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.