Stranger Things: The First Shadow Behind the Scenes with Louis Healy

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The Standard takes a look behind the curtain of Stranger Things: The First Shadow at The Phoenix theatre with cast member Louis Healy.In this behind-the-scenes feature, Louis shows us some of the props, a look a the set and a sneak peak into his dressing room. Louis reveals what it takes to create the magic of Hawkins, Indiana, and beyond.

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00:00Hello there, my name is Louis Healey and I play Henry Creel in Stranger Things The First Shadow

00:10here in London's West End at the Phoenix Theatre.

00:13Now I need to put this back, but why don't you come with me

00:17and I'll give you a very exclusive tour of our wonderful set and theatre.

00:21So, this is our stage left wing, where lots happens.

00:28There's usually lots and lots of bodies in here, so it's quite tight to move.

00:33Now this lives on here, on our prop table.

00:36All sorts of things, American footballs, catch.

00:40What else have we got on here that I can show?

00:42Oh, some pretend pills, of course they're pretend.

00:47Torches, yep, because there's lots of really fun dark bits in this show

00:53and I think we're going to go down through here into our auditorium.

00:57This is, of course, where our beautiful audiences sit and watch the show.

01:02Some snacks here, a little bit of merchandise here, but we'll see more of that upstairs.

01:09In our foyer, in the old foyer, is our Scoops Ahoy ice cream parlour now.

01:17I imagine you might know where this is from.

01:20It's from the series.

01:22Now, I'm being a little bit naughty coming back here,

01:25but I'm just showing you some very incredible merch.

01:28Now, I'm not going to actually serve any ice cream,

01:32because that is way out of my remit and I'll get in trouble.

01:39But, this is where you can get yourself some gorgeous ice cream pre-show.

01:44Now, this, and this, is the merch stand.

01:48As you can see, anything a Stranger Things fan can dream of.

01:51My personal favourite.

01:53How cute. Who would have thought a Demogorgon could be cute?

01:57So sweet.

01:59And we're back to stage.

02:02It's a gorgeous old theatre. It really, really is.

02:05Beautiful.

02:07Now, I'm going to go over the stage, into the wing,

02:11and I'm going to take you to my dressing room.

02:17Now, this is it.

02:18It's not very eventful.

02:19Oh, yeah, can you guess which team I support?

02:22But, anyway, we don't care about this.

02:23Here, I have some wonderful fan art

02:26that's been made by me.

02:27I'll show you one of these.

02:28I'll take one of these off the wall.

02:29We're very, very, very lucky to have such gorgeous fans

02:32that will often give us gifts and things they've made at Stage Door.

02:35It's just really, really sweet, and I love putting them up.

02:38This, this is where the magic happens.

02:42Henry Creel shirt number one.

02:46I've got my church jacket here.

02:49Now, if you've seen the show, you'll probably think,

02:53does Henry get to go back to his dressing room that much?

02:56No, I don't.

02:57Most of my costumes get taken to Cider Stage,

03:00and I change in the wings or sub-stage.

03:03I very, I come back here in the interval

03:05and then a little bit in the second half of the show.

03:08But I'm so busy once we start that, yeah.

03:11Here's one of my favourites.

03:13That blood-soaked shirt.

03:16Love it, love it, love it, love it.

03:19What else have we got that I can show?

03:20We've got some of Hopper's costumes here.

03:22We've got my favourite one up here is this leather jacket,

03:25which is just so nice.

03:27And it is actually an old Army Air Force jacket,

03:30which is very, very cool.

03:31I wonder if he'll get to keep it at the end.

03:33I don't think he will.

03:35And that is about it.

03:41Thank you for coming on my backstage tour,

03:43Stranger Things The First Shadow here in the Phoenix.

03:46Now, I actually have a show to get ready for now,

03:49so if you'd be so kind.

03:52Thank you so much.

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