:19,300 --> 00:04:22,512 "Oh, Stephen's…. It's like gonna be a musical of like season one." 79 00:04:22,595 --> 00:04:25,932 Stephen's like, "No, you morons. This is gonna be a new story." 80 00:04:26,015 --> 00:04:30,561 [Ross] We started spitballing with Stephen about what this story could be. 81 00:04:30,645 --> 00:04:34,232 And that really is how The First Shadow came about. 82 00:04:34,315 --> 00:04:38,403 When it really kicked into high gear was when Kate got involved. 83 00:04:38,486 --> 00:04:43,283 And Kate is such an integral part of Stranger Things. 84 00:04:43,366 --> 00:04:46,202 She is really a secret weapon for the show. 85 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:50,623 But like us, she knew nothing about the theater world and nothing about plays. 86 00:04:50,707 --> 00:04:55,628 But, uh, one thing I love about Kate is just how fearless she is. 87 00:04:55,712 --> 00:04:59,632 I read Kate's scripts, and I go, "I don't know how we'd do this on film." 88 00:04:59,716 --> 00:05:03,052 I don't know how in the world you guys are gonna do this on stage. 89 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:04,804 But I can't wait to see. [laughs] 90 00:05:04,887 --> 00:05:06,264 I just want to say once again 91 00:05:06,347 --> 00:05:09,642 thank you so much for entrusting us with your story. 92 00:05:09,726 --> 00:05:11,352 We'll, uh, try to do you proud. 93 00:05:11,436 --> 00:05:14,856 -[cheering, applause] -[indistinct chatter] 94 00:05:16,607 --> 00:05:18,943 [producer] Kate, why don't you, in your own words, 95 00:05:19,027 --> 00:05:21,195 tell me what The First Shadow is. 96 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:26,242 Okay. Um, this is this, uh… [blabbers] 97 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,828 Let me think about this for a second. 98 00:05:28,911 --> 00:05:31,956 The First Shadow is the Stranger Things play. 99 00:05:32,623 --> 00:05:35,251 It's a prequel that's set in 1959. 100 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:39,130 [Kate] It's about all of these characters from the show. 101 00:05:39,881 --> 00:05:44,135 Who was Hopper before he was such a dick? Who was Joyce before she was so neurotic? 102 00:05:44,218 --> 00:05:45,845 -[Jonathan Byers] Mom. -What? 103 00:05:45,928 --> 00:05:47,555 [Kate] And who was Bob before he died? 104 00:05:47,638 --> 00:05:49,015 -[loud screech] -[Bob yells] 105 00:05:49,098 --> 00:05:50,058 It's the origin play. 106 00:05:50,141 --> 00:05:54,062 We see a bit of the start of the story, really explaining the backstory to Henry, 107 00:05:54,145 --> 00:05:56,814 also known as Number One, also known as Vecna. 108 00:05:57,398 --> 00:06:02,028 [Ross] He meets Patty, who is the sister of Bob Newby. 109 00:06:02,528 --> 00:06:06,657 It's both a love story and also, of course, because it's Stranger Things, 110 00:06:06,741 --> 00:06:08,701 uh, a supernatural story. 111 00:06:08,785 --> 00:06:12,080 So, really, like the show, it's juggling multiple storylines, 112 00:06:12,163 --> 00:06:18,336 and it's all building hopefully to a surprising and emotional conclusion. 113 00:06:18,961 --> 00:06:22,840 And listen, there are also, you know, some not-so-subtle hints 114 00:06:22,924 --> 00:06:25,927 as to what is to come in season five and beyond. 115 00:06:26,594 --> 00:06:27,887 [music halts] 116 00:06:27,970 --> 00:06:29,889 [indistinct chatter in background] 117 00:06:29,972 --> 00:06:34,352 [Stephen] Welcome to this crazy room that we're in. 118 00:06:34,435 --> 00:06:40,691 This is a workshop process where the play is developed with the actors. 119 00:06:40,775 --> 00:06:42,902 [Oscar] Essentially, it's like pre-rehearsals. 120 00:06:42,985 --> 00:06:45,238 We will get together a bunch of actors, 121 00:06:45,321 --> 00:06:48,658 uh, who may not necessarily be the actors who end up doing the full play, 122 00:06:48,741 --> 00:06:50,618 kind of reading it aloud for the first time 123 00:06:50,701 --> 00:06:54,163 so it's not Kate just, you know, being every character in her bedroom, 124 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:55,623 which I'm sure she did before this. 125 00:06:55,706 --> 00:06:57,792 So I'm Justin. I'm one of the directors. 126 00:06:57,875 --> 00:07:00,711 -I'm Stephen. I'm one of the directors. -I'm Kate. I'm the writer. 127 00:07:00,795 --> 00:07:03,423 I'm Louis, workshop Henry Creel. 128 00:07:03,506 --> 00:07:06,801 I'm Amma. Uh, not sure today who I'm playing. 129 00:07:06,884 --> 00:07:09,637 -[Justin] Mum. Patty's mum. -Patty's mum. 130 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,597 -[Justin] Slash scary mum. -Scary mum. 131 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:15,226 [chuckles] 132 00:07:15,309 --> 00:07:16,978 -[producer] You pointing at me? -Yeah. 133 00:07:17,061 --> 00:07:18,062 [laughing] 134 00:07:18,146 --> 00:07:20,731 Okay, I'm G. I'm, uh, filming this. 135 00:07:20,815 --> 00:07:22,900 [chuckles] 136 00:07:22,984 --> 00:07:26,612 [Stephen] So should we have a little read of this in your play scripts? 137 00:07:26,696 --> 00:07:28,614 And we'll see what we can come up with. 138 00:07:29,365 --> 00:07:31,826 [man 1] I have some very exciting news for you today. 139 00:07:31,909 --> 00:07:34,871 We finally had a breakthrough on the blood work. 140 00:07:35,872 --> 00:07:38,291 A subject survived the transfusion. 141 00:07:38,374 --> 00:07:41,627 [Kate] I didn't know what a workshop was before I arrived. 142 00:07:41,711 --> 00:07:44,088 I felt pretty good about the script. 143 00:07:44,172 --> 00:07:48,843 I had no idea the amount of work that I still had to do on it. 144 00:07:48,926 --> 00:07:50,845 It's time for you to meet your brother. 145 00:07:51,345 --> 00:07:54,557 What happens now is that we all just sit here and think about it. 146 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:55,892 [chuckles] 147 00:07:55,975 --> 00:07:58,352 And then we go, "What the **** are we gonna do now?" 148 00:07:58,436 --> 00:08:02,231 And eventually, we manage to get it on its feet and start to have a go. 149 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:04,150 But we… we sort of, um… 150 00:08:04,233 --> 00:08:07,278 We have to, um, imagine it a bit. 151 00:08:07,361 --> 00:08:08,946 -Hello. -Hello. 152 00:08:09,864 --> 00:08:12,366 Um, let's just move our chairs to the side, 153 00:08:12,450 --> 00:08:15,119 and then I'll try to work out an idea. 154 00:08:15,870 --> 00:08:18,539 -[Kate] All right. -[Stephen] I'm not sure about this idea. 155 00:08:19,790 --> 00:08:20,625 Yeah? 156 00:08:20,708 --> 00:08:22,460 You should start singing but sing softly… 157 00:08:22,543 --> 00:08:24,545 -[woman] Okay. -…so we know it's just on the radio. 158 00:08:24,629 --> 00:08:26,756 [woman] ♪ Said you'll tell me… ♪ 159 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:29,050 -Is that in the room or in my ear? -It's in the room. 160 00:08:29,133 --> 00:08:30,843 [laughs] 161 00:08:30,927 --> 00:08:36,390 What he's doing is he's bringing Henry out of the… somewhere in the lab, yeah? 162 00:08:37,266 --> 00:08:38,476 Somewhere nicely downstage. 163 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,228 [upbeat music playing] 164 00:08:40,311 --> 00:08:43,898 [Kate] When you first throw it up, everything's a mess, and it looks crazy. 165 00:08:43,981 --> 00:08:47,318 And you think that you didn't do anything right. 166 00:08:47,401 --> 00:08:48,611 [upbeat music continues] 167 00:08:48,694 --> 00:08:50,655 It sounds dumb. It looks dumb. 168 00:08:51,364 --> 00:08:54,325 This isn't a play. I don't know what this is, but I hate it. 169 00:08:55,701 --> 00:08:59,455 And then, Stephen and Justin, who are these mad scientists, 170 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:02,208 come in and do their magic. 171 00:09:02,291 --> 00:09:04,210 [Stephen] Has anyone seen my hat? 172 00:09:04,293 --> 00:09:06,212 So harmonized bee sound. 173 00:09:06,295 --> 00:09:07,964 Mmm! Bees are looking for the honey. 174 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:09,048 [laughter] 175 00:09:09,131 --> 00:09:12,176 [vocalizes] 176 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:15,263 [Kate] They're crazy but in the best way. 177 00:09:15,346 --> 00:09:17,932 …here. More stuff can go here. 178 00:09:18,641 --> 00:09:21,686 Or we could go over here. 179 00:09:21,769 --> 00:09:24,855 Maybe I can create something funny with this trunk at the end of the scene. 180 00:09:24,939 --> 00:09:27,024 -This is the game. Ready? -This is the game? 181 00:09:27,108 --> 00:09:29,694 Watch it, watch it. Ah-ah! Don't touch it. 182 00:09:29,777 --> 00:09:31,779 -[mumbles] -[chuckles] 183 00:09:31,862 --> 00:09:34,198 -Everybody's gonna bring their chairs on. -[woman] Woo-hoo! 184 00:09:35,825 --> 00:09:37,368 [Stephen] Sneaky witches in a bush. 185 00:09:38,619 --> 00:09:39,996 Sneaky witches in a bush. 186 00:09:40,079 --> 00:09:41,497 [Kate] I mean, it's chaotic. 187 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:43,457 [shrieks] 188 00:09:43,541 --> 00:09:46,252 [Kate] But I also… I love chaos. 189 00:09:46,335 --> 00:09:49,130 The little thing is going, "Beep, beep, beep." Oh whoa! 190 00:09:49,213 --> 00:09:51,090 -Why have I got the cat? -To kill it. 191 00:09:51,173 --> 00:09:52,008 [meows] 192 00:09:52,091 --> 00:09:54,010 Then you'll come down here and go like that. 193 00:09:54,093 --> 00:09:58,222 [Kate] Stephen is almost like superhuman. 194 00:09:58,306 --> 00:10:02,310 And then the key line is, "I'm not gonna hurt you." [chuckles] 195 00:10:02,393 --> 00:10:04,312 Stop. You're going around the back of the locker 196 00:10:04,395 --> 00:10:05,605 as you're coming in that way. 197 00:10:05,688 --> 00:10:08,190 [Kate] And it is like a full sprint just to keep up. 198 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:09,483 [upbeat music continues] 199 00:10:09,567 --> 00:10:10,818 Are we running the shuffle? 200 00:10:10,901 --> 00:10:12,153 New scene 14. 201 00:10:12,236 --> 00:10:14,655 I don't think you need a lot. I think you need a tiny bit. 202 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:18,492 The scene is gonna change a little bit. 203 00:10:18,576 --> 00:10:19,910 [chuckles] 204 00:10:19,994 --> 00:10:22,455 -So who sings which line? I've forgotten… -[Justin] So… 205 00:10:22,538 --> 00:10:25,666 [Kate] I'm too busy to think about the pressure. 206 00:10:25,750 --> 00:10:28,210 I can't see past my fingertips. 207 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:29,962 [yawns] 208 00:10:30,046 --> 00:10:32,965 [indistinct chatter] 209 00:10:33,049 --> 00:10:34,133 [Stephen] Are you all right? 210 00:10:34,216 --> 00:10:36,552 I think it's ****ing great. 211 00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:38,888 That seemed great to me. I think we're done. 212 00:10:38,971 --> 00:10:41,307 [Justin] And there's something at the end of that. 213 00:10:41,390 --> 00:10:44,393 -Well done, everybody. Well busked. -[Kate] Well done. 214 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:47,188 [Stephen] Everybody's stressed because there is never any time. 215 00:10:47,271 --> 00:10:48,481 There is not enough time. 216 00:10:48,564 --> 00:10:50,566 [dramatic music playing] 217 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:55,488 [Sonia] At 7:00 p.m. on December the 14th, 218 00:10:55,571 --> 00:10:56,947 the curtain will go up. 219 00:11:00,117 --> 00:11:02,995 [Justin] Right now, we are in the workshop 220 00:11:03,079 --> 00:11:05,164 trying to work out the stage language of the show. 221 00:11:05,247 --> 00:11:07,708 And, uh, Kate's working a lot on the script, 222 00:11:07,792 --> 00:11:09,752 so we're sort of refining everything. 223 00:11:09,835 --> 00:11:13,214 It's made more complicated by the fact we're also in the middle of casting. 224 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:17,927 [Sonia] So then the rehearsals are the actual cast. 225 00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:24,433 And we have six weeks together to explore the play. 226 00:11:24,517 --> 00:11:26,769 [dramatic music continues] 227 00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:29,188 So next, the entire company moves into the theater 228 00:11:29,271 --> 00:11:31,816 for what we call technical rehearsals. 229 00:11:31,899 --> 00:11:34,485 This is when everything starts to come together. 230 00:11:34,568 --> 00:11:40,950 The illusions, the music, the costumes, the set, the automation, everything. 231 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:43,661 It's a very stressful time. 232 00:11:44,286 --> 00:11:46,455 Then after four weeks of tech, 233 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:50,751 that's when the public join us for previews. 234 00:11:51,585 --> 00:11:56,090 There's this understanding that the work is still in progress. 235 00:11:56,173 --> 00:11:59,468 And it may very well change and go wrong. 236 00:12:01,137 --> 00:12:04,724 After four weeks of preview, we open the show. 237 00:12:05,349 --> 00:12:08,185 And we start getting the reviews in. 238 00:12:09,228 --> 00:12:12,732 [Stephen] Could be we open in London and we shut ten days later 239 00:12:12,815 --> 00:12:14,150 because nobody wants to come. 240 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:15,609 That might be the case. 241 00:12:15,693 --> 00:12:16,944 [dramatic music builds] 242 00:12:17,027 --> 00:12:18,279 [music fades] 243 00:12:20,698 --> 00:12:25,661 There's a shitload of stuff to do. 244 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:29,915 Yeah, overall, we are behind in design both on the theater, 245 00:12:29,999 --> 00:12:32,960 and we're behind on the trips. Those are our big areas of worry. 246 00:12:33,043 --> 00:12:34,879 [Sonia] Can I just ask about the script? 247 00:12:34,962 --> 00:12:37,381 Kate, you're still furiously rewriting every day. 248 00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:38,299 [Kate] Yep. 249 00:12:38,382 --> 00:12:42,470 [Sonia] It's just keeping on top of it because I have to send it to Netflix 250 00:12:42,553 --> 00:12:45,055 'cause they haven't seen a draft for ages. 251 00:12:45,139 --> 00:12:48,267 [indistinct chatter in background] 252 00:12:48,350 --> 00:12:52,104 [Kate] TV and theater, they are completely different mediums, 253 00:12:52,188 --> 00:12:57,568 and I am just being bombarded with that truth every day. 254 00:12:58,277 --> 00:12:59,653 We have a joke in the writers' room 255 00:12:59,737 --> 00:13:02,364 that, like, every new scene in a Stranger Things script 256 00:13:02,448 --> 00:13:04,158 starts with "joom." 257 00:13:04,909 --> 00:13:06,786 [Dustin Henderson] Oh my God, that was priceless! 258 00:13:06,869 --> 00:13:07,912 [Kate] Or, like, "zoom." 259 00:13:09,789 --> 00:13:11,499 [Kate] Like, "car tires on the road." 260 00:13:11,582 --> 00:13:12,541 [sizzling] 261 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:15,836 [Kate] And ends with shared looks between people. 262 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:17,963 Shared looks. Nancy and Jonathan share looks. 263 00:13:18,714 --> 00:13:22,676 And you literally can't do either of those things on stage. 264 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,512 There's no close-up, 265 00:13:24,595 --> 00:13:28,557 and there's no montage, and there's no hard cut ever. 266 00:13:29,183 --> 00:13:31,602 Three, two, one. Go. 267 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:34,855 [man] Oh, pretty good. 268 00:13:34,939 --> 00:13:37,024 1.8… [chuckles] 269 00:13:37,107 --> 00:13:39,360 …so we've cut off .2 of a second. Pretty good. 270 00:13:39,443 --> 00:13:43,364 There's a lot of pressure because there are huge expectations around this. 271 00:13:43,447 --> 00:13:46,325 It's Stranger Things, and we've got to deliver something incredible. 272 00:13:46,408 --> 00:13:49,537 I think that's our challenge, is that we do need to try and create 273 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:51,789 the magnitude of effect that you see on the show 274 00:13:51,872 --> 00:13:53,916 live on stage happening eight times a week. 275 00:13:53,999 --> 00:13:56,252 [mysterious music playing] 276 00:13:56,335 --> 00:13:59,255 [Chris] We work with prop companies, special effects companies, 277 00:13:59,338 --> 00:14:01,382 so we've been designing certain things 278 00:14:01,465 --> 00:14:07,221 and tasking companies to try and create these 3D effects that we can then put into 279 00:14:07,304 --> 00:14:10,140 a world mixed with lighting, mixed with video. 280 00:14:10,224 --> 00:14:12,184 [mysterious music continues] 281 00:14:12,268 --> 00:14:16,188 [Jamie] It's gonna be an open wound, and some spiders' legs will pop out. 282 00:14:16,272 --> 00:14:19,108 [Chris] When Jamie and I worked on Harry Potter, we pushed the boundaries 283 00:14:19,191 --> 00:14:21,402 of what has been achieved on stage. 284 00:14:21,986 --> 00:14:25,990 And I think we both felt at the time we'll never get a chance to do this again. 285 00:14:26,073 --> 00:14:29,118 And then suddenly, here we are working on Stranger Things. It's really exciting. 286 00:14:30,286 --> 00:14:32,454 [G] What's the illusion you're trying to make here? 287 00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:36,333 The story, um, point is that there's an experiment happening, 288 00:14:36,417 --> 00:14:37,710 the Philadelphia Experiment. 289 00:14:37,793 --> 00:14:38,752 [dramatic sting] 290 00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:44,216 A ship, the USS Eldridge, um, vanishes and jumps to another dimension. 291 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:46,093 [dramatic sting] 292 00:14:46,176 --> 00:14:48,387 It's almost like we're in a close-up if it were a film. 293 00:14:48,470 --> 00:14:49,638 We're with them on the bridge, 294 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:52,141 and the whole bridge, including the crew, vanish. 295 00:14:53,350 --> 00:14:55,060 [man 1] Stand by, please, everybody. Now… 296 00:14:55,144 --> 00:14:57,396 [Jamie] It's one thing being able to make something vanish. 297 00:14:57,479 --> 00:14:59,690 It's another thing doing it in the speed that we are. 298 00:14:59,773 --> 00:15:03,277 [Jamie] Okay. And three, two, one. Go. 299 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,280 [loud rustling] 300 00:15:06,363 --> 00:15:08,490 -[man] Was that two seconds? -[laughter] 301 00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:10,451 -[man] Was that two seconds? -[Jamie] Okay. 302 00:15:10,534 --> 00:15:14,413 And then the big reveal after that is we make the ship appear afterwards, 303 00:15:15,331 --> 00:15:16,874 in another dimension, we hope. 304 00:15:17,458 --> 00:15:19,251 [laughs] That's the next phase. 305 00:15:19,335 --> 00:15:22,963 [clock ticking] 306 00:15:25,633 --> 00:15:28,302 [tense music playing] 307 00:15:28,385 --> 00:15:30,429 [Sonia] What's happening in the auditorium? 308 00:15:30,512 --> 00:15:32,973 It's one of our notes, one of my big conversations 309 00:15:33,057 --> 00:15:35,059 about what are we doing about the auditorium 310 00:15:35,142 --> 00:15:36,185 because we do… 311 00:15:36,268 --> 00:15:38,103 [Sonia] Stranger Things is the biggest challenge 312 00:15:38,187 --> 00:15:39,730 of my career to date. 313 00:15:39,813 --> 00:15:40,814 [man] Yeah. 314 00:15:41,565 --> 00:15:45,945 [Sonia] This sort of horror, thriller, sci-fi genre is 315 00:15:46,028 --> 00:15:48,822 untried and untested in theater. 316 00:15:49,406 --> 00:15:51,825 I'm concerned that the critics coming 317 00:15:51,909 --> 00:15:55,120 won't have a bloody clue about Stranger Things, 318 00:15:55,829 --> 00:16:00,125 alongside delivering on the expectations of the fans 319 00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:03,796 who are coming for a Stranger Things experience. 320 00:16:04,296 --> 00:16:08,550 I think that is quite a hard thing to crack. 321 00:16:08,634 --> 00:16:11,303 Now, have we got… You've got really… Have you all… 322 00:16:11,387 --> 00:16:12,763 We might need new pages. 323 00:16:12,846 --> 00:16:14,682 Have we… Have we got new pages? 324 00:16:14,765 --> 00:16:18,310 If it says scene 17 is the first thing, ignore that and go to scene 18. 325 00:16:19,311 --> 00:16:20,521 [Stephen] Thank you. 326 00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:29,446 [Kate] I've rewritten this play 100,000 times. 327 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:34,743 I would say top-to-bottom at least, like, 25 times or something like 35. 328 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:40,040 I don't know. And it's just, uh… It's very much a living, breathing thing. 329 00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:42,835 [actress] Don't touch me! Get away from me! 330 00:16:43,919 --> 00:16:45,754 [Stephen] All right. Okay, they're off. 331 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:48,132 Now we've got to work out what we're doing with Henry. 332 00:16:48,632 --> 00:16:51,593 I don't know. I was trying to work out if he says anything in that, 333 00:16:52,219 --> 00:16:54,388 just so that we get the attention back on him. 334 00:16:54,471 --> 00:17:01,186 [Sonia] Unbelievable challenge to put on stage a boy, Henry, 335 00:17:01,270 --> 00:17:04,189 who ends up being a serial killer… 336 00:17:04,273 --> 00:17:05,399 [dramatic rumble] 337 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:07,443 [Sonia chuckles softly] 338 00:17:08,110 --> 00:17:10,112 …and for us to care about him. 339 00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:13,574 Oh! You're… you're bleeding. Henry, let me help you. 340 00:17:13,657 --> 00:17:16,410 [Sonia] Which is why the play has just kept on being written 341 00:17:16,493 --> 00:17:18,662 and rewritten and rewritten and rewritten. 342 00:17:19,413 --> 00:17:22,207 [Kate] This story, like, fundamentally is close to my heart. 343 00:17:22,291 --> 00:17:25,335 I was a dark cloud of a teenager, 344 00:17:25,419 --> 00:17:27,671 and things could've turned out differently for me. 345 00:17:27,755 --> 00:17:30,507 And I'm… I'm desperate to get it right. 346 00:17:31,091 --> 00:17:33,719 And I think we will. I think we're on our way. 347 00:17:34,678 --> 00:17:37,139 [high-pitched ringing] 348 00:17:39,183 --> 00:17:40,684 [ringing fades] 349 00:17:53,113 --> 00:17:56,116 [Kate] I had been grinding in Hollywood for, like, ten years, 350 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,078 and, I mean, I was making snow cones. That was my job. 351 00:17:59,161 --> 00:18:04,958 I wrote, and I made snow cones for fancy child birthday parties. 352 00:18:05,709 --> 00:18:08,128 And I was kind of, like, over it, 353 00:18:08,212 --> 00:18:10,839 and I was moving back to Alaska, where I'm from. 354 00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:12,382 [pensive music playing] 355 00:18:12,466 --> 00:18:16,011 The Duffers called me up and brought me on to the show. 356 00:18:18,347 --> 00:18:23,185 First and foremost, they are story geniuses, 357 00:18:23,268 --> 00:18:27,773 narrative geniuses, and I, like… I miss them. 358 00:18:27,856 --> 00:18:29,983 Like, don't tell them I said that, 359 00:18:30,067 --> 00:18:34,279 but, um, I miss them and their incredible brains. 360 00:18:34,363 --> 00:18:36,740 Okay. Okay. 361 00:18:42,996 --> 00:18:44,456 [Kate exhales] 362 00:18:51,755 --> 00:18:57,845 [clock ticking] 363 00:18:58,679 --> 00:19:01,557 [Justin] We've cast Patty, who's one of our leads. 364 00:19:02,349 --> 00:19:05,310 [Ella] I'm so, so, so excited and happy to be here. 365 00:19:05,894 --> 00:19:07,646 This is my first professional theater job, 366 00:19:07,729 --> 00:19:10,774 and I feel so lucky for that to be Stranger Things. 367 00:19:10,858 --> 00:19:12,568 I was in elementary school when it came out, 368 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:15,237 and so the first season absolutely terrified me. 369 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,322 -[yells] -[distorted whirring] 370 00:19:17,406 --> 00:19:21,285 Obviously, my friends are all wondering why I moved to London, 371 00:19:21,368 --> 00:19:23,036 and I'm like, "Oh, I can't tell you." 372 00:19:23,745 --> 00:19:26,540 Listen to me. My whole life, 373 00:19:26,623 --> 00:19:28,458 I've been the girl from nowhere, 374 00:19:29,126 --> 00:19:30,961 the one nobody wants, but… 375 00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:35,382 but then I met you, and I swear to God, for the first time, I felt-- 376 00:19:35,465 --> 00:19:36,592 [man] Connected. 377 00:19:36,675 --> 00:19:37,593 That's right. 378 00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:40,804 And as of today, hopefully, we've cast our Henry. 379 00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:44,391 [tranquil music playing] 380 00:19:45,601 --> 00:19:47,853 [Louis] I'm shooting a soap opera up north, 381 00:19:47,936 --> 00:19:49,855 and, uh, they've been flying me out on my off days 382 00:19:49,938 --> 00:19:53,817 doing these audition workshop/things, not knowing what's going on. 383 00:19:53,901 --> 00:19:57,154 [Louis] When your father used to lock you in the closet 384 00:19:57,237 --> 00:19:59,948 and the spiders would come… 385 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:01,575 [Louis] I'm here. I'm biting my nails, 386 00:20:01,658 --> 00:20:05,996 and about three days ago, I got the call, and they said, you know, 387 00:20:06,079 --> 00:20:08,498 "Congrats. Well done. You got the part." 388 00:20:09,666 --> 00:20:11,210 This is my first stage performance. 389 00:20:11,293 --> 00:20:13,420 [Ella] I'm not afraid of you! 390 00:20:13,503 --> 00:20:18,091 [Louis] Well, it feels, um, otherworldly, like Stranger Things. 391 00:20:18,175 --> 00:20:22,054 It feels like I've been transported to the other side. It doesn't feel real. 392 00:20:22,137 --> 00:20:25,933 The fear had already taken root. 393 00:20:26,016 --> 00:20:28,810 It has been eating you for years, 394 00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:32,397 and now your mind is so weak, 395 00:20:32,481 --> 00:20:36,652 so fragile, so soft. 396 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:41,240 Where's your sweet little boy now? 397 00:20:41,323 --> 00:20:44,159 [Louis] There's something twisted deep inside Henry Creel, 398 00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:48,205 and I'm able to, I don't know, hopefully connect to that. 399 00:20:49,581 --> 00:20:52,584 Patty, we have to stop. 400 00:20:52,668 --> 00:20:53,585 You get out of here! 401 00:20:53,669 --> 00:20:55,921 [Justin] Louis's got that danger and that troubled kid, 402 00:20:56,004 --> 00:20:57,673 which is really great for Henry. 403 00:20:57,756 --> 00:20:59,841 Then Ella has the sort of sunshine. 404 00:21:01,218 --> 00:21:04,263 So we've got two really strong leads, and it's exciting to go, 405 00:21:04,346 --> 00:21:07,057 "Okay, we've got the tentpoles of our show." 406 00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:10,060 And then, you know, you just start seeing it come together. 407 00:21:11,061 --> 00:21:14,189 [clock ticking] 408 00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:17,734 We're here at Sadler's Wells Theatre, and we're auditioning many, 409 00:21:17,818 --> 00:21:19,194 23 roles, actually, today. 410 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:23,448 It's quite tense 'cause it's our penultimate day of auditions, 411 00:21:23,532 --> 00:21:25,450 and we still have how many to cast? 412 00:21:25,534 --> 00:21:27,661 -[Justin] Twenty-three. -Twenty-three actors to cast. 413 00:21:27,744 --> 00:21:28,745 Only 23. 414 00:21:29,871 --> 00:21:32,040 -[Sonia] It's easy. -[Kate] I'm not worried. 415 00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:34,167 I'm not worried at all. 416 00:21:35,502 --> 00:21:38,463 [laughing] 417 00:21:38,547 --> 00:21:39,881 If Kate's not worried. 418 00:21:40,549 --> 00:21:43,051 [G] Exciting to see it all come together? 419 00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:46,430 -Just don't even start with me. -[chuckles] 420 00:21:46,513 --> 00:21:49,599 -[Justin] All right, let's get going. -[Sonia] Yeah. 421 00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:52,227 -I'm just gonna move this chair. -[Sonia] Do whatever you like. 422 00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:57,190 Yeah, I might start sat, and is it okay if I get up if I want to? 423 00:21:57,274 --> 00:21:58,108 [Justin] Of course. 424 00:21:58,191 --> 00:22:00,527 [woman] You're bossy, obsessive, shrill. 425 00:22:00,610 --> 00:22:01,987 Oh, shrill? 426 00:22:02,070 --> 00:22:02,946 Shrill. 427 00:22:03,030 --> 00:22:04,990 -Shrill. -Shrill? 428 00:22:05,073 --> 00:22:06,325 You're a self-aggrandizing… 429 00:22:06,408 --> 00:22:08,285 Egomaniac meathead. 430 00:22:08,368 --> 00:22:10,746 You're a phase girls go through to realize the big secret. 431 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:12,539 All men are just scared little boys. 432 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:17,544 That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Wow, okay. Wow. 433 00:22:17,627 --> 00:22:20,088 That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. 434 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:22,299 Is this about the play, or is this about the boy? 435 00:22:22,382 --> 00:22:24,968 Joyce, I have something to tell you, and I need to tell you now. 436 00:22:25,052 --> 00:22:26,762 Otherwise, I might lose my nerve. 437 00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:29,348 [Sonia] We've seen so many, and you've turned down them all. 438 00:22:29,431 --> 00:22:32,351 So we don't actually know what it is you're looking for. 439 00:22:32,434 --> 00:22:33,727 [pensive music playing] 440 00:22:33,810 --> 00:22:37,564 What we want is, um… We want Daniel Day-Lewis. 441 00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:40,984 [woman] The other day he was ranting about demons. 442 00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:42,694 -Wow. -Wow. 443 00:22:42,778 --> 00:22:43,904 Wow. 444 00:22:44,905 --> 00:22:47,491 That is a lot to take in. 445 00:22:48,241 --> 00:22:49,910 [Stephen] He should be in The Walking Dead. 446 00:22:49,993 --> 00:22:52,079 He should be running away from zombies. 447 00:22:52,162 --> 00:22:53,747 You're always gonna get that from him. 448 00:22:53,830 --> 00:22:55,999 [indistinct chatter] 449 00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:58,293 [woman] I heard you made out with your cousin last summer. 450 00:22:58,377 --> 00:22:59,544 [laughs] 451 00:22:59,628 --> 00:23:01,546 That is a goddamn lie, Patty. 452 00:23:01,630 --> 00:23:04,341 -[Stephen] Could be a good Demogorgon. -[Kate] He's the right height. 453 00:23:04,424 --> 00:23:06,385 Cut it out! Save it for the big day, John. 454 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:08,387 I'm in love, okay? 455 00:23:09,346 --> 00:23:11,765 I'm in love. Okay? 456 00:23:12,641 --> 00:23:13,975 -[Stephen] Great. -[laughs] 457 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:15,519 [Stephen] We'll let you know. 458 00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:18,271 Hey, team. 459 00:23:18,355 --> 00:23:20,982 It's just been announced. We are in the cast of… 460 00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:23,026 Stranger Things: The First Shadow. 461 00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:24,069 Whoo! 462 00:23:24,152 --> 00:23:26,154 [woman] No shock whatsoever. No concern. 463 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:28,740 -[indistinct chatter] -[woman] Whee! 464 00:23:28,824 --> 00:23:31,201 [indistinct chatter continues] 465 00:23:31,284 --> 00:23:34,037 [Justin] Thanks, guys. Let's be where we're gonna be. Shut that door. 466 00:23:35,163 --> 00:23:36,998 [Stephen] Okay, thank you, guys. 467 00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:37,916 All right. 468 00:23:37,999 --> 00:23:40,961 [Justin] And here we go. And let's roll, please. Let's roll. 469 00:23:41,044 --> 00:23:42,254 So I'm Oscar Lloyd, 470 00:23:42,337 --> 00:23:46,007 and I play Jim Hopper Jr. in Stranger Things: The First Shadow. 471 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:48,927 My name is Isabella Pappas, and I play Joyce Maldonado. 472 00:23:49,010 --> 00:23:51,888 Hi, my name's Christopher Buckley, and I play Bob Newby. 473 00:23:51,972 --> 00:23:56,184 Well, my name is Lou McCartney, and I'm playing young Henry Creel. 474 00:23:56,268 --> 00:24:00,230 Uh, my name is Patrick Vaill, and I play Dr. Brenner. 475 00:24:00,313 --> 00:24:02,983 Hi, I'm Ella Karuna Williams, and I play Patty Newby 476 00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:04,526 in Stranger Things: The First Shadow. 477 00:24:04,609 --> 00:24:06,987 [G] What was your reaction when you found out you were cast? 478 00:24:07,070 --> 00:24:08,363 Oh, I lost my mind. 479 00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:12,742 I was on a flight, and I found out, and the plane took off. 480 00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:18,457 I can't and still cannot believe that I'm… that I'm here right now. 481 00:24:18,540 --> 00:24:20,417 And I was just, like, scream… 482 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:23,462 I wasn't screaming, but I wanted to be screaming so badly. 483 00:24:23,545 --> 00:24:25,130 If I wasn't on a plane, I would've been. 484 00:24:25,213 --> 00:24:27,340 I still haven't been able to really tell anyone. 485 00:24:27,424 --> 00:24:29,885 I mean, I did tell my mom. I told her. 486 00:24:29,968 --> 00:24:32,554 I don't know if I was allowed to do that. I didn't tell anyone else. 487 00:24:32,637 --> 00:24:33,763 She hasn't told anyone else. 488 00:24:33,847 --> 00:24:36,850 [synthwave music playing] 489 00:24:42,397 --> 00:24:46,193 -Oh! -Hello! Damn. 490 00:24:46,276 --> 00:24:48,153 -Damn. -[Ella] Remember we started laughing! 491 00:24:48,236 --> 00:24:50,363 Kemi! Look at you. 492 00:24:50,447 --> 00:24:52,657 -Wait, is it hot in here or something? -Yeah. 493 00:24:52,741 --> 00:24:56,369 [clock ticking] 494 00:24:56,453 --> 00:24:57,496 -Hello. -Good morning. 495 00:24:57,579 --> 00:24:58,955 -[G] Morning. How are you? -Morning. 496 00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:00,832 Oh my God, stop. I'm joking. [laughs] 497 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:03,460 We are starting rehearsal for Stranger Things: The First Shadow, 498 00:25:03,543 --> 00:25:04,794 which is so exciting! 499 00:25:05,295 --> 00:25:07,589 It's a powerful handheld radio. 500 00:25:07,672 --> 00:25:09,799 They used them in the war to communicate with the front. 501 00:25:09,883 --> 00:25:12,802 Oh, okay, okay! So you're saying that if someone in Hawkins was using one… 502 00:25:12,886 --> 00:25:15,430 [Kate] We just started rehearsal, so, you know, 503 00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:21,144 the pressure's kind of starting to turn up. 504 00:25:21,228 --> 00:25:24,314 But we have our whole cast now, so it's, like, a relief 505 00:25:24,397 --> 00:25:27,984 to have the people who are actually gonna be doing it doing it. 506 00:25:28,068 --> 00:25:29,569 [Isabella] Oh my God, you are… 507 00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:32,364 And anyway, just because you get it with a guy, 508 00:25:32,447 --> 00:25:35,200 make it with a guy, doesn't mean you have to marry him. 509 00:25:35,283 --> 00:25:36,743 Ew, Karen, that's nasty. 510 00:25:36,826 --> 00:25:40,372 [Kate] Something that I kind of worried about was that 511 00:25:40,455 --> 00:25:43,750 people would try to do impressions of the characters in the show. 512 00:25:43,833 --> 00:25:46,378 [Oscar] Greater Indiana Nerd Rescue Scholarship… 513 00:25:46,461 --> 00:25:50,590 [Kate] But they've all come at it with totally fresh, more raw versions 514 00:25:50,674 --> 00:25:52,926 of what we know and love. 515 00:25:53,009 --> 00:25:54,970 -This is not just a play! -[Christopher] Yeah. 516 00:25:55,053 --> 00:25:56,930 -This is a revolution! -[crowd] Yeah. 517 00:25:57,013 --> 00:25:59,349 So if you're here to make out in some high school musical… 518 00:25:59,432 --> 00:26:00,267 [crowd] Yeah! 519 00:26:00,350 --> 00:26:01,977 …you should leave now! 520 00:26:02,686 --> 00:26:04,729 [Isabella] The realization I'm playing this character 521 00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:05,939 really only just hit me. 522 00:26:06,439 --> 00:26:08,608 I get to play young Winona Ryder. That's amazing! 523 00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:12,487 I never thought I'd be able to say that. She's such a huge inspiration for me. 524 00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:14,781 I mean, I always looked up to her growing up. 525 00:26:14,864 --> 00:26:16,825 Can someone get me a ****ing lighter? 526 00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:20,036 Every scene I have, I think I'm probably yelling at someone, 527 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,372 which is really fun. It's great. It's very cathartic. 528 00:26:22,455 --> 00:26:25,750 -[upbeat music playing] -[grunts] 529 00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:29,212 Why am I holding an axe? Keep track of your props, people! 530 00:26:29,296 --> 00:26:30,422 Goddamn it! 531 00:26:30,505 --> 00:26:33,592 [man] Junior! Stop screwing around with that piece of shit! 532 00:26:33,675 --> 00:26:36,011 -You're gonna miss the bus. -Don't call me that. 533 00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:37,679 [Oscar] We're meeting Hopper at 18. 534 00:26:37,762 --> 00:26:39,848 He hasn't dealt with the death of his daughter, 535 00:26:39,931 --> 00:26:42,434 so we're seeing a very different side to him. 536 00:26:42,517 --> 00:26:45,478 -Don't call me Junior. -[murmurs] 537 00:26:46,521 --> 00:26:48,982 [Oscar] What David Harbour does is incredible and untouchable, 538 00:26:49,065 --> 00:26:50,942 and I'd fail if I tried to do an impression. 539 00:26:51,026 --> 00:26:52,110 Okay. 540 00:26:52,193 --> 00:26:54,696 [upbeat music continues] 541 00:26:55,363 --> 00:26:58,158 [Oscar] Thousands of different actors have played Hamlet over the years, 542 00:26:58,241 --> 00:27:02,704 or Romeo, and I guess this is my Hopper, rather than trying to do David Harbour. 543 00:27:03,204 --> 00:27:06,124 News flash! Awooga! Awooga! 544 00:27:06,207 --> 00:27:09,919 A little paper was just published arguing for the existence of extraterrestrial life 545 00:27:10,003 --> 00:27:11,504 in our universe. Crazy? 546 00:27:11,588 --> 00:27:13,048 -[horn blows] -Maybe. 547 00:27:13,131 --> 00:27:16,384 [Christopher] It's wild to be stepping into the shoes left by Sean Astin 548 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:19,012 'cause he's been an idol of mine since I was, like, a kid. 549 00:27:19,095 --> 00:27:21,514 So what I did with my character work for Bob 550 00:27:21,598 --> 00:27:24,351 is look back at Season 2, see what Sean does, 551 00:27:24,434 --> 00:27:27,520 but not try to imitate, sort of see what sort of person 552 00:27:27,604 --> 00:27:33,568 would start out in maybe a different way and end up like Sean in the show. 553 00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:34,653 [music fades] 554 00:27:34,736 --> 00:27:37,447 [clock ticking] 555 00:27:37,530 --> 00:27:39,157 [indistinct chatter] 556 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,493 [Louis] Kate has been working on the script a lot, 557 00:27:41,576 --> 00:27:44,871 and this morning, she delivered a whole new script to us. 558 00:27:45,747 --> 00:27:47,415 Henry's journey is much more clear. 559 00:27:47,499 --> 00:27:49,959 -[indistinct chatter] -[soft music playing] 560 00:27:57,342 --> 00:27:58,885 [Louis] It's a really sad story, 561 00:27:58,968 --> 00:28:03,390 getting to see this little boy be broken down 562 00:28:03,473 --> 00:28:06,059 and basically made into this monster. 563 00:28:06,142 --> 00:28:08,895 [dramatic music playing] 564 00:28:08,978 --> 00:28:10,355 [breathes shakily] 565 00:28:10,438 --> 00:28:12,899 [Louis] Jamie Campbell Bower, he does a spectacular job 566 00:28:12,982 --> 00:28:16,569 at playing this psychotic evil sort of lurking deep inside, 567 00:28:16,653 --> 00:28:18,113 but that's the TV show. 568 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:23,743 What we're trying to explore here is this sort of compassionate Henry Creel 569 00:28:23,827 --> 00:28:26,121 who feels things, which is quite surprising. 570 00:28:27,330 --> 00:28:28,289 [Louis groans] 571 00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:30,667 [Stephen] The little boy who's fighting with a monster, 572 00:28:30,750 --> 00:28:34,003 whether to embrace the monster or to reject the monster, 573 00:28:34,587 --> 00:28:37,632 for young people, I think it's a character that they really recognize. 574 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:41,803 [Ella] Henry! I know you're in there, okay? Come back! 575 00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:44,389 [Stephen] Even as adults, we look at it and recognize the battles 576 00:28:44,472 --> 00:28:48,435 that we went through and sometimes we're still suffering the consequences of. 577 00:28:48,518 --> 00:28:49,978 [Ella] Remember the day we met? 578 00:28:50,061 --> 00:28:52,772 [faint rumbling] 579 00:28:55,442 --> 00:28:58,236 -[thunder rumbles] -[dramatic music plays] 580 00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:02,824 -Now, why are we seeing a Demogorgon now? -Okay, can I just stop you right now? 581 00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:03,742 Yes. 582 00:29:03,825 --> 00:29:07,412 I just got off the phone with the guys and-- 583 00:29:07,495 --> 00:29:08,830 -It's all changed. -No. 584 00:29:08,913 --> 00:29:11,624 It's just gonna be… Whatever we want it to be, 585 00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:14,169 it's gonna be, like, 80% less. 586 00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:16,713 We're gonna be able to do, like, 80% less. 587 00:29:17,338 --> 00:29:20,925 We're gonna be able to tell very little of the story of… 588 00:29:21,009 --> 00:29:22,218 [bleep] 589 00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:24,804 We're gonna be able to say that something happened, 590 00:29:25,346 --> 00:29:27,640 um, but we're really not gonna be able to say that much. 591 00:29:27,724 --> 00:29:28,558 Because? 592 00:29:28,641 --> 00:29:33,396 Because they want to preserve the reveal for Season 5… [bleep] 593 00:29:34,731 --> 00:29:37,317 -The reveal of… [bleep] -[Kate] Yeah. 594 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:38,359 Um… 595 00:29:38,985 --> 00:29:45,200 I'm very aware of the clock, but also we gotta get it right. 596 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:46,284 [indistinct chatter] 597 00:29:46,367 --> 00:29:49,370 [Kate] It doesn't bother me to have to, like, lay down the law. 598 00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:53,208 The thing that I find really interesting is that he's learning 599 00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:54,751 that he can make fantasies happen. 600 00:29:54,834 --> 00:29:57,504 [Kate] I think you're… I mean, I hear you. 601 00:29:57,587 --> 00:30:01,841 Um, I think you're treading on thin mythological ice. 602 00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:07,555 [Kate] I know all the rules. I know them like I was born with them. 603 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:11,893 So yeah, sometimes we have to, like, sit down and do a little school. 604 00:30:11,976 --> 00:30:13,478 Stranger Things school. 605 00:30:13,561 --> 00:30:17,690 This is sci-fi, guys. This is science fiction, not fantasy. 606 00:30:17,774 --> 00:30:18,691 [Stephen] Okay. 607 00:30:19,567 --> 00:30:21,486 [synthwave music playing] 608 00:30:21,569 --> 00:30:25,365 [clock ticking] 609 00:30:25,448 --> 00:30:26,366 [indistinct chatter] 610 00:30:26,449 --> 00:30:28,451 [Christopher] We're in the final week of rehearsals, 611 00:30:28,535 --> 00:30:31,371 so it's been a lot of running the show, getting it all up and in place. 612 00:30:31,454 --> 00:30:33,832 Next week, we're finally at the Phoenix Theatre. 613 00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:35,333 Hey, baby. 614 00:30:35,416 --> 00:30:37,710 [Christopher] Tomorrow, we're doing a full run-through, 615 00:30:37,794 --> 00:30:40,255 and we're doing it in front of the Duffer Brothers. 616 00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:41,297 That's wild, innit? 617 00:30:41,381 --> 00:30:44,551 I can't believe the Duffers are gonna be here tomorrow. [laughs] 618 00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:46,678 It's the most insane thing! 619 00:30:46,761 --> 00:30:47,762 [dramatic music playing] 620 00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:51,891 [Louis] We have been racing, racing, racing to get to our deadline. 621 00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:56,604 It's taken a lot of work and a lot of grit and a lot of holding your temper in. 622 00:30:56,688 --> 00:30:58,857 [dramatic music continues] 623 00:31:00,275 --> 00:31:03,236 [Kate] The Duffer Brothers have no poker face. 624 00:31:03,319 --> 00:31:06,155 Collective poker face, no poker faces. 625 00:31:06,239 --> 00:31:11,953 So they're really easy to read, which is great and, uh, gnarly. 626 00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:15,957 Stuff that doesn't work, like, that I know that doesn't work, 627 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:19,210 it's just right there. It's just, and there's two of them. 628 00:31:19,294 --> 00:31:21,129 So there's two of them right there. 629 00:31:21,212 --> 00:31:24,382 One for each eyeball that you just want to gouge out. 630 00:31:24,465 --> 00:31:26,217 -[squelches] -[loud shriek] 631 00:31:26,301 --> 00:31:27,427 [Kate] Hey! 632 00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:29,470 Oh my God, what a coincidence! 633 00:31:30,013 --> 00:31:33,057 -Do you come here often? I live here! -Well, well, well. 634 00:31:33,141 --> 00:31:36,644 Are you nervous? Are you really nervous? 635 00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:39,230 There's so much that's going to change. 636 00:31:39,314 --> 00:31:44,736 Just know that it's like a draft. It's just a draft. It's just a draft. 637 00:31:44,819 --> 00:31:46,279 [man] What? What'd he say? 638 00:31:46,362 --> 00:31:48,698 [indistinct chatter] 639 00:31:48,781 --> 00:31:51,284 [Stephen] Just a few obvious things. We have been doing changes 640 00:31:51,367 --> 00:31:53,620 all the way through, so some of the changes 641 00:31:53,703 --> 00:31:56,289 we only put in this morning. 642 00:31:56,372 --> 00:31:59,876 So, uh, what you're seeing is where we're up to right now. 643 00:31:59,959 --> 00:32:01,586 These people aren't here. 644 00:32:01,669 --> 00:32:05,256 This is just the wings of the theater, and we have no mics on the actors. 645 00:32:05,340 --> 00:32:06,507 And we have no illusions. 646 00:32:06,591 --> 00:32:08,593 [Stephen] And we have no illusions. Certain things, 647 00:32:08,676 --> 00:32:11,721 because we have no illusions, won't be clear. Clear so far? 648 00:32:11,804 --> 00:32:13,932 -[laughs] -Ready? 649 00:32:14,015 --> 00:32:16,392 -[whirring] -[switch clicks] 650 00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:21,689 Good morning, Hawkins, Indiana! 651 00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:22,899 [dinging] 652 00:32:22,982 --> 00:32:24,484 A little paper was just published 653 00:32:24,567 --> 00:32:27,737 arguing the existence of extraterrestrial life in our universe. 654 00:32:27,820 --> 00:32:29,822 Crazy? 655 00:32:29,906 --> 00:32:31,950 Maybe. But between that… 656 00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:34,202 [synthwave music playing] 657 00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:47,799 [synthwave music continues] 658 00:33:00,061 --> 00:33:02,021 [music builds] 659 00:33:02,105 --> 00:33:03,439 [music halts abruptly] 660 00:33:06,442 --> 00:33:07,568 [Stephen] Blackout. 661 00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:10,822 [Stephen chuckles softly] 662 00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:13,574 [coughs] 663 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:14,909 And that's the end. 664 00:33:15,785 --> 00:33:18,121 [applause] 665 00:33:18,204 --> 00:33:20,248 [cheering] 666 00:33:20,331 --> 00:33:21,249 [Stephen] Restructure. 667 00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:22,875 [Kate] Restructure, yeah. 668 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,044 Yeah. It's too slow. 669 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:30,049 Too slow. 670 00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:32,760 I think you… What? 671 00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:37,098 [indistinct chatter] 672 00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:42,395 Yes, I know. I had the same exact note. 673 00:33:42,478 --> 00:33:45,523 I was like, "Just do it quick." 674 00:33:45,606 --> 00:33:48,109 No, I need to see that something is happening. 675 00:33:48,192 --> 00:33:49,318 That escalates it? 676 00:33:49,402 --> 00:33:51,320 -Yeah, exactly. -Totally get it. 677 00:33:51,404 --> 00:33:54,240 [Stephen] The good news is we have a show, so that's good news. 678 00:33:54,323 --> 00:33:55,324 [laughs] 679 00:33:55,408 --> 00:34:00,329 The only thing I don't like about it is that you kind of took Kate away from us. 680 00:34:00,413 --> 00:34:02,582 We were still working on Season 5. 681 00:34:03,374 --> 00:34:04,917 -That's the only thing. -[Kate] Not true. 682 00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:09,172 I totally ****ing delivered on Season 5. Absolutely. 683 00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:10,131 [Matt] It's true. 684 00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:14,218 -[applause] -Thank you. 685 00:34:19,515 --> 00:34:21,100 [Stephen] Thanks for looking after us. 686 00:34:21,184 --> 00:34:23,644 It was a pleasure to work with you. 687 00:34:24,771 --> 00:34:30,401 ♪ Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree? ♪ 688 00:34:30,485 --> 00:34:36,282 ♪ I travel the world and the seven seas Everybody is looking for something ♪ 689 00:34:37,575 --> 00:34:38,868 [G] Bye! 690 00:34:38,951 --> 00:34:40,036 Bye. 691 00:34:40,119 --> 00:34:41,496 [G] See you at the theater! 692 00:34:43,164 --> 00:34:46,834 ["Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by Sebastian Böhm playing] 693 00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:48,336 [indistinct chatter] 694 00:34:49,837 --> 00:34:52,256 [man 1] Upside down, innit? [laughs] 695 00:34:54,050 --> 00:34:55,718 -[Isabella] Hi. -Hi. 696 00:34:55,802 --> 00:34:58,137 [cheering] 697 00:34:58,221 --> 00:35:02,683 [Louis] After six weeks rehearsing in that black box, this is our reward. 698 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,103 Yes! Oh no, it's him again! 699 00:35:05,186 --> 00:35:07,814 ["Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" continues] 700 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:12,443 [man 2] More. That's good. 701 00:35:13,486 --> 00:35:17,448 -[music halts] -[clock ticking] 702 00:35:17,532 --> 00:35:19,492 -[man] …the first. There. Yeah. -Are we the first? 703 00:35:19,575 --> 00:35:21,244 -How cool. -Come through. Spread out. 704 00:35:21,327 --> 00:35:22,829 -That's exciting, innit? -Good morning. 705 00:35:22,912 --> 00:35:24,622 Wow. Wow! 706 00:35:24,705 --> 00:35:25,748 Very cool, innit? 707 00:35:26,415 --> 00:35:27,375 Oh, it's lovely. 708 00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:28,709 Yeah, it's nice. 709 00:35:30,378 --> 00:35:33,005 [Louis] The Phoenix Theatre is old, and it's… it's dark, 710 00:35:33,089 --> 00:35:36,551 and it has this almost, like, mystic energy around it, 711 00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:39,095 and Stranger Things is much of the very same. 712 00:35:39,178 --> 00:35:44,392 And I just saw the play as I walked in, and I was just like, "This is just right." 713 00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:45,977 Where are you guys gonna hide? 714 00:35:46,060 --> 00:35:47,728 [Justin] Okay. Hello, everyone. 715 00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:51,524 [cheering] 716 00:35:51,607 --> 00:35:53,359 [Stephen] This theater is the Phoenix Theatre. 717 00:35:53,442 --> 00:35:54,986 It was opened by Noël Coward, 718 00:35:55,069 --> 00:35:57,738 who was in his first ever production here of Private Lives. 719 00:35:57,822 --> 00:35:59,907 Well, it opened in 1930. 720 00:35:59,991 --> 00:36:02,285 The great master was here on these very boards. 721 00:36:02,368 --> 00:36:05,705 What's lovely about this theater is you're not looking up there. 722 00:36:05,788 --> 00:36:09,167 It is really intimate. It's a really lovely theater for us. 723 00:36:13,504 --> 00:36:16,340 [ethereal music playing] 724 00:36:16,424 --> 00:36:19,260 [Sonia] If you walk into a theater auditorium 725 00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:21,804 during a technical rehearsal, 726 00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:25,933 it will look like mission control center. 727 00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:27,727 [ethereal music continues] 728 00:36:27,810 --> 00:36:29,437 So we're in the stalls. 729 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,814 This is where everyone will be based for the next four weeks 730 00:36:31,898 --> 00:36:33,024 for the technical rehearsals. 731 00:36:33,107 --> 00:36:35,526 Right here we've got Elliot, who's our lighting programmer 732 00:36:35,610 --> 00:36:36,944 on the lighting desk. 733 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:38,905 [ethereal music continues] 734 00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,825 We've got sound up the back there. 735 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:46,370 -[loud banging] -[crackling] 736 00:36:46,454 --> 00:36:48,748 We've got our video department over here. 737 00:36:48,831 --> 00:36:50,666 [ethereal music continues] 738 00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:56,672 This is where Stephen and Justin will be sat for the next four weeks 739 00:36:56,756 --> 00:36:58,633 working with the company close to the stage 740 00:36:58,716 --> 00:37:00,384 so they can get up and down quickly. 741 00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:02,762 [woman] …Stranger Things company, 742 00:37:02,845 --> 00:37:05,056 that's less than 15 minutes until you're due on stage. 743 00:37:05,139 --> 00:37:06,933 Uh, we are basically teching this. 744 00:37:07,016 --> 00:37:09,393 It's the semi-opening of the show. 745 00:37:09,477 --> 00:37:11,646 There's one scene before this, but this is kind of where 746 00:37:11,729 --> 00:37:13,856 a lot of the main characters get, like, introduced. 747 00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:17,360 Okay, so now we're going onto the stage, so I have to be quiet. 748 00:37:17,443 --> 00:37:20,071 But yeah, so this is backstage. It's really tight. It's very cramped. 749 00:37:20,154 --> 00:37:21,572 [Christopher] …with me! 750 00:37:21,656 --> 00:37:24,909 Your musical maestro, a whiz kid of the airwaves. Look out! 751 00:37:24,992 --> 00:37:25,826 [propeller whirs] 752 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:31,415 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's… [mimics echo] …Bob "The Brain" Newby! 753 00:37:31,499 --> 00:37:32,833 [Gary] Hold there, thanks. 754 00:37:33,334 --> 00:37:35,711 Just working out the revolve whilst we're doing some lighting. 755 00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:38,089 -[Christopher] Uh, um… -[woman laughs] 756 00:37:38,172 --> 00:37:42,510 [Christopher] It's a strange mix of sort of joyful exuberance 757 00:37:42,593 --> 00:37:48,599 and painful, painful, aggravated boredom. 758 00:37:49,642 --> 00:37:51,602 We should do it again if we've got time. 759 00:37:51,686 --> 00:37:55,314 [dramatic music playing] 760 00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:57,233 [electricity fizzling] 761 00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:00,611 [dramatic sting] 762 00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:02,113 [dramatic music continues] 763 00:38:02,196 --> 00:38:03,906 Oh shit! 764 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:06,409 That's supposed to be a firecracker, but… [laughs] 765 00:38:06,492 --> 00:38:08,995 [dramatic music continues] 766 00:38:09,078 --> 00:38:10,663 -[glass shatters] -[music halts] 767 00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:13,416 [Justin] So, we're at day three of our tech. 768 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:18,629 [G] There's a sense of manic excitement and pressure in the building, right? 769 00:38:18,713 --> 00:38:21,674 Manic excitement, and we've got to keep this up for a month. 770 00:38:21,757 --> 00:38:24,135 [dramatic music fades] 771 00:38:24,218 --> 00:38:25,970 [groans] 772 00:38:26,053 --> 00:38:28,806 [distorted] Look at me! 773 00:38:30,099 --> 00:38:30,975 [G] Louis, mate. 774 00:38:31,058 --> 00:38:31,976 Yeah, man? 775 00:38:32,059 --> 00:38:33,477 [G] What scene is this? 776 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:35,771 This is, uh, spiders. 777 00:38:35,855 --> 00:38:37,773 [eerie music playing] 778 00:38:37,857 --> 00:38:39,275 [screams] 779 00:38:40,526 --> 00:38:42,403 [G] What happens in the spider sequence? 780 00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:44,238 -We can't say, G. -[G] Well, you can. 781 00:38:44,322 --> 00:38:45,531 -We can't. -[G] Can you not? 782 00:38:45,614 --> 00:38:46,782 -No. -[G] I think you can. 783 00:38:46,866 --> 00:38:48,743 It's a… It's an illusion surprise. 784 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:50,870 [Louis] You won't call the police. 785 00:38:50,953 --> 00:38:52,747 [Chris] How can we create spiders? 786 00:38:53,372 --> 00:38:56,542 There are lots of different approaches that you might take to that. 787 00:38:57,418 --> 00:38:58,252 [woman crying] 788 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:02,882 You're too afraid! The fear had already taken root! 789 00:39:02,965 --> 00:39:05,468 It's been eating you for years! 790 00:39:05,551 --> 00:39:07,136 [Sonia] You could have lots of spiders. 791 00:39:07,219 --> 00:39:09,847 They'd be all over her, and you wouldn't know how it was done. 792 00:39:10,431 --> 00:39:15,728 [Chris] How do we create that reliably every night, eight shows a week, on stage? 793 00:39:15,811 --> 00:39:17,980 And, um, we're still working that one out. 794 00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:20,900 Spiders are gonna be the death of me, I think. 795 00:39:20,983 --> 00:39:23,611 -[mysterious music playing] -[G] What's happening? 796 00:39:23,694 --> 00:39:26,155 This is my life. It's, like, spiders and blood. 797 00:39:26,238 --> 00:39:28,741 We've got these spider props, and they just keep going missing. 798 00:39:28,824 --> 00:39:30,701 I think someone must like spiders around here 799 00:39:30,785 --> 00:39:33,454 because every single time I put a spider down, it's gone. 800 00:39:33,537 --> 00:39:36,082 [mysterious music continues] 801 00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:39,502 [laughs] 802 00:39:41,420 --> 00:39:45,424 [clock ticking] 803 00:39:45,508 --> 00:39:47,718 ♪ I don't know how you've been feeling ♪ 804 00:39:47,802 --> 00:39:49,929 [all] ♪ I don't know How you've been feeling ♪ 805 00:39:50,012 --> 00:39:52,139 [woman] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪ 806 00:39:52,223 --> 00:39:54,517 [all] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪ 807 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:55,601 [woman] ♪ I don't know… ♪ 808 00:39:55,684 --> 00:40:01,315 We are attempting to run Act One for the first time in full sequence. 809 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:03,651 Uh, we've done small sections. 810 00:40:03,734 --> 00:40:07,571 We've built it up scene by scene and then ran certain longer sections 811 00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:08,489 and busier sections, 812 00:40:08,572 --> 00:40:10,408 but we've never put it all together in one run. 813 00:40:10,491 --> 00:40:12,910 [all] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪ 814 00:40:12,993 --> 00:40:13,911 It's gonna be bumpy. 815 00:40:13,994 --> 00:40:16,122 It's the first time we've linked everything together, 816 00:40:16,205 --> 00:40:19,041 and actually, we've got a few bits and pieces… 817 00:40:19,125 --> 00:40:21,585 -[loud bangs, whirs] -Um… 818 00:40:21,669 --> 00:40:24,255 …that we're still sort of developing and refining. 819 00:40:24,338 --> 00:40:26,382 [all] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪ 820 00:40:28,259 --> 00:40:31,095 Cigarettes. Coffee. 821 00:40:31,178 --> 00:40:33,013 -[loud whirs] -[chuckles] 822 00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:35,182 [G] We're about to run Act One, aren't we, mate? 823 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:37,351 Are we? [laughs] 824 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:40,813 Great. I can't wait to see that. 825 00:40:40,896 --> 00:40:42,231 [loud whir in background] 826 00:40:42,314 --> 00:40:44,108 [G] What are we, uh… What are we about to do? 827 00:40:44,191 --> 00:40:47,903 Don't even think about that, you cheeky ****. [chuckles] 828 00:40:47,987 --> 00:40:48,863 [popping] 829 00:40:53,325 --> 00:40:55,411 -All good? -No idea if it's charged. 830 00:40:55,494 --> 00:40:57,079 -Good luck to you. -[man] Thank you. 831 00:40:57,163 --> 00:40:58,497 Good luck to you. 832 00:41:01,876 --> 00:41:03,586 [ominous music playing] 833 00:41:03,669 --> 00:41:05,546 [indistinct chatter in background] 834 00:41:08,257 --> 00:41:11,343 [ominous music continues, builds] 835 00:41:11,427 --> 00:41:12,970 [music fades] 836 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:19,310 [Christopher] Good morning, Hawkins, Indiana! 837 00:41:19,393 --> 00:41:20,352 [dinging] 838 00:41:20,436 --> 00:41:22,980 [boy 1] Hawkins High is pretty simple really. 839 00:41:23,063 --> 00:41:24,899 You've got your chicks. Hi, ladies. 840 00:41:24,982 --> 00:41:26,358 Go **** yourself, Henderson. 841 00:41:26,442 --> 00:41:29,278 -You've got your losers. -[boy 2] Yes, yes, baby. 842 00:41:29,361 --> 00:41:30,988 And you've got your morons. 843 00:41:31,071 --> 00:41:37,411 When you were a little girl and the spiders would come… 844 00:41:38,787 --> 00:41:40,748 [ominous music continues] 845 00:41:44,376 --> 00:41:45,211 [woman screams] 846 00:41:45,294 --> 00:41:47,755 [Christopher] No, no, just wait! Just… Hold on, stop taking off! 847 00:41:47,838 --> 00:41:50,466 I'll deal with it! Please! Wait, wait, wait! Hold on! 848 00:41:52,551 --> 00:41:54,094 [dramatic music playing] 849 00:41:56,847 --> 00:41:59,308 [loud crackling] 850 00:42:00,351 --> 00:42:01,435 Where are you? 851 00:42:02,228 --> 00:42:04,063 [dramatic music continues] 852 00:42:04,146 --> 00:42:05,606 [Ella] What do you see? 853 00:42:10,694 --> 00:42:13,531 Hello, Henry. I'm Dr. Brenner. 854 00:42:14,698 --> 00:42:15,908 I'm here to help. 855 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:18,244 [ominous music plays, halts] 856 00:42:18,327 --> 00:42:19,370 [man 1] Cut. 857 00:42:23,999 --> 00:42:25,167 [door opens] 858 00:42:25,251 --> 00:42:26,335 [man 2] Thank you. 859 00:42:41,892 --> 00:42:43,852 [chuckles, breathes deeply] 860 00:42:43,936 --> 00:42:46,397 And there we go. Act One tech run done. 861 00:42:47,064 --> 00:42:48,607 -[Stephen] Are we all set? -[Gary] Quiet. 862 00:42:48,691 --> 00:42:50,317 [Stephen] I'm aware that, um… 863 00:42:51,151 --> 00:42:55,114 The things we have to talk through are about two hours, okay? 864 00:42:55,197 --> 00:42:56,574 This is a two-hour session. 865 00:42:56,657 --> 00:43:00,411 Um, but I'm going to try to get through as many as I can. 866 00:43:01,078 --> 00:43:04,081 There's big things that, if they don't work, 867 00:43:04,790 --> 00:43:06,667 we have a narrative problem. 868 00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:10,170 We can go through to an audience if we don't have all the bells and whistles, 869 00:43:10,254 --> 00:43:14,049 but we can't go to an audience if we have a story that doesn't work. 870 00:43:14,133 --> 00:43:17,136 [Gary] The black void isn't complete enough to go in front of an audience. 871 00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:20,931 The spiders are not complete enough to go in front of an audience. 872 00:43:21,015 --> 00:43:23,475 Scary Patty is not complete enough to go to an audience. 873 00:43:24,310 --> 00:43:26,312 We have to do pre-tech for Act Two, 874 00:43:26,395 --> 00:43:29,315 and we already have eight sessions to find for Act One. 875 00:43:29,398 --> 00:43:33,402 [Stephen] We have to keep pushing through Act Two as fast as possible 876 00:43:33,485 --> 00:43:35,738 because we're going to hit big problems. 877 00:43:35,821 --> 00:43:36,905 [Louis] Gantry… 878 00:43:37,573 --> 00:43:39,450 [Stephen] That's a ****ing nightmare. 879 00:43:40,075 --> 00:43:41,952 Uh, the deployment of the Mind Flayer. 880 00:43:42,036 --> 00:43:42,870 [loud screech] 881 00:43:42,953 --> 00:43:44,455 [Stephen] A ****ing nightmare. 882 00:43:44,538 --> 00:43:46,957 The less we have to go back, the better. 883 00:43:48,375 --> 00:43:49,460 [Gary] Correct. 884 00:43:49,543 --> 00:43:52,379 Any more for any more before we let everyone out of here? 885 00:43:52,463 --> 00:43:55,257 Well, just thanks, everybody. Happy Halloween. 886 00:43:55,341 --> 00:43:57,718 -[man 1] Happy Halloween. -[woman] Happy Halloween. 887 00:43:58,594 --> 00:43:59,511 [man 2] Yeah. 888 00:44:00,137 --> 00:44:01,263 [whirring] 889 00:44:01,347 --> 00:44:02,723 [G] What's happening, Mary? 890 00:44:03,223 --> 00:44:07,811 Uh, we are trying to get all of our notes done. 891 00:44:07,895 --> 00:44:10,272 We are trying not to lose our minds. 892 00:44:10,898 --> 00:44:13,609 [clock ticking rapidly] 893 00:44:13,692 --> 00:44:17,112 We are welcoming the stars of Stranger Things, the play. 894 00:44:17,196 --> 00:44:19,615 Last week, I couldn't sleep because it hit me. I was like, 895 00:44:19,698 --> 00:44:21,950 "God, there's gonna be audiences very, very, very soon." 896 00:44:22,034 --> 00:44:24,078 [upbeat music playing] 897 00:44:27,790 --> 00:44:29,583 [upbeat music continues] 898 00:44:31,210 --> 00:44:32,419 [music fades] 899 00:44:32,503 --> 00:44:33,462 [G] Who's this? 900 00:44:33,545 --> 00:44:35,089 Um, this is Virginia. 901 00:44:35,172 --> 00:44:37,383 -[dramatic music plays] -[bones cracking] 902 00:44:37,966 --> 00:44:39,218 [G] She doesn't look very happy. 903 00:44:39,301 --> 00:44:41,595 She's probably not, to be honest. 904 00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:44,807 [mysterious music plays] 905 00:44:44,890 --> 00:44:45,933 Can we snap her? 906 00:44:46,016 --> 00:44:48,811 [loud cracking] 907 00:44:48,894 --> 00:44:51,730 [dramatic music playing] 908 00:44:51,814 --> 00:44:54,650 -You're a new character, aren't you? -It's really exciting, yeah. 909 00:44:54,733 --> 00:44:57,820 I don't know how much I can say about her. I don't want to give too much away. 910 00:44:57,903 --> 00:45:00,239 [dramatic music continues] 911 00:45:00,322 --> 00:45:02,074 -[Kate] How's it going? -Great to see you. 912 00:45:02,157 --> 00:45:03,534 [Kate] I had no idea you'd be here. 913 00:45:03,617 --> 00:45:04,451 -No one told you? -No. 914 00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:10,624 Is everybody in, like, a daily, just, suppressed panic mode right now? 915 00:45:10,708 --> 00:45:12,126 [Kate] It's not that suppressed. 916 00:45:12,209 --> 00:45:14,336 -Oh, okay. Overt panic. -It's not that suppressed. 917 00:45:14,420 --> 00:45:15,963 [Kate] It's pretty surface level. Yeah. 918 00:45:16,046 --> 00:45:18,882 [dramatic music continues] 919 00:45:20,426 --> 00:45:22,594 [inaudible] 920 00:45:23,804 --> 00:45:25,931 [Chris] Are you sure that fan wasn't blowing in reverse? 921 00:45:26,014 --> 00:45:28,308 All the smoke is coming through the auditorium. 922 00:45:28,392 --> 00:45:29,852 [Jamie] Yeah, that one's not working. 923 00:45:29,935 --> 00:45:31,270 Yeah, yeah. 924 00:45:31,353 --> 00:45:32,396 [indistinct chatter] 925 00:45:32,479 --> 00:45:34,148 Right, let's try that for now 926 00:45:34,773 --> 00:45:37,860 and, uh, come back and make it better another day. 927 00:45:37,943 --> 00:45:40,154 [dramatic music continues] 928 00:45:43,115 --> 00:45:44,032 [music halts] 929 00:45:44,116 --> 00:45:47,119 [clock ticking] 930 00:45:47,745 --> 00:45:51,123 [Sonia] This is a week before our first preview. 931 00:45:52,124 --> 00:45:54,877 I'm going to isolate things that have to be done 932 00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:56,545 before we go in front of an audience. 933 00:45:56,628 --> 00:45:57,629 [indistinct chatter] 934 00:45:57,713 --> 00:46:00,591 [Stephen] Okay. Spiders can't go in front of an audience. 935 00:46:00,674 --> 00:46:03,552 The spider on the LED is a long way away. 936 00:46:03,635 --> 00:46:06,305 [Sonia] It's exactly like a first preview priority. 937 00:46:06,388 --> 00:46:08,307 Why didn't Louis have any blood? 938 00:46:08,932 --> 00:46:11,351 We never saw any blood on his nose at any point during that. 939 00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:14,062 [Sonia] It's not-- It's genuinely not a first preview thing. 940 00:46:14,146 --> 00:46:15,022 [Gary] Great. 941 00:46:15,105 --> 00:46:17,733 -[Sonia] I'm calling that. It's not. -Okay. Fine. 942 00:46:18,650 --> 00:46:23,197 [Sonia] I had many, many people coming to me, begging me, urging me, 943 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,699 saying I had to cancel the first preview. 944 00:46:26,492 --> 00:46:30,120 [Stephen] I'm really determined not to do that, 945 00:46:30,204 --> 00:46:33,081 because as soon as you get the audience in, 946 00:46:33,165 --> 00:46:35,959 another character emerges, which is how the audience responds. 947 00:46:36,794 --> 00:46:37,753 [Stephen] Keep going… 948 00:46:37,836 --> 00:46:40,881 [Sonia] Everybody's looking to me to make the right call. 949 00:46:40,964 --> 00:46:42,800 [dramatic music continues] 950 00:46:46,762 --> 00:46:49,640 [Sonia] We are literally running out of time now. 951 00:46:53,352 --> 00:46:58,690 I'm… I'm hoping this scene will help me understand what's going on. 952 00:46:58,774 --> 00:47:01,985 -That's what I'm about to show you. -Yes. 953 00:47:02,069 --> 00:47:04,321 [Stephen] When there isn't enough time and we're struggling 954 00:47:04,404 --> 00:47:08,534 to get the story told, that is the white heat of anxiety. 955 00:47:08,617 --> 00:47:10,661 It's the white heat of stress. 956 00:47:10,744 --> 00:47:16,041 Can you just show me the projection and just give me a time frame on that? 957 00:47:16,124 --> 00:47:17,167 [Sonia] Okay. 958 00:47:17,251 --> 00:47:18,335 [man coughs] 959 00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:22,172 So there's this, guys. Watching, everybody watching. 960 00:47:23,340 --> 00:47:25,425 That goes, that goes there, 961 00:47:25,509 --> 00:47:28,345 and then you bring up this light and stay here, yeah? 962 00:47:29,304 --> 00:47:31,765 [vocalizing] 963 00:47:31,849 --> 00:47:33,642 Can you hear that? You're flat. 964 00:47:34,142 --> 00:47:35,769 All right. Stop, stop. 965 00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:37,813 [Louis] Three weeks ago, we had a different play. 966 00:47:37,896 --> 00:47:39,815 Three weeks before that, we had a different play. 967 00:47:39,898 --> 00:47:44,278 And I guess three weeks from now, we'll have a completely new ****ing play. 968 00:47:45,779 --> 00:47:47,239 [Sonia] It's been really hairy, 969 00:47:47,322 --> 00:47:51,618 and it's been really challenging, and it's been pretty stressful. 970 00:47:52,411 --> 00:47:53,704 Do you wanna do that again? 971 00:47:53,787 --> 00:47:55,622 [soft music playing] 972 00:48:02,629 --> 00:48:07,092 [Sonia] We're all really, really tired, but I have to say, 973 00:48:07,175 --> 00:48:10,429 in the last few days, it's turned a corner. 974 00:48:11,346 --> 00:48:13,974 You're gonna get one last big ****. That's it. 975 00:48:14,683 --> 00:48:16,018 And stop! 976 00:48:16,101 --> 00:48:18,395 [Justin] We had a really successful night the night before 977 00:48:18,478 --> 00:48:21,732 with the structural changes. We know what this is. 978 00:48:21,815 --> 00:48:23,567 [soft music continues] 979 00:48:25,944 --> 00:48:29,948 [Jamie] When it works, you have something magical. 980 00:48:30,032 --> 00:48:31,533 You've created a moment. 981 00:48:35,037 --> 00:48:36,705 [Patrick] We know that the story's special. 982 00:48:36,788 --> 00:48:39,666 We know that the characters are special. 983 00:48:39,750 --> 00:48:43,420 We know that people have been waiting and waiting and waiting for this thing, 984 00:48:43,503 --> 00:48:46,048 and I think people are gonna lose their minds. 985 00:48:46,131 --> 00:48:48,216 [applause] 986 00:48:57,976 --> 00:48:59,686 -Well done. -Thanks! 987 00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:05,317 [clock ticking] 988 00:49:11,156 --> 00:49:14,952 Yeah, well, we're here at, uh, our very first preview night. 989 00:49:15,035 --> 00:49:19,498 And I'm getting my hair cut. I'm getting all prepped and ready for it. 990 00:49:19,581 --> 00:49:21,208 [man] We've been trying to cut it all week, 991 00:49:21,291 --> 00:49:23,418 but the schedule has been so tight. 992 00:49:23,502 --> 00:49:25,837 [indistinct chatter] 993 00:49:30,509 --> 00:49:32,427 [man] Just testing Mind Flayer smoke. 994 00:49:32,511 --> 00:49:35,138 [indistinct chatter] 995 00:49:36,932 --> 00:49:41,269 We're about to see whether our work passes muster with a thousand punters. 996 00:49:44,690 --> 00:49:48,110 I'm excited. I kind of want to puke. 997 00:49:48,193 --> 00:49:49,444 Ooh, right. 998 00:49:50,404 --> 00:49:52,364 The most important thing now is a nap. 999 00:49:56,410 --> 00:49:59,871 It's the day of our first preview. [groaning nervously] 1000 00:50:03,083 --> 00:50:04,418 [indistinct chatter] 1001 00:50:05,377 --> 00:50:07,629 [Isabella] It's a bit daunting. You want people to like you 1002 00:50:07,713 --> 00:50:12,134 because, obviously, people very much like the older versions of the characters 1003 00:50:12,217 --> 00:50:13,510 that we're portraying. 1004 00:50:13,593 --> 00:50:16,179 [Oscar] People always ask you, "Is it any good?" 1005 00:50:16,263 --> 00:50:19,474 And honestly, you never really know until an audience is in. 1006 00:50:19,558 --> 00:50:21,018 [murmuring] 1007 00:50:21,101 --> 00:50:24,187 [Christopher] Before the first performance of every show I do, 1008 00:50:24,271 --> 00:50:27,691 I touch every seat in the theater, um, 1009 00:50:27,774 --> 00:50:30,068 to know where every single audience member is gonna sit 1010 00:50:31,111 --> 00:50:35,157 so that I know what my theater is and where I am. 1011 00:50:36,575 --> 00:50:40,579 I have to keep reminding myself that this is just a preview, 1012 00:50:40,662 --> 00:50:45,292 and we still have, like, a month of time to work before the actual opening. 1013 00:50:45,375 --> 00:50:46,543 [drill whirring] 1014 00:50:49,463 --> 00:50:54,259 I think it's going to be, you know, quite a challenging first preview. 1015 00:50:56,011 --> 00:50:58,764 You wouldn't want me sitting next to you in a theater tonight, 1016 00:50:58,847 --> 00:51:01,892 uh, because every little thing that goes wrong, 1017 00:51:01,975 --> 00:51:05,896 I'll… I'll be emitting this negative energy around me. 1018 00:51:05,979 --> 00:51:07,898 Notoriously, previews can be bumpy, 1019 00:51:07,981 --> 00:51:10,358 so we might have to have a bit of grit tonight, but, uh… 1020 00:51:10,442 --> 00:51:12,027 -Yeah. -…hopefully not. 1021 00:51:12,110 --> 00:51:14,738 -Yeah. There we go. Into the darkness. -[both chuckle] 1022 00:51:14,821 --> 00:51:16,656 -[Chris] Into the darkness. -[Jamie] Yeah. 1023 00:51:18,575 --> 00:51:21,161 The poster. It looks like… 1024 00:51:22,287 --> 00:51:23,121 Great. 1025 00:51:23,705 --> 00:51:26,750 It looks… very cool. 1026 00:51:26,833 --> 00:51:29,002 [indistinct chatter] 1027 00:51:29,086 --> 00:51:31,379 -[Matt] How are you? -Hi, hi, hi. 1028 00:51:31,463 --> 00:51:33,507 -[Matt] How are you feeling? -Okay. 1029 00:51:33,590 --> 00:51:35,717 -All right. -[all chuckle] 1030 00:51:35,801 --> 00:51:39,054 [Matt] I'm like, I feel nervous. I don't know why. 1031 00:51:39,137 --> 00:51:40,889 Well, because it's your show. 1032 00:51:40,972 --> 00:51:45,060 It's not. The live aspect of it is what's freaky to me. 1033 00:51:45,143 --> 00:51:46,019 -[Sonia] Yeah. -Yeah. 1034 00:51:46,103 --> 00:51:47,270 [indistinct announcement] 1035 00:51:47,354 --> 00:51:50,524 -Yes, we're still rehearsing. Right now. -[Ross] Right now? 1036 00:51:50,607 --> 00:51:52,442 [cheering] 1037 00:51:52,526 --> 00:51:54,277 -[Kate] How's it going? -Good. Good. 1038 00:51:54,361 --> 00:51:57,614 Um, I'm measuring her heartbeat to see how nervous she is. 1039 00:51:59,282 --> 00:52:01,493 -Oh, oh, you're high. -Is that high? 1040 00:52:01,576 --> 00:52:04,037 You're 108 beats per minute. 1041 00:52:04,121 --> 00:52:05,705 What's it supposed to be? 1042 00:52:05,789 --> 00:52:08,500 It's not like we need to take you to the emergency room, 1043 00:52:08,583 --> 00:52:10,627 but it's not great. 1044 00:52:10,710 --> 00:52:13,255 [dramatic music playing] 1045 00:52:13,338 --> 00:52:15,048 [usher] Through the first door, please. 1046 00:52:15,132 --> 00:52:16,716 [indistinct chatter] 1047 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,886 You're gonna go up the stairs on the right. Enjoy the show. 1048 00:52:19,970 --> 00:52:21,471 -[G] Where have you come from? -France. 1049 00:52:21,555 --> 00:52:23,473 -[G] Just for the show? -Yeah. 1050 00:52:23,557 --> 00:52:24,766 -Super excited. -Super excited. 1051 00:52:24,850 --> 00:52:27,352 -It's his birthday, so, like, we're here-- -And his. 1052 00:52:27,435 --> 00:52:28,603 -Oh yeah… -We're twins. 1053 00:52:28,687 --> 00:52:30,897 I'm excited to learn anything about season five. 1054 00:52:30,981 --> 00:52:32,691 -We're so excited. -So excited. 1055 00:52:32,774 --> 00:52:34,734 -We've been obsessing over it in school. -I know. 1056 00:52:34,818 --> 00:52:36,444 I don't really know what to expect, 1057 00:52:36,945 --> 00:52:39,281 so fingers crossed we're in for a good show. 1058 00:52:39,364 --> 00:52:42,409 Yeah, well, I'm so excited. I'm so ready. I can't wait. 1059 00:52:42,492 --> 00:52:43,326 Tell me about it. 1060 00:52:43,410 --> 00:52:45,537 ****ing Brenner scenes coming for Act Two. 1061 00:52:45,620 --> 00:52:46,454 I know! 1062 00:52:46,538 --> 00:52:49,166 [dramatic music continues] 1063 00:52:57,007 --> 00:52:59,676 [dramatic music continues] 1064 00:52:59,759 --> 00:53:05,056 [indistinct chatter] 1065 00:53:08,685 --> 00:53:09,728 [loud click] 1066 00:53:09,811 --> 00:53:12,606 [male voice] The following file is classified. 1067 00:53:12,689 --> 00:53:14,649 [dramatic whooshing] 1068 00:53:17,027 --> 00:53:19,279 [synthwave music playing] 1069 00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:29,039 [music building] 1070 00:53:29,122 --> 00:53:30,290 [music halts] 1071 00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:36,463 [Sonia] Well, we got the preview done, 1072 00:53:36,546 --> 00:53:41,843 and I think it was, uh, a reality check. 1073 00:53:44,054 --> 00:53:48,850 It was kind of nail-biting. Like, I literally bit my nails into blood. 1074 00:53:49,517 --> 00:53:52,312 [Stephen] I think we learned just about everything. 1075 00:53:53,021 --> 00:53:55,982 What they were scared of, what they were thrilled about, 1076 00:53:56,066 --> 00:54:00,278 what they wanted more of, what they wanted less of. 1077 00:54:00,362 --> 00:54:02,405 -We have to cut quite a lot. -[Justin] Yeah. 1078 00:54:02,489 --> 00:54:04,324 And restructure. And… 1079 00:54:04,407 --> 00:54:06,660 [Justin] Yeah, we'll have to run whatever we've done. 1080 00:54:06,743 --> 00:54:08,870 [pensive music playing] 1081 00:54:20,382 --> 00:54:22,217 [Kate] I have to cut like 20 minutes, 1082 00:54:22,300 --> 00:54:24,511 which is not an insubstantial amount of time. 1083 00:54:28,807 --> 00:54:29,808 Okay. 1084 00:54:33,353 --> 00:54:37,774 [G] How are the Duffers feeling about the ongoing process? 1085 00:54:39,442 --> 00:54:41,528 [Ross] And is the end of Act One dramatic enough? 1086 00:54:41,611 --> 00:54:44,614 Sorry, it's my only other question, without the Brenner thing? 1087 00:54:45,115 --> 00:54:48,451 -Um-- -[Ross] Like is it… I just felt like… 1088 00:54:48,535 --> 00:54:53,373 I know. I… I've been… I know. I've been fighting against that. 1089 00:54:53,456 --> 00:54:54,457 [Ross] Oh good. 1090 00:54:54,541 --> 00:54:55,458 Um… 1091 00:54:59,379 --> 00:55:01,131 [woman] I like to think there's someone out… 1092 00:55:01,214 --> 00:55:02,340 Did you say… 1093 00:55:02,424 --> 00:55:04,175 "I like to think there's someone…" 1094 00:55:04,259 --> 00:55:06,094 -[woman] "For everyone," right? -"For everyone." 1095 00:55:06,177 --> 00:55:09,514 [woman] I think in the script, it's "someone out there for everyone." 1096 00:55:09,597 --> 00:55:10,807 "There's someone out there…" 1097 00:55:10,890 --> 00:55:13,977 [Christopher] Even though we're knackered, we're still just getting on with it. 1098 00:55:14,060 --> 00:55:17,314 You know? Everyone's still giving their all. 1099 00:55:18,106 --> 00:55:20,275 [Ella] You really are a miracle, Henry. 1100 00:55:21,860 --> 00:55:23,653 [dramatic music playing] 1101 00:55:25,363 --> 00:55:27,365 Hey, hey! Take that on to the street! 1102 00:55:27,449 --> 00:55:30,785 [Isabella] You know what? Shut up, Don! Let the lovers love! God! 1103 00:55:31,995 --> 00:55:33,288 [Ella] Hope you're feeling good! 1104 00:55:34,998 --> 00:55:37,334 [Ella shrieks, laughs] 1105 00:55:37,417 --> 00:55:39,127 [woman] You tried to kill her. 1106 00:55:39,210 --> 00:55:40,879 [dramatic music continues] 1107 00:55:44,049 --> 00:55:45,633 -[G] All good? -[Isabella] Yeah. 1108 00:55:46,217 --> 00:55:47,969 [dramatic music continues] 1109 00:55:50,847 --> 00:55:52,557 [indistinct chatter] 1110 00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:53,725 Can we stand by? 1111 00:55:53,808 --> 00:55:55,727 [Jordan] We're not performing eight shows a week. 1112 00:55:55,810 --> 00:55:59,147 We are actually having a Monday and Tuesday with no shows, 1113 00:55:59,230 --> 00:56:01,399 but we're still rehearsing all day. 1114 00:56:01,941 --> 00:56:04,486 [Patrick] I have some very exciting news for you today. 1115 00:56:04,569 --> 00:56:06,029 Move in. Go. 1116 00:56:06,112 --> 00:56:07,947 All of them are special. 1117 00:56:08,031 --> 00:56:11,618 [Kate] Act Two is long, and it feels long, 1118 00:56:11,701 --> 00:56:13,370 and it's kind of boring. 1119 00:56:15,163 --> 00:56:18,249 [Stephen] I particularly hate boredom in the theater. 1120 00:56:18,333 --> 00:56:20,752 Because when theater's great, it can be the most exciting thing 1121 00:56:20,835 --> 00:56:22,295 you've ever seen in your life. 1122 00:56:22,379 --> 00:56:26,299 When theater's not great, it's really, really, really, really terrible. 1123 00:56:26,925 --> 00:56:28,718 [Stephen] I need to see how long this might be. 1124 00:56:29,386 --> 00:56:31,346 [Louis] You're as much a father to this family-- 1125 00:56:31,429 --> 00:56:33,807 -No. I don't think you should do that. -[Louis] Okay. 1126 00:56:33,890 --> 00:56:36,059 -[Isabella] I told you it's family only. -About that night? 1127 00:56:36,142 --> 00:56:38,019 I already told you we are family. 1128 00:56:38,645 --> 00:56:40,480 -[Isabella] Oh, me? -Keep going. 1129 00:56:40,563 --> 00:56:43,233 -I already told you we are a family! -I'm calling the police. 1130 00:56:43,316 --> 00:56:46,277 [Christopher] Give me a second. Go ahead. Tell my dad he fights like a girl. 1131 00:56:46,361 --> 00:56:47,195 [Isabella] Awkward! 1132 00:56:47,278 --> 00:56:49,656 Sorry, you're right. It's not fair to girls. 1133 00:56:49,739 --> 00:56:53,868 We were going over a little bit of Act One, 1134 00:56:53,952 --> 00:56:58,498 kind of changing the order of lines around so you have two scenes "melging" into one. 1135 00:56:58,581 --> 00:56:59,833 "Melging," is that a word? 1136 00:56:59,916 --> 00:57:03,044 Uh, melding into one rather than having two separate scenes. 1137 00:57:03,128 --> 00:57:05,130 [dramatic music playing] 1138 00:57:05,213 --> 00:57:07,882 [indistinct chatter] 1139 00:57:07,966 --> 00:57:10,385 Preview four? Preview five? 1140 00:57:11,886 --> 00:57:12,887 Six? 1141 00:57:13,805 --> 00:57:15,723 Preview five or six. 1142 00:57:16,891 --> 00:57:19,894 [woman] Counting down! Sergeant, everything is go! 1143 00:57:19,978 --> 00:57:20,979 [man] Copy! 1144 00:57:21,062 --> 00:57:26,151 There is no greater pain than to see your child suffer. 1145 00:57:27,026 --> 00:57:30,572 [Sonia] There are some clear indicators when you've lost your audience, 1146 00:57:30,655 --> 00:57:32,740 and I call it the coughing moments, 1147 00:57:34,159 --> 00:57:36,786 when you could just hear across the house… 1148 00:57:36,870 --> 00:57:37,829 [coughs] 1149 00:57:37,912 --> 00:57:39,372 Now they don't know they're doing it, 1150 00:57:39,456 --> 00:57:41,374 but that's when you know you've lost your audience 1151 00:57:41,458 --> 00:57:45,378 when you get your… your sort of chorus of coughs. 1152 00:57:45,462 --> 00:57:47,589 -Came all the way from the park… -[viewer coughs] 1153 00:57:49,007 --> 00:57:50,341 [G] You're just waiting for bows. 1154 00:57:50,425 --> 00:57:51,551 Let's take our bows. 1155 00:57:52,594 --> 00:57:53,595 [G] What's the time? 1156 00:57:53,678 --> 00:57:56,806 [inhales] It's gone 11, we believe. 1157 00:57:56,890 --> 00:58:00,101 [clock ticking] 1158 00:58:00,185 --> 00:58:02,103 -[Kate] Uh, so… -[woman] Don't worry. 1159 00:58:02,187 --> 00:58:03,771 So you say, "I'm scared." 1160 00:58:03,855 --> 00:58:05,732 You say, "Don't worry. It's gonna be okay." 1161 00:58:05,815 --> 00:58:09,152 [man] What was the cue again, sorry? "Who"? What's it just before that? 1162 00:58:09,235 --> 00:58:12,906 [woman] But the previous line is, "One of you're coming back for me. Who." 1163 00:58:13,698 --> 00:58:15,533 [indistinct chatter] 1164 00:58:15,617 --> 00:58:17,160 Sorry, G. Not this one. 1165 00:58:17,243 --> 00:58:19,454 [indistinct chatter continues] 1166 00:58:19,537 --> 00:58:22,457 Wait a second. Pause. Spy cam. 1167 00:58:25,168 --> 00:58:28,129 [G] This is the hardest day I've done in this building. 1168 00:58:28,213 --> 00:58:31,007 -Okay. Mm-hmm. -[G] Since beginning, I would say. 1169 00:58:31,090 --> 00:58:32,884 [G] It's a ****ing weird vibe. 1170 00:58:32,967 --> 00:58:34,928 -It is weird. -[G] I wasn't here Monday, Tuesday. 1171 00:58:35,011 --> 00:58:35,845 Oh, okay. 1172 00:58:35,929 --> 00:58:38,556 [G] And the people who were here were like… [murmurs] 1173 00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:41,809 So now you've walked in, and it's all kind of slightly unsettled. 1174 00:58:41,893 --> 00:58:45,230 [G] A little unsettled. I haven't quite… Everyone I've pointed the camera at, 1175 00:58:45,313 --> 00:58:46,814 I felt like I shouldn't be doing it. 1176 00:58:46,898 --> 00:58:47,732 Yeah. 1177 00:58:47,815 --> 00:58:51,194 [G] And there's a very clear vibe of "please **** off." 1178 00:58:51,277 --> 00:58:52,987 Yeah, there's been a lot of changes. 1179 00:58:53,071 --> 00:58:54,864 [pensive music playing] 1180 00:58:54,948 --> 00:58:58,284 [Jordan] Everybody's very much like, "Oh my God, can I remember this?" 1181 00:58:58,368 --> 00:58:59,869 Entrances have changed. 1182 00:58:59,953 --> 00:59:02,163 Quick change times have changed. 1183 00:59:02,247 --> 00:59:04,082 Scene change times have all changed. 1184 00:59:04,165 --> 00:59:05,208 Lines changed. 1185 00:59:05,291 --> 00:59:08,169 Whole scene concepts gone. 1186 00:59:08,253 --> 00:59:10,338 Brand-new ones built in two days. 1187 00:59:12,382 --> 00:59:14,926 Changes that went in yesterday, even right up until the evening, 1188 00:59:15,009 --> 00:59:16,719 are going in the show tonight. 1189 00:59:17,387 --> 00:59:21,432 Ella has currently had entire new scenes written, 1190 00:59:21,516 --> 00:59:23,726 entire new concepts given to her. 1191 00:59:23,810 --> 00:59:27,105 And she's had a very limited amount of time to learn them. 1192 00:59:27,188 --> 00:59:31,276 No, no, no! The battle that's going on, I can help you fight it! 1193 00:59:32,110 --> 00:59:34,529 [Ella] Everything is constantly changing. 1194 00:59:34,612 --> 00:59:37,490 Um, it's just a lot to wrap your head around sometimes 1195 00:59:37,574 --> 00:59:39,576 and just feeling all the pressure. 1196 00:59:40,910 --> 00:59:42,579 I'm not weak! 1197 00:59:42,662 --> 00:59:45,415 [indistinct chatter] 1198 00:59:48,167 --> 00:59:50,920 [Justin] Quiet please. We're running a sequence on stage. 1199 00:59:51,004 --> 00:59:53,631 "I like your lipstick. I like your lipstick." 1200 00:59:53,715 --> 00:59:57,844 I mean, of all the weird, dumb things you could possibly say, Henry. 1201 00:59:57,927 --> 00:59:59,262 [Stephen] Okay, what's happened? 1202 00:59:59,345 --> 01:00:01,139 Shall we ditch it for tonight? 1203 01:00:01,222 --> 01:00:03,224 -[faint indistinct chatter] -[laughs] 1204 01:00:03,308 --> 01:00:05,143 We're pretty close to ditching this. 1205 01:00:06,811 --> 01:00:09,063 -[Louis] We haven't had time. -[Stephen] Let's not do it. 1206 01:00:09,147 --> 01:00:10,315 Apologies for not delivering. 1207 01:00:10,398 --> 01:00:12,442 [Justin] No. You don't have anything to apologize for. 1208 01:00:12,525 --> 01:00:14,485 We didn't give you enough time for it. Don't worry. 1209 01:00:14,569 --> 01:00:16,696 It just felt very, like, "Do it right now!" 1210 01:00:16,779 --> 01:00:19,824 Like, just with everybody in the house, I just need more time. 1211 01:00:19,907 --> 01:00:21,826 [Justin] "Come on, performing monkey. Off you go." 1212 01:00:21,909 --> 01:00:24,829 Yeah. I just… I'm not too happy with what I just did. 1213 01:00:24,912 --> 01:00:28,082 So I think I need time with Trish because I want to make it good. 1214 01:00:28,166 --> 01:00:30,960 -I was not delivering. -But… yeah. 1215 01:00:31,044 --> 01:00:31,878 It's fine. 1216 01:00:33,046 --> 01:00:34,505 I didn't mind at all. 1217 01:00:35,089 --> 01:00:36,174 [Louis] Yeah. 1218 01:00:36,257 --> 01:00:39,510 [clock ticking] 1219 01:00:39,594 --> 01:00:41,888 [dramatic music playing] 1220 01:00:43,681 --> 01:00:46,100 [indistinct chatter] 1221 01:00:46,184 --> 01:00:48,102 Spiders?! What… What are you doing? 1222 01:00:48,936 --> 01:00:52,899 -[Louis] You couldn't even scream… -[shrieks] 1223 01:00:52,982 --> 01:00:55,026 [Sonia] I couldn't see any spiders from where I was. 1224 01:00:55,109 --> 01:00:56,235 [Justin] You sat at the back. 1225 01:00:56,319 --> 01:00:58,446 [Sonia] At the back, I couldn't see any at all. 1226 01:00:58,529 --> 01:01:00,448 I want to see more spiders. 1227 01:01:00,531 --> 01:01:01,741 Don't be too subtle. 1228 01:01:03,159 --> 01:01:05,161 [dramatic whooshing] 1229 01:01:05,745 --> 01:01:09,666 [man] So we haven't had much feedback regarding to what's expected. 1230 01:01:09,749 --> 01:01:11,459 It's… It's just time, isn't it? 1231 01:01:12,627 --> 01:01:15,380 [dramatic music continues] 1232 01:01:15,463 --> 01:01:16,714 [Sonia] Can I make a plea? 1233 01:01:16,798 --> 01:01:18,883 These tornadoes, or whatever we're calling it, 1234 01:01:18,966 --> 01:01:21,719 top of Act Two, is really not working. 1235 01:01:21,803 --> 01:01:23,096 [Stephen] I say get rid of it. 1236 01:01:23,179 --> 01:01:24,555 [dramatic music continues] 1237 01:01:31,104 --> 01:01:32,230 What's getting cut? 1238 01:01:33,022 --> 01:01:34,357 Some hospital stuff. 1239 01:01:35,316 --> 01:01:39,028 Some, uh, house is now open stuff. 1240 01:01:39,529 --> 01:01:42,490 -[loud clattering] -[machine whirring] 1241 01:01:43,074 --> 01:01:44,242 I lost you! 1242 01:01:44,909 --> 01:01:47,370 The battleground has just been completely changed. 1243 01:01:48,121 --> 01:01:51,874 I think it's longer now. And it's gonna change again. 1244 01:01:51,958 --> 01:01:53,209 [dramatic whooshing] 1245 01:01:53,292 --> 01:01:54,836 [dramatic music continues] 1246 01:01:54,919 --> 01:01:59,757 [Sonia] Stephen and Justin see it live in front of an audience of critics. 1247 01:01:59,841 --> 01:02:01,718 [Justin] Yeah. Sounds like it. 1248 01:02:01,801 --> 01:02:03,511 That sounds absolutely terrifying. 1249 01:02:04,095 --> 01:02:05,972 [distorted roar] 1250 01:02:06,556 --> 01:02:09,350 [Stephen] Why isn't anybody worrying about these ****ing spiders? 1251 01:02:09,434 --> 01:02:11,811 Jimmy, we're really worried about the spiders not working. 1252 01:02:11,894 --> 01:02:13,604 [Jimmy] Yeah, I know. I'm, uh… 1253 01:02:13,688 --> 01:02:15,106 Who would be on that? 1254 01:02:15,189 --> 01:02:17,066 -[indistinct chatter] -Let me look at it. 1255 01:02:17,150 --> 01:02:19,485 -G, I don't want you filming right now. -[G] All right, mate. 1256 01:02:20,153 --> 01:02:22,029 Well, we have to make a call ASAP. 1257 01:02:22,113 --> 01:02:24,365 -[Chris] But we might have some? -[Gary] How are we doing? 1258 01:02:25,324 --> 01:02:27,702 We might be cutting all the spiders except that… 1259 01:02:27,785 --> 01:02:28,995 -[Chris] All of them? -We might. 1260 01:02:29,078 --> 01:02:29,912 [Chris] Really? 1261 01:02:29,996 --> 01:02:32,457 In the new script Kate's put in, there's no spiders except that. 1262 01:02:32,540 --> 01:02:33,374 [Chris] Okay. 1263 01:02:33,458 --> 01:02:36,586 At the moment. But that's because she's saying 1264 01:02:36,669 --> 01:02:38,963 she can't see the two spiders climbing up. 1265 01:02:39,046 --> 01:02:40,590 So she's just lost faith. 1266 01:02:41,424 --> 01:02:43,509 Which is not to do with you two. It's just… 1267 01:02:43,593 --> 01:02:46,095 So she's rewritten the scene that doesn't need it. 1268 01:02:46,888 --> 01:02:50,850 [Justin] Well, it's not good 'cause it's… but I understand her frustration. 1269 01:02:51,768 --> 01:02:52,977 Yeah, okay. 1270 01:02:53,060 --> 01:02:54,687 -[Justin] But we'll see. -All right. 1271 01:02:54,771 --> 01:02:56,939 [indistinct chatter] 1272 01:02:57,023 --> 01:02:59,108 [Chris] Sometimes effects don't work. 1273 01:02:59,192 --> 01:03:00,902 You know, we've… for various reasons, 1274 01:03:00,985 --> 01:03:04,113 there are lots of moments, you know, throughout the show 1275 01:03:04,197 --> 01:03:06,365 that we've had to say goodbye to, 1276 01:03:06,449 --> 01:03:09,577 um, which in some cases, is really hard because we've worked on them 1277 01:03:09,660 --> 01:03:11,329 for months and months and months. 1278 01:03:12,663 --> 01:03:15,958 Yeah, you know, you have to be kind of merciless, uh, 1279 01:03:17,293 --> 01:03:21,714 in order to tell the story in the best way that you can. 1280 01:03:21,798 --> 01:03:25,009 [clock ticking] 1281 01:03:27,804 --> 01:03:30,264 [Sonia] Today, the show is locked. 1282 01:03:30,348 --> 01:03:32,558 No more changes can go in now. 1283 01:03:33,434 --> 01:03:35,770 Usually you'd freeze a bit earlier, 1284 01:03:35,853 --> 01:03:41,609 have a few days to settle in, but I think, uh, given this process, 1285 01:03:41,692 --> 01:03:43,236 yeah, we've taken it right to the… 1286 01:03:43,319 --> 01:03:45,196 -Yeah. To the wire. -Right to the wire. 1287 01:03:45,279 --> 01:03:49,575 Gary has just reminded me that he's been in this theater now 1288 01:03:49,659 --> 01:03:52,829 since August, and that's why he's looking so happy. 1289 01:03:52,912 --> 01:03:54,872 I'm very pleased that we're freezing the show. 1290 01:03:55,623 --> 01:03:58,042 [Ella] Henry, listen to my voice. I'm right here. 1291 01:03:58,125 --> 01:04:02,046 [Justin] On the "Henry, the only thing holding you back, she's right here." 1292 01:04:02,129 --> 01:04:03,923 The new show's a bloody… It's a bullet. 1293 01:04:04,006 --> 01:04:06,259 You know? You get to Act Two, and it just goes… [whoosh] 1294 01:04:06,342 --> 01:04:08,010 …and it used to be like… [vroom] 1295 01:04:08,094 --> 01:04:10,179 [dramatic music playing] 1296 01:04:10,263 --> 01:04:12,515 -[screams] -[bones cracking] 1297 01:04:13,641 --> 01:04:15,101 [dramatic rumble] 1298 01:04:18,437 --> 01:04:19,355 [Chris] We're stopping. 1299 01:04:19,438 --> 01:04:20,940 -We're stopping? -[man] We're stopping. 1300 01:04:25,528 --> 01:04:26,445 [woman] Sorry. 1301 01:04:26,529 --> 01:04:28,239 [G] How was that show? 1302 01:04:29,574 --> 01:04:32,076 It was fine. [chuckles] 1303 01:04:32,869 --> 01:04:36,122 It was, mmm, an interesting one. 1304 01:04:36,205 --> 01:04:41,294 The main issue is our breakable Virginia dummy 1305 01:04:41,919 --> 01:04:46,299 who likes to break too early for reasons that we don't know why. 1306 01:04:47,550 --> 01:04:50,553 The dummy needs to do what Virginia does in the TV show. 1307 01:04:50,636 --> 01:04:52,972 And that's fly up in the air and then all of her bones break. 1308 01:04:53,055 --> 01:04:54,265 [Virginia screams] 1309 01:04:54,348 --> 01:04:57,101 [bones cracking] 1310 01:04:57,768 --> 01:05:01,147 But currently, she likes to break in her chair. 1311 01:05:02,148 --> 01:05:04,609 [bones cracking] 1312 01:05:07,862 --> 01:05:12,033 What do we do? Just to say it. In the scenario that we can't find it-- 1313 01:05:12,116 --> 01:05:14,118 We'll have to change the battery, and we're gonna-- 1314 01:05:14,201 --> 01:05:16,412 We just have to keep going with what we've got. 1315 01:05:16,495 --> 01:05:17,830 See what we can do. 1316 01:05:17,914 --> 01:05:19,707 -We can't cancel the show. We can't. -No. 1317 01:05:19,790 --> 01:05:21,083 I'm wondering if we can put in a… 1318 01:05:21,167 --> 01:05:23,461 We could get you two out and apologize to everyone. 1319 01:05:23,544 --> 01:05:25,004 [chuckles] 1320 01:05:25,087 --> 01:05:28,716 [Chris] How about individually? Seat by seat. 1321 01:05:28,799 --> 01:05:29,759 For you, yeah. 1322 01:05:29,842 --> 01:05:30,927 [Sonia] It's not funny. 1323 01:05:31,010 --> 01:05:34,055 We've got a giant opening with the whole of America flying in. 1324 01:05:34,639 --> 01:05:36,223 What are we gonna do? 1325 01:05:36,807 --> 01:05:38,351 [whirring] 1326 01:05:39,435 --> 01:05:42,521 [clock ticking] 1327 01:05:42,605 --> 01:05:44,398 [soft music playing] 1328 01:05:47,568 --> 01:05:49,403 -[G] Morning, mate. -[man] Morning. 1329 01:05:49,904 --> 01:05:53,407 [G] I don't suppose you'd like to say "the calm before the storm," would you? 1330 01:05:53,491 --> 01:05:54,784 [man] I can say that. 1331 01:05:56,744 --> 01:05:57,870 [G] I'm right here. 1332 01:05:57,954 --> 01:05:59,997 Well, calm before the storm. 1333 01:06:00,748 --> 01:06:03,334 [soft music continues] 1334 01:06:04,043 --> 01:06:05,544 [woman] What in the hell? 1335 01:06:09,256 --> 01:06:11,467 Just when I started changing. 1336 01:06:12,969 --> 01:06:15,596 [G] There's quite a lot of flowers here, isn't there? 1337 01:06:16,180 --> 01:06:18,516 Yes. Tons of flowers. 1338 01:06:18,599 --> 01:06:20,559 Some with no names on either. 1339 01:06:20,643 --> 01:06:21,727 Very helpful. 1340 01:06:22,228 --> 01:06:24,438 That's why I'm in two hours early. 1341 01:06:24,522 --> 01:06:25,606 [chuckles] 1342 01:06:26,691 --> 01:06:28,401 Chris. 1343 01:06:29,568 --> 01:06:30,569 Hi. 1344 01:06:31,112 --> 01:06:33,030 -[G] Hello. -[Ella] Hello. 1345 01:06:33,614 --> 01:06:36,075 [G] I'll follow you for a very brief moment if that's okay. 1346 01:06:36,158 --> 01:06:38,619 Okay. With all my bags. 1347 01:06:38,703 --> 01:06:40,621 [machine whirring] 1348 01:06:40,705 --> 01:06:43,708 [indistinct chatter] 1349 01:06:46,335 --> 01:06:48,045 Oh my God. 1350 01:06:50,172 --> 01:06:51,757 The joys of live theater. 1351 01:06:52,383 --> 01:06:53,926 [Kate] We're pretty tired. 1352 01:06:54,844 --> 01:06:59,056 I was sleeping in the dress circle between the rows the other day, 1353 01:06:59,140 --> 01:07:02,601 and like, one of the guys who vacuums the floor, 1354 01:07:02,685 --> 01:07:05,604 like, came up and, like, poked me and, like, woke me up, and he was like, 1355 01:07:05,688 --> 01:07:07,857 "Are you okay?" And I was like, "It's fine. I work here." 1356 01:07:07,940 --> 01:07:10,359 And he was like, "Yeah, but, like, are you okay?" 1357 01:07:10,443 --> 01:07:14,196 And I was like, "Oh, pass." [chuckles] 1358 01:07:14,697 --> 01:07:16,407 "Just vacuum around me." 1359 01:07:16,490 --> 01:07:19,702 [clock ticking] 1360 01:07:19,785 --> 01:07:22,329 [epic music playing] 1361 01:07:30,629 --> 01:07:32,757 [Christopher] We've gotta get tickets. 1362 01:07:33,257 --> 01:07:35,509 God, there's so much to do, G. 1363 01:07:36,427 --> 01:07:39,638 I legitimately don't know if I have enough time to get everything done. 1364 01:07:39,722 --> 01:07:41,223 [Rebecca] Hey, darling. 1365 01:07:41,307 --> 01:07:42,808 Thank you so much. 1366 01:07:42,892 --> 01:07:43,726 Hiya, darling. 1367 01:07:43,809 --> 01:07:45,603 -[Christopher] Oh God. -'Sup? 1368 01:07:45,686 --> 01:07:50,191 [Christopher] We're just kinda… Just running around. There's a lot to do. 1369 01:07:51,567 --> 01:07:53,110 -[G] Hello, Louis. -Hey, mate. 1370 01:07:53,736 --> 01:07:55,821 -Hello. -Hello. 1371 01:07:55,905 --> 01:07:57,364 [epic music continues] 1372 01:08:00,076 --> 01:08:02,661 [G] Do you know anything about anybody who's going to be in tonight? 1373 01:08:02,745 --> 01:08:05,706 I've tried to kind of, uh, keep myself away from that. 1374 01:08:05,790 --> 01:08:07,666 I have heard whispers of some people. 1375 01:08:07,750 --> 01:08:11,003 From the show, Matthew Modine is here and David Harbour. 1376 01:08:11,087 --> 01:08:14,590 Uh, but I… I try and just treat every audience the same 1377 01:08:14,673 --> 01:08:17,802 and try not to think too much about who's in because it just stresses you out. 1378 01:08:18,636 --> 01:08:20,179 [G] Who is this? 1379 01:08:20,262 --> 01:08:22,640 [indistinct chatter] 1380 01:08:22,723 --> 01:08:24,433 [G] That's a beautiful suit, Gary. 1381 01:08:24,517 --> 01:08:26,227 [epic music continues] 1382 01:08:26,310 --> 01:08:27,228 **** off, G. 1383 01:08:27,311 --> 01:08:29,855 [all laughing] 1384 01:08:29,939 --> 01:08:33,150 -[tense music playing] -[clock ticking] 1385 01:08:33,234 --> 01:08:34,235 [music halts] 1386 01:08:34,318 --> 01:08:36,153 [indistinct chatter] 1387 01:08:38,072 --> 01:08:39,824 The show last night was ****ing tight. 1388 01:08:40,658 --> 01:08:42,493 And you must have felt that it was a tight show. 1389 01:08:42,576 --> 01:08:46,789 And keep that tonight, um, and throughout the weekend. 1390 01:08:46,872 --> 01:08:51,710 Don't forget, there's more press coming in, I'm afraid, tomorrow. 1391 01:08:51,794 --> 01:08:54,588 -And the day after. -[chuckles] 1392 01:08:54,672 --> 01:08:57,800 Um, so keep your wits about you. 1393 01:08:58,384 --> 01:09:01,011 Tonight is our night. 1394 01:09:01,095 --> 01:09:05,182 For some of us, we've been here for months and even years. 1395 01:09:05,266 --> 01:09:07,393 All the hard work. 1396 01:09:07,476 --> 01:09:09,186 All the changes. 1397 01:09:09,270 --> 01:09:10,646 It's been worth it. 1398 01:09:10,729 --> 01:09:15,985 It's an extraordinary piece, and I could not be prouder. 1399 01:09:16,068 --> 01:09:18,445 And if anyone's feeling nervous, don't worry about it 1400 01:09:18,529 --> 01:09:20,447 because I'm feeling sick. 1401 01:09:20,531 --> 01:09:24,410 So I'll… I'll take it all on for you. 1402 01:09:24,493 --> 01:09:26,912 And you just have a fantastic night. 1403 01:09:26,996 --> 01:09:29,623 And when the reviews talk about the disastrous direction 1404 01:09:29,707 --> 01:09:32,168 by Stephen and Justin, it doesn't mean you can do what you want. 1405 01:09:32,251 --> 01:09:34,170 [all chuckle] 1406 01:09:34,253 --> 01:09:38,507 -[woman] ♪ Hey ♪ -[all] ♪ Hey ♪ 1407 01:09:38,591 --> 01:09:40,718 [woman] ♪ I don't know How you've been feelin' ♪ 1408 01:09:40,801 --> 01:09:43,012 [all] ♪ I don't know How you've been feelin' ♪ 1409 01:09:43,095 --> 01:09:44,972 [woman] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪ 1410 01:09:45,055 --> 01:09:47,183 [all] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪ 1411 01:09:47,266 --> 01:09:49,268 [woman] ♪ I don't know How you've been feeling ♪ 1412 01:09:49,351 --> 01:09:51,729 [all] ♪ I don't know How you've been feeling ♪ 1413 01:09:51,812 --> 01:09:53,772 [woman] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪ 1414 01:09:53,856 --> 01:09:56,066 [all] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪ 1415 01:09:56,150 --> 01:09:57,985 [woman] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪ 1416 01:09:58,068 --> 01:10:00,529 [all] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪ 1417 01:10:00,613 --> 01:10:02,239 [woman] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪ 1418 01:10:02,323 --> 01:10:04,617 [all] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪ 1419 01:10:04,700 --> 01:10:06,493 [woman] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪ 1420 01:10:06,577 --> 01:10:08,913 [all] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪ 1421 01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:11,957 We are very excited. 1422 01:10:12,041 --> 01:10:16,003 Um, I mean, we saw a preview. I guess it was about a month ago. 1423 01:10:16,086 --> 01:10:18,547 Um, and they've been working on it for an extra month, 1424 01:10:18,631 --> 01:10:21,467 so we're really excited to see how it is now. 1425 01:10:21,550 --> 01:10:25,012 Look at that. No, no, no. Look at that. Like a ****ing surgeon. 1426 01:10:25,095 --> 01:10:26,013 [laughs] 1427 01:10:26,096 --> 01:10:28,307 It's the big night. We're very excited! 1428 01:10:28,390 --> 01:10:29,934 [announcer] The show is about to begin. 1429 01:10:33,312 --> 01:10:36,273 [Sonia] It's a whole new generation of critics are coming through, 1430 01:10:36,357 --> 01:10:38,275 and, you know, everything's clickbait. 1431 01:10:38,901 --> 01:10:42,029 You either love or hate, one star or five stars. 1432 01:10:42,112 --> 01:10:43,572 You can't be in between. 1433 01:10:44,740 --> 01:10:47,660 If we don't get great reviews, what happens? 1434 01:10:47,743 --> 01:10:49,328 [dramatic music playing] 1435 01:10:49,411 --> 01:10:50,371 [music fades] 1436 01:10:50,454 --> 01:10:52,665 [clock ticking] 1437 01:10:52,748 --> 01:10:54,583 [Stephen] The moment before the curtain goes up 1438 01:10:54,667 --> 01:10:57,670 is the most exciting moment one could ever have in your life. 1439 01:10:57,753 --> 01:10:59,588 [clock continues ticking] 1440 01:10:59,672 --> 01:11:01,340 [Stephen] It's so precarious. 1441 01:11:03,259 --> 01:11:04,927 It's so dangerous. 1442 01:11:06,845 --> 01:11:08,097 [Stephen] It's so terrifying. 1443 01:11:08,180 --> 01:11:09,223 [G] Break a leg, poppet. 1444 01:11:09,306 --> 01:11:10,683 Thank you. 1445 01:11:14,812 --> 01:11:17,231 [dramatic music playing] 1446 01:11:17,314 --> 01:11:19,108 [music builds, halts] 1447 01:11:19,191 --> 01:11:21,193 [audience applauding] 1448 01:11:21,277 --> 01:11:23,153 [cheering] 1449 01:11:27,408 --> 01:11:31,412 [man] The following file is classified under executive… 1450 01:11:31,495 --> 01:11:34,164 [distorted whirring] 1451 01:11:35,499 --> 01:11:36,709 [whirring halts] 1452 01:11:38,210 --> 01:11:39,878 -[dramatic whoosh] -[shrieks] 1453 01:11:44,425 --> 01:11:47,219 [dramatic music playing] 1454 01:11:48,721 --> 01:11:51,140 [loud rumbling] 1455 01:11:52,099 --> 01:11:53,809 That is sick, man! 1456 01:11:57,771 --> 01:11:59,315 [Isabella] We go up soon. 1457 01:11:59,398 --> 01:12:01,442 [cheering in the distance] 1458 01:12:01,525 --> 01:12:03,610 [indistinct chatter] 1459 01:12:04,528 --> 01:12:08,449 Whoo! Listen to the crowd going wild! 1460 01:12:16,040 --> 01:12:18,542 [cheering continues] 1461 01:12:18,625 --> 01:12:21,879 [dramatic music continues] 1462 01:12:21,962 --> 01:12:24,923 [indistinct chatter] 1463 01:12:25,007 --> 01:12:28,385 G, I'm just givin' you a heads-up. This gets really crowded, this bit, so… 1464 01:12:31,472 --> 01:12:32,306 Sorry. 1465 01:12:32,389 --> 01:12:34,224 [indistinct chatter continues] 1466 01:12:34,308 --> 01:12:35,976 -Whoops, sorry! -Don't worry. 1467 01:12:37,144 --> 01:12:39,146 You've done it the wrong way. 1468 01:12:40,689 --> 01:12:42,191 You've buttoned it the wrong way. 1469 01:12:42,274 --> 01:12:46,153 They're very friendly. Yeah, but they're critics, love. 1470 01:12:46,862 --> 01:12:47,946 [chuckles] 1471 01:12:48,030 --> 01:12:49,656 Oh my God! Dad! 1472 01:12:50,491 --> 01:12:53,285 -Jesus! His eyes! -Oh my God! 1473 01:12:53,369 --> 01:12:56,038 [indistinct chatter] 1474 01:12:57,373 --> 01:13:01,043 Does anyone know where… Not here? No? 1475 01:13:01,126 --> 01:13:02,711 Oh shit. It's in my room! 1476 01:13:03,712 --> 01:13:05,214 [dramatic music continues] 1477 01:13:05,297 --> 01:13:08,550 -[indistinct chatter] -[Isabella] No, it's in my room. 1478 01:13:10,677 --> 01:13:12,096 [Patrick] What was it like? 1479 01:13:12,846 --> 01:13:15,224 What did you see there, Henry? What did it feel like? 1480 01:13:19,061 --> 01:13:22,106 That's it. Show me. Keep going. 1481 01:13:22,189 --> 01:13:23,899 [loud screech] 1482 01:13:23,982 --> 01:13:25,943 Keep going! 1483 01:13:26,026 --> 01:13:27,027 You are so close! 1484 01:13:27,111 --> 01:13:29,988 -[dramatic music continues] -[Lauren screams] 1485 01:13:30,072 --> 01:13:33,158 [bones cracking] 1486 01:13:33,242 --> 01:13:34,284 [dramatic rumble] 1487 01:13:34,368 --> 01:13:35,994 [ethereal music playing] 1488 01:13:42,251 --> 01:13:44,253 [Sonia] When you've got a thousand people… 1489 01:13:48,632 --> 01:13:50,968 and you can hear a pin drop… 1490 01:13:53,929 --> 01:13:55,889 that's the best sound of all. 1491 01:13:55,973 --> 01:14:00,185 Because that's when you know you've absolutely got them. 1492 01:14:02,521 --> 01:14:06,400 And I told you! I told you I'm not normal. 1493 01:14:06,483 --> 01:14:07,776 [Ella] Then what are you? 1494 01:14:08,485 --> 01:14:10,988 -Oh my God! -[groans] 1495 01:14:11,071 --> 01:14:13,407 [dramatic rumbling] 1496 01:14:13,490 --> 01:14:14,533 [Patrick] Oh my God! 1497 01:14:15,242 --> 01:14:16,577 It's here, isn't it? 1498 01:14:16,660 --> 01:14:18,162 [loud screech] 1499 01:14:18,245 --> 01:14:20,664 It's happening! It's happening right now. 1500 01:14:20,747 --> 01:14:22,332 [ethereal music continues] 1501 01:14:22,416 --> 01:14:24,334 [snarling] 1502 01:14:24,418 --> 01:14:26,837 [Patrick] The only thing standing in your way. 1503 01:14:27,504 --> 01:14:28,839 She's right here! 1504 01:14:29,465 --> 01:14:31,717 Take her! Take her! 1505 01:14:31,800 --> 01:14:32,885 [growls] 1506 01:14:32,968 --> 01:14:36,221 [Ella] Henry! Don't! Don't listen to what he says! 1507 01:14:37,681 --> 01:14:39,475 You don't have to do what he says! 1508 01:14:41,018 --> 01:14:44,480 [loud screech] 1509 01:14:46,315 --> 01:14:49,193 [theme music playing] 1510 01:14:49,276 --> 01:14:53,071 [applause] 1511 01:15:01,622 --> 01:15:03,373 Come here! You ****ing champ! 1512 01:15:03,457 --> 01:15:07,503 -[applause continues] -[indistinct chatter] 1513 01:15:19,181 --> 01:15:20,974 [applause continues] 1514 01:15:35,489 --> 01:15:37,074 [applause continues] 1515 01:15:56,426 --> 01:15:57,427 [applause fades] 1516 01:15:57,511 --> 01:16:01,640 [indistinct chatter] 1517 01:16:01,723 --> 01:16:03,350 As usual. As usual. 1518 01:16:05,519 --> 01:16:06,645 So much fun. 1519 01:16:09,022 --> 01:16:10,023 So good. 1520 01:16:11,817 --> 01:16:13,068 There you go, bro. 1521 01:16:13,151 --> 01:16:14,444 -So good. -Really good. 1522 01:16:14,945 --> 01:16:17,322 -It's yours now. -[exhales] We ****ing did it. 1523 01:16:17,406 --> 01:16:19,449 You ****ing did it. Let's go. 1524 01:16:19,533 --> 01:16:22,244 ["This Will Be Our Year" by Dear Nora playing] 1525 01:16:23,203 --> 01:16:24,705 Well done, Isaac. 1526 01:16:25,914 --> 01:16:27,207 Well done, everybody! 1527 01:16:28,542 --> 01:16:30,085 Well done, angels. 1528 01:16:31,420 --> 01:16:35,048 ♪ The warmth of your love Is like the warmth of the sun ♪ 1529 01:16:35,132 --> 01:16:36,133 [Stephen] Right. 1530 01:16:36,675 --> 01:16:39,970 ♪ And this will be our year… ♪ 1531 01:16:40,053 --> 01:16:42,806 -Trefry! -[Kate] What? Hi. 1532 01:16:43,557 --> 01:16:45,183 [man] All right, go down. Just go down. 1533 01:16:45,267 --> 01:16:47,311 [indistinct chatter] 1534 01:16:47,394 --> 01:16:49,021 You're gonna be so bored now. 1535 01:16:49,104 --> 01:16:50,564 -[laughs] -[Shawn] Yeah. 1536 01:16:51,982 --> 01:16:54,109 Amazing! Unbelievable! 1537 01:16:54,192 --> 01:16:56,778 -I can't stop crying! -She can't stop crying! 1538 01:16:56,862 --> 01:16:59,615 Oh my God, we are in love with Henry now! 1539 01:16:59,698 --> 01:17:02,409 The production, the visuals, the special effects 1540 01:17:02,492 --> 01:17:03,994 is absolutely phenomenal. 1541 01:17:04,077 --> 01:17:07,581 Something I've never seen before. It's like taking it to the next level. 1542 01:17:07,664 --> 01:17:12,336 I feel like we just stepped out of a completely different world 1543 01:17:12,419 --> 01:17:13,962 and went on a roller coaster. 1544 01:17:14,046 --> 01:17:16,548 We're still buzzing. It was ****. It was… Sorry. 1545 01:17:16,632 --> 01:17:18,967 We're still buzzing. It was crazy. It was, um… 1546 01:17:19,051 --> 01:17:20,510 Electric. It was electric. 1547 01:17:20,594 --> 01:17:23,722 Virginia Creel breaking, that hasn't been working, 1548 01:17:23,805 --> 01:17:27,392 and so the fact it worked perfectly and the audience's response to it. 1549 01:17:27,476 --> 01:17:28,310 It got applause. 1550 01:17:28,393 --> 01:17:30,562 That was probably the happiest I was the whole play. 1551 01:17:30,646 --> 01:17:34,024 Just to see her arms break flawlessly. 1552 01:17:34,107 --> 01:17:36,360 Ross and I love seeing limbs snap. 1553 01:17:36,443 --> 01:17:37,736 -What can I say? -Obviously. 1554 01:17:37,819 --> 01:17:39,905 [G] How did it feel to take the bow? 1555 01:17:39,988 --> 01:17:41,031 [chuckles] 1556 01:17:41,114 --> 01:17:45,243 Man! Like, that audience was a riot, man. 1557 01:17:45,327 --> 01:17:48,121 A riot! And good. 1558 01:17:48,664 --> 01:17:52,250 Yeah. Right place. Where I'm meant to be. 1559 01:17:53,418 --> 01:17:54,294 Lucky boy. 1560 01:17:55,128 --> 01:17:57,714 The most glorious bunch of flowers. 1561 01:17:58,548 --> 01:18:00,008 But I think you should read the card. 1562 01:18:00,092 --> 01:18:01,301 Oh my God. 1563 01:18:03,679 --> 01:18:04,680 [gasps] 1564 01:18:05,764 --> 01:18:07,099 Oh my God. 1565 01:18:07,724 --> 01:18:09,309 Oh my God. 1566 01:18:09,976 --> 01:18:15,065 ♪ This will be our year Took a long time to come ♪ 1567 01:18:15,148 --> 01:18:17,317 [sniffles] My God! 1568 01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:20,529 It's from Winona Ryder! [laughs] 1569 01:18:21,905 --> 01:18:23,699 That's so sweet. 1570 01:18:23,782 --> 01:18:26,743 Oh my God. So ****ing cool to meet you. 1571 01:18:26,827 --> 01:18:29,621 You're a rock star. You're an absolute rock star. 1572 01:18:29,705 --> 01:18:30,622 That's very flattering. 1573 01:18:30,706 --> 01:18:31,915 You're amazing. 1574 01:18:31,998 --> 01:18:34,710 Hey, man. Good to meet you. 1575 01:18:35,502 --> 01:18:37,003 -This for me? -I have something for you. 1576 01:18:37,087 --> 01:18:39,131 -For real? -Congratulations. 1577 01:18:39,881 --> 01:18:43,510 -That's the original hat from the show. -Are you kidding? 1578 01:18:43,593 --> 01:18:45,846 First season. It's the only one in existence. 1579 01:18:45,929 --> 01:18:47,556 That's ****ing amazing. 1580 01:18:47,639 --> 01:18:49,141 Thank you so much. 1581 01:18:49,224 --> 01:18:50,892 [Matthew] Oh, you've got a ****ing wig on! 1582 01:18:50,976 --> 01:18:53,854 -I do. Yeah. -[all laugh] 1583 01:18:53,937 --> 01:18:56,815 -I know. I do. Hi. -Congratulations. 1584 01:18:56,898 --> 01:18:59,067 Thanks very much. It's amazing to meet you. 1585 01:19:02,738 --> 01:19:04,948 -[Louis] Gonna take a selfie. -Hey. 1586 01:19:05,031 --> 01:19:07,200 -Congratulations, you guys. Yeah. -[Isabella] Thank you. 1587 01:19:07,284 --> 01:19:11,037 [Louis] It makes so much sense. It makes so much sense. 1588 01:19:11,121 --> 01:19:12,372 It went really, really well. 1589 01:19:12,456 --> 01:19:15,125 We couldn't have asked for a better response from the audience. 1590 01:19:15,208 --> 01:19:17,961 And just, it's electric, the energy right now, 1591 01:19:18,044 --> 01:19:19,171 and it was on stage. 1592 01:19:19,254 --> 01:19:21,047 And it's just… doesn't feel real. 1593 01:19:21,131 --> 01:19:26,970 ♪ This will be our year Took a long time to come ♪ 1594 01:19:27,053 --> 01:19:30,015 I don't think we have to be here anymore. Let's go. 1595 01:19:30,098 --> 01:19:31,850 [man] Let's go. Let's go downstairs. 1596 01:19:35,228 --> 01:19:36,646 Some of the reviews are in. 1597 01:19:37,689 --> 01:19:40,358 Five stars in The Telegraph. 1598 01:19:40,442 --> 01:19:42,319 "West End event of the year." 1599 01:19:42,402 --> 01:19:45,614 You can't get more than five, and they rarely give five. 1600 01:19:45,697 --> 01:19:48,325 And then, five stars, The Guardian. 1601 01:19:49,618 --> 01:19:50,952 "Breathtaking theater." 1602 01:19:51,036 --> 01:19:54,080 And I know the Daily Mail's gonna be great, 1603 01:19:54,164 --> 01:19:55,874 and The Independent's great. 1604 01:19:55,957 --> 01:19:57,292 It'll do really well. 1605 01:19:57,375 --> 01:19:59,920 -[G] Bloody amazing. Congratulations. -Long run. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1606 01:20:00,003 --> 01:20:01,963 -Yeah. Sonia's a genius. -[Sonia] Yeah. 1607 01:20:03,089 --> 01:20:06,593 [ethereal music playing] 1608 01:20:06,676 --> 01:20:08,929 [announcer 1] The Olivier Award goes to… 1609 01:20:09,012 --> 01:20:10,347 [announcer 2] Stranger Things. 1610 01:20:10,430 --> 01:20:12,808 [applause] 1611 01:20:19,856 --> 01:20:22,692 I just want to thank the theater community 1612 01:20:22,776 --> 01:20:27,113 for welcoming the Stranger Things mythology in. 1613 01:20:29,699 --> 01:20:33,745 I want to thank the Duffer Brothers for taking a chance on a freak like me. 1614 01:20:34,871 --> 01:20:36,122 [upbeat music playing] 1615 01:20:36,206 --> 01:20:41,127 [Kate] I want to thank the fans for being freaks and connecting with us. 1616 01:20:41,711 --> 01:20:44,798 And my husband and my mother-in-law and my parents, 1617 01:20:44,881 --> 01:20:47,300 I want to thank you. Thank you so much. 1618 01:20:47,384 --> 01:20:49,427 [applause] 1619 01:20:56,184 --> 01:20:58,520 [reporter 1] A Stranger Things prequel is headed to Broadway. 1620 01:20:58,603 --> 01:21:01,565 [reporter 2] Broadway's taking a trip to the Upside Down with a new… 1621 01:21:01,648 --> 01:21:03,400 [reporter 3] Stranger Things: The First Shadow 1622 01:21:03,483 --> 01:21:05,527 will make its Broadway debut next year. 1623 01:21:07,404 --> 01:21:10,615 [Kate] Ooh, I'm excited. Ooh, I'm nervous, but I'm excited. 1624 01:21:11,533 --> 01:21:12,868 It's gonna be wild. 1625 01:21:12,951 --> 01:21:15,745 [epic music playing] 1626 01:21:15,829 --> 01:21:16,997 [music builds] 1627 01:21:23,837 --> 01:21:24,963 [music continues] 1628 01:22:08,423 --> 01:22:11,217 [intense music playing] 1629 01:23:24,833 --> 01:23:26,835 [calm music playing] 1630 01:23:42,017 --> 01:23:44,519 [dramatic music playing] 1631 01:24:37,864 --> 01:24:39,282 [music fades]