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♪ I don't know how you've been feeling ♪
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♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪
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♪ I don't know how you've been feeling ♪
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Tonight is our night.
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♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪
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[Fallon] Get this. Today Netflix said
they're premiering a Stranger Things play.
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Right now, a team of choreographers
is hard at work,
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teaching a Demogorgon how to jazz hands.
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- [audience laughs]
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[woman] You'll see
what the world thinks of us,
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and most importantly,
you'll feel it in the house.
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- We flew from Miami.
- Just for this.
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- Miami, Florida.
- Honestly, I don't know what to expect.
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How are they gonna pull this off
in the theater?
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- [clamoring]
- ♪ The Upside Down ♪
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♪ The Upside Down ♪
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We will be reviewed,
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so keep your wits about you.
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[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
please take your seats.
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The show will begin in five minutes.
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[man 1] Nerves on the first night
are the worst.
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[man 2] I think I always like to think
I'm just like a killer,
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that I don't get nervous,
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but I think I probably do.
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- ♪ The Upside Down ♪
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- Have a good show.
- ♪ The Upside Down ♪
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- Let's rock and roll, baby.
- Yeah, baby.
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Rock and roll.
That's what I'm ****ing talking about.
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[man 3] People have tried to do horror,
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tried to do monsters on stage,
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and most of the time, it doesn't work.
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[woman 1] It's the most nervous
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- Gotta go.
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[woman] Hey, are we all here?
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Okay, it's six o'clock.
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We are all meeting for the first time
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for Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
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[cheering, applause]
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It's probably the biggest, most technical,
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most exciting design that I've ever seen
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and I think that audiences
will ever experience.
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So thank you to everybody.
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I'm going to hand over to Stephen.
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Uh, thank... Oh my gosh. Thanks everybody.
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Uh, yeah, this is a bit like base camp.
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Um, you know, we've been climbing up
from Kathmandu for some months,
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and we've still got one mountain to climb,
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but I'm delighted
that we've got to this point.
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Matt and Ross,
I was trying to remember when
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we first talked about this
all those years ago.
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It was not that long after season one
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{\an8}Netflix mentioned that
Stephen Daldry was interested
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{\an8}in doing a play of Stranger Things.
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We were like, "Wait. What?
What are you talking about?"
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Like Billy Elliot Stephen Daldry,
The Crown Stephen Daldry?
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And you've got Sonia Friedman,
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who has I don't know how many shelves
of Tonys and Oliviers.
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I don't know why initially we were like,
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"Oh, Stephen's.... It's like gonna be
a musical of like season one."
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Stephen's like, "No, you morons.
This is gonna be a new story."
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[Ross] We started spitballing with Stephen
about what this story could be.
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And that really is how
The First Shadow came about.
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When it really kicked into high gear
was when Kate got involved.
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{\an8}And Kate is such an integral part
of Stranger Things.
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{\an8}She is really a secret weapon
for the show.
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But like us, she knew nothing about
the theater world and nothing about plays.
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But, uh, one thing I love about Kate
is just how fearless she is.
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I read Kate's scripts, and I go,
"I don't know how we'd do this on film."
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I don't know how in the world
you guys are gonna do this on stage.
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But I can't wait to see. [laughs]
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I just want to say once again
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thank you so much
for entrusting us with your story.
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We'll, uh, try to do you proud.
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[producer] Kate, why don't you,
in your own words,
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tell me what The First Shadow is.
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Okay. Um, this is this, uh... [blabbers]
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Let me think about this for a second.
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The First Shadow is
the Stranger Things play.
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It's a prequel that's set in 1959.
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[Kate] It's about
all of these characters from the show.
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Who was Hopper before he was such a dick?
Who was Joyce before she was so neurotic?
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- [Jonathan Byers] Mom.
- What?
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[Kate] And who was Bob before he died?
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- [loud screech]
- [Bob yells]
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It's the origin play.
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We see a bit of the start of the story,
really explaining the backstory to Henry,
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also known as Number One,
also known as Vecna.
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[Ross] He meets Patty,
who is the sister of Bob Newby.
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It's both a love story and also,
of course, because it's Stranger Things,
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uh, a supernatural story.
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So, really, like the show,
it's juggling multiple storylines,
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and it's all building hopefully to
a surprising and emotional conclusion.
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And listen, there are also,
you know, some not-so-subtle hints
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as to what is to come
in season five and beyond.
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[indistinct chatter in background]
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[Stephen] Welcome to this crazy room
that we're in.
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This is a workshop process where
the play is developed with the actors.
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[Oscar] Essentially,
it's like pre-rehearsals.
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We will get together a bunch of actors,
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uh, who may not necessarily be the actors
who end up doing the full play,
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kind of reading it aloud
for the first time
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so it's not Kate just, you know,
being every character in her bedroom,
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which I'm sure she did before this.
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So I'm Justin. I'm one of the directors.
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- I'm Stephen. I'm one of the directors.
- I'm Kate. I'm the writer.
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I'm Louis, workshop Henry Creel.
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I'm Amma.
Uh, not sure today who I'm playing.
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- [Justin] Mum. Patty's mum.
- Patty's mum.
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- [Justin] Slash scary mum.
- Scary mum.
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- [producer] You pointing at me?
- Yeah.
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[laughing]
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Okay, I'm G. I'm, uh, filming this.
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[chuckles]
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[Stephen] So should we have a little read
of this in your play scripts?
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And we'll see what we can come up with.
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[man 1] I have some very exciting news
for you today.
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We finally had a breakthrough
on the blood work.
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A subject survived the transfusion.
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[Kate] I didn't know what a workshop was
before I arrived.
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I felt pretty good about the script.
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I had no idea the amount of work
that I still had to do on it.
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It's time for you to meet your brother.
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What happens now is that
we all just sit here and think about it.
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[chuckles]
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And then we go, "What the ****
are we gonna do now?"
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And eventually, we manage to get it
on its feet and start to have a go.
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But we... we sort of, um...
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We have to, um, imagine it a bit.
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- Hello.
- Hello.
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Um, let's just move
our chairs to the side,
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and then I'll try to work out an idea.
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- [Kate] All right.
- [Stephen] I'm not sure about this idea.
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Yeah?
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You should start singing but sing softly...
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- [woman] Okay.
- ...so we know it's just on the radio.
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[woman] ♪ Said you'll tell me... ♪
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- Is that in the room or in my ear?
- It's in the room.
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[laughs]
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What he's doing is he's bringing Henry
out of the... somewhere in the lab, yeah?
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Somewhere nicely downstage.
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[Kate] When you first throw it up,
everything's a mess, and it looks crazy.
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And you think that
you didn't do anything right.
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It sounds dumb. It looks dumb.
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This isn't a play.
I don't know what this is, but I hate it.
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And then, Stephen and Justin,
who are these mad scientists,
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come in and do their magic.
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[Stephen] Has anyone seen my hat?
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So harmonized bee sound.
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Mmm! Bees are looking for the honey.
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[laughter]
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[vocalizes]
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[Kate] They're crazy but in the best way.
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...here. More stuff can go here.
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Or we could go over here.
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Maybe I can create something funny
with this trunk at the end of the scene.
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- This is the game. Ready?
- This is the game?
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Watch it, watch it. Ah-ah! Don't touch it.
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- [mumbles]
- [chuckles]
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- Everybody's gonna bring their chairs on.
- [woman] Woo-hoo!
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[Stephen] Sneaky witches in a bush.
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Sneaky witches in a bush.
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[Kate] I mean, it's chaotic.
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[shrieks]
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[Kate] But I also... I love chaos.
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The little thing is going,
"Beep, beep, beep." Oh whoa!
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- Why have I got the cat?
- To kill it.
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[meows]
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Then you'll come down here
and go like that.
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[Kate] Stephen is almost like superhuman.
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And then the key line is,
"I'm not gonna hurt you." [chuckles]
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Stop. You're going around
the back of the locker
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as you're coming in that way.
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[Kate] And it is like a full sprint
just to keep up.
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Are we running the shuffle?
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New scene 14.
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I don't think you need a lot.
I think you need a tiny bit.
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The scene is gonna change a little bit.
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[chuckles]
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- So who sings which line? I've forgotten...
- [Justin] So...
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[Kate] I'm too busy
to think about the pressure.
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I can't see past my fingertips.
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[yawns]
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[Stephen] Are you all right?
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I think it's ****ing great.
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That seemed great to me.
I think we're done.
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[Justin] And there's something
at the end of that.
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- Well done, everybody. Well busked.
- [Kate] Well done.
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[Stephen] Everybody's stressed
because there is never any time.
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There is not enough time.
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[dramatic music playing]
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{\an8}[Sonia] At 7:00 p.m. on December the 14th,
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{\an8}the curtain will go up.
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[Justin] Right now, we are in the workshop
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trying to work out
the stage language of the show.
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And, uh, Kate's working
a lot on the script,
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so we're sort of refining everything.
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It's made more complicated by the fact
we're also in the middle of casting.
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[Sonia] So then the rehearsals are
the actual cast.
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And we have six weeks together
to explore the play.
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[dramatic music continues]
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So next, the entire company
moves into the theater
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for what we call technical rehearsals.
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This is when
everything starts to come together.
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The illusions, the music, the costumes,
the set, the automation, everything.
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It's a very stressful time.
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Then after four weeks of tech,
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that's when the public join us
for previews.
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There's this understanding
that the work is still in progress.
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And it may very well change and go wrong.
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After four weeks of preview,
we open the show.
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And we start getting the reviews in.
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[Stephen] Could be we open in London
and we shut ten days later
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because nobody wants to come.
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That might be the case.
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[dramatic music builds]
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[music fades]
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There's a shitload of stuff to do.
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Yeah, overall, we are behind in design
both on the theater,
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and we're behind on the trips.
Those are our big areas of worry.
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[Sonia] Can I just ask about the script?
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Kate, you're still
furiously rewriting every day.
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[Kate] Yep.
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[Sonia] It's just keeping on top of it
because I have to send it to Netflix
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'cause they haven't seen a draft for ages.
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[indistinct chatter in background]
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[Kate] TV and theater,
they are completely different mediums,
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and I am just being bombarded
with that truth every day.
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We have a joke in the writers' room
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that, like, every new scene
in a Stranger Things script
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starts with "joom."
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[Dustin Henderson] Oh my God,
that was priceless!
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[Kate] Or, like, "zoom."
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[Kate] Like, "car tires on the road."
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[sizzling]
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[Kate] And ends with shared looks
between people.
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Shared looks.
Nancy and Jonathan share looks.
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And you literally can't do
either of those things on stage.
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There's no close-up,
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and there's no montage,
and there's no hard cut ever.
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Three, two, one. Go.
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[man] Oh, pretty good.
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1.8... [chuckles]
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...so we've cut off .2 of a second.
Pretty good.
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{\an8}There's a lot of pressure because
there are huge expectations around this.
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{\an8}It's Stranger Things, and we've got
to deliver something incredible.
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{\an8}I think that's our challenge,
is that we do need to try and create
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{\an8}the magnitude of effect
that you see on the show
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live on stage
happening eight times a week.
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[mysterious music playing]
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[Chris] We work with prop companies,
special effects companies,
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so we've been designing certain things
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and tasking companies to try and create
these 3D effects that we can then put into
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a world mixed with lighting,
mixed with video.
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[mysterious music continues]
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[Jamie] It's gonna be an open wound,
and some spiders' legs will pop out.
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[Chris] When Jamie and I worked on
Harry Potter, we pushed the boundaries
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of what has been achieved on stage.
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And I think we both felt at the time
we'll never get a chance to do this again.
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And then suddenly, here we are working
on Stranger Things. It's really exciting.
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[G] What's the illusion
you're trying to make here?
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The story, um, point is that
there's an experiment happening,
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the Philadelphia Experiment.
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[dramatic sting]
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A ship, the USS Eldridge, um, vanishes
and jumps to another dimension.
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[dramatic sting]
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It's almost like we're in a close-up
if it were a film.
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We're with them on the bridge,
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and the whole bridge,
including the crew, vanish.
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[man 1] Stand by, please, everybody. Now...
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[Jamie] It's one thing being able
to make something vanish.
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It's another thing doing it
in the speed that we are.
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{\an8}[Jamie] Okay. And three, two, one. Go.
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[loud rustling]
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- [man] Was that two seconds?
- [laughter]
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- [man] Was that two seconds?
- [Jamie] Okay.
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And then the big reveal after that
is we make the ship appear afterwards,
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in another dimension, we hope.
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[laughs] That's the next phase.
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[clock ticking]
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[tense music playing]
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[Sonia] What's happening
in the auditorium?
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It's one of our notes,
one of my big conversations
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about what are we doing
about the auditorium
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because we do...
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[Sonia] Stranger Things
is the biggest challenge
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of my career to date.
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[man] Yeah.
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[Sonia] This sort of horror,
thriller, sci-fi genre is
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untried and untested in theater.
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I'm concerned that the critics coming
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won't have a bloody clue
about Stranger Things,
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alongside delivering on
the expectations of the fans
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who are coming
for a Stranger Things experience.
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I think that is
quite a hard thing to crack.
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Now, have we got...
You've got really... Have you all...
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We might need new pages.
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Have we... Have we got new pages?
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If it says scene 17 is the first thing,
ignore that and go to scene 18.
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[Stephen] Thank you.
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[Kate] I've rewritten
this play 100,000 times.
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I would say top-to-bottom at least,
like, 25 times or something like 35.
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I don't know. And it's just, uh...
It's very much a living, breathing thing.
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[actress] Don't touch me!
Get away from me!
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[Stephen] All right. Okay, they're off.
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Now we've got to work out
what we're doing with Henry.
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I don't know. I was trying to work out
if he says anything in that,
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just so that
we get the attention back on him.
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[Sonia] Unbelievable challenge
to put on stage a boy, Henry,
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who ends up being a serial killer...
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[dramatic rumble]
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[Sonia chuckles softly]
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...and for us to care about him.
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Oh! You're... you're bleeding.
Henry, let me help you.
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[Sonia] Which is why the play
has just kept on being written
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and rewritten and rewritten and rewritten.
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[Kate] This story, like,
fundamentally is close to my heart.
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I was a dark cloud of a teenager,
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and things could've turned out
differently for me.
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And I'm... I'm desperate to get it right.
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And I think we will.
I think we're on our way.
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[high-pitched ringing]
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[ringing fades]
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[Kate] I had been grinding in Hollywood
for, like, ten years,
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and, I mean, I was making snow cones.
That was my job.
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I wrote, and I made snow cones
for fancy child birthday parties.
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And I was kind of, like, over it,
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and I was moving back to Alaska,
where I'm from.
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[pensive music playing]
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The Duffers called me up
and brought me on to the show.
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First and foremost,
they are story geniuses,
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narrative geniuses,
and I, like... I miss them.
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Like, don't tell them I said that,
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but, um, I miss them
and their incredible brains.
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Okay. Okay.
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[Kate exhales]
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[clock ticking]
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[Justin] We've cast Patty,
who's one of our leads.
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[Ella] I'm so, so, so excited
and happy to be here.
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This is my first professional theater job,
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and I feel so lucky
for that to be Stranger Things.
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I was in elementary school
when it came out,
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and so the first season
absolutely terrified me.
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- [yells]
- [distorted whirring]
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Obviously, my friends are all wondering
why I moved to London,
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and I'm like, "Oh, I can't tell you."
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Listen to me. My whole life,
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I've been the girl from nowhere,
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the one nobody wants, but...
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but then I met you, and I swear to God,
for the first time, I felt--
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[man] Connected.
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That's right.
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And as of today,
hopefully, we've cast our Henry.
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[tranquil music playing]
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[Louis] I'm shooting
a soap opera up north,
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and, uh, they've been flying me out
on my off days
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doing these audition workshop/things,
not knowing what's going on.
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[Louis] When your father
used to lock you in the closet
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and the spiders would come...
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[Louis] I'm here. I'm biting my nails,
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and about three days ago,
I got the call, and they said, you know,
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"Congrats. Well done. You got the part."
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This is my first stage performance.
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[Ella] I'm not afraid of you!
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[Louis] Well, it feels, um,
otherworldly, like Stranger Things.
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It feels like I've been transported
to the other side. It doesn't feel real.
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The fear had already taken root.
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It has been eating you for years,
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and now your mind is so weak,
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so fragile, so soft.
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Where's your sweet little boy now?
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[Louis] There's something twisted
deep inside Henry Creel,
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and I'm able to,
I don't know, hopefully connect to that.
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Patty, we have to stop.
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You get out of here!
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[Justin] Louis's got that danger
and that troubled kid,
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which is really great for Henry.
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Then Ella has the sort of sunshine.
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So we've got two really strong leads,
and it's exciting to go,
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"Okay, we've got the tentpoles
of our show."
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And then, you know,
you just start seeing it come together.
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[clock ticking]
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We're here at Sadler's Wells Theatre,
and we're auditioning many,
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23 roles, actually, today.
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It's quite tense 'cause
it's our penultimate day of auditions,
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and we still have how many to cast?
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- [Justin] Twenty-three.
- Twenty-three actors to cast.
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Only 23.
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- [Sonia] It's easy.
- [Kate] I'm not worried.
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I'm not worried at all.
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[laughing]
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If Kate's not worried.
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[G] Exciting to see it all come together?
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- Just don't even start with me.
- [chuckles]
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- [Justin] All right, let's get going.
- [Sonia] Yeah.
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- I'm just gonna move this chair.
- [Sonia] Do whatever you like.
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Yeah, I might start sat,
and is it okay if I get up if I want to?
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[Justin] Of course.
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[woman] You're bossy, obsessive, shrill.
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Oh, shrill?
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Shrill.
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- Shrill.
- Shrill?
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You're a self-aggrandizing...
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Egomaniac meathead.
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You're a phase girls go through
to realize the big secret.
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All men are just scared little boys.
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That is the dumbest thing
I've ever heard. Wow, okay. Wow.
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That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
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Is this about the play,
or is this about the boy?
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Joyce, I have something to tell you,
and I need to tell you now.
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Otherwise, I might lose my nerve.
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[Sonia] We've seen so many,
and you've turned down them all.
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So we don't actually know
what it is you're looking for.
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[pensive music playing]
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What we want is, um...
We want Daniel Day-Lewis.
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[woman] The other day
he was ranting about demons.
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- Wow.
- Wow.
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Wow.
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That is a lot to take in.
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[Stephen] He should be
in The Walking Dead.
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He should be running away from zombies.
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You're always gonna get that from him.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[woman] I heard you made out
with your cousin last summer.
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[laughs]
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That is a goddamn lie, Patty.
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- [Stephen] Could be a good Demogorgon.
- [Kate] He's the right height.
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Cut it out! Save it for the big day, John.
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I'm in love, okay?
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I'm in love. Okay?
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- [Stephen] Great.
- [laughs]
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[Stephen] We'll let you know.
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Hey, team.
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It's just been announced.
We are in the cast of...
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
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Whoo!
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[woman] No shock whatsoever. No concern.
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- [indistinct chatter]
- [woman] Whee!
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[indistinct chatter continues]
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[Justin] Thanks, guys. Let's be where
we're gonna be. Shut that door.
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[Stephen] Okay, thank you, guys.
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All right.
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[Justin] And here we go.
And let's roll, please. Let's roll.
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So I'm Oscar Lloyd,
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and I play Jim Hopper Jr.
in Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
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My name is Isabella Pappas,
and I play Joyce Maldonado.
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Hi, my name's Christopher Buckley,
and I play Bob Newby.
475
00:23:51,888 --> 00:23:56,183
Well, my name is Lou McCartney,
and I'm playing young Henry Creel.
476
00:23:56,184 --> 00:24:00,229
Uh, my name is Patrick Vaill,
and I play Dr. Brenner.
477
00:24:00,230 --> 00:24:02,982
Hi, I'm Ella Karuna Williams,
and I play Patty Newby
478
00:24:02,983 --> 00:24:04,525
in Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
479
00:24:04,526 --> 00:24:06,986
[G] What was your reaction
when you found out you were cast?
480
00:24:06,987 --> 00:24:08,362
Oh, I lost my mind.
481
00:24:08,363 --> 00:24:12,741
I was on a flight, and I found out,
and the plane took off.
482
00:24:12,742 --> 00:24:18,456
I can't and still cannot believe
that I'm... that I'm here right now.
483
00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:20,416
And I was just, like, scream...
484
00:24:20,417 --> 00:24:23,461
I wasn't screaming,
but I wanted to be screaming so badly.
485
00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:25,129
If I wasn't on a plane, I would've been.
486
00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:27,339
I still haven't been able
to really tell anyone.
487
00:24:27,340 --> 00:24:29,884
I mean, I did tell my mom. I told her.
488
00:24:29,885 --> 00:24:32,553
I don't know if I was allowed to do that.
I didn't tell anyone else.
489
00:24:32,554 --> 00:24:33,762
She hasn't told anyone else.
490
00:24:33,763 --> 00:24:36,850
[synthwave music playing]
491
00:24:42,397 --> 00:24:46,192
- Oh!
- Hello! Damn.
492
00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:48,152
- Damn.
- [Ella] Remember we started laughing!
493
00:24:48,153 --> 00:24:50,362
Kemi! Look at you.
494
00:24:50,363 --> 00:24:52,656
- Wait, is it hot in here or something?
- Yeah.
495
00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:56,368
[clock ticking]
496
00:24:56,369 --> 00:24:57,495
- Hello.
- Good morning.
497
00:24:57,496 --> 00:24:58,954
- [G] Morning. How are you?
- Morning.
498
00:24:58,955 --> 00:25:00,831
Oh my God, stop. I'm joking. [laughs]
499
00:25:00,832 --> 00:25:03,459
We are starting rehearsal
for Stranger Things: The First Shadow,
500
00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:04,794
which is so exciting!
501
00:25:05,295 --> 00:25:07,588
It's a powerful handheld radio.
502
00:25:07,589 --> 00:25:09,798
They used them in the war
to communicate with the front.
503
00:25:09,799 --> 00:25:12,801
Oh, okay, okay! So you're saying
that if someone in Hawkins was using one...
504
00:25:12,802 --> 00:25:15,429
[Kate] We just started rehearsal,
so, you know,
505
00:25:15,430 --> 00:25:21,143
the pressure's kind of
starting to turn up.
506
00:25:21,144 --> 00:25:24,313
But we have our whole cast now,
so it's, like, a relief
507
00:25:24,314 --> 00:25:27,983
to have the people who are actually
gonna be doing it doing it.
508
00:25:27,984 --> 00:25:29,568
[Isabella] Oh my God, you are...
509
00:25:29,569 --> 00:25:32,363
And anyway, just because
you get it with a guy,
510
00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:35,199
make it with a guy,
doesn't mean you have to marry him.
511
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,742
Ew, Karen, that's nasty.
512
00:25:36,743 --> 00:25:40,371
[Kate] Something that I kind of
worried about was that
513
00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:43,749
people would try to do impressions
of the characters in the show.
514
00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:46,377
[Oscar] Greater Indiana
Nerd Rescue Scholarship...
515
00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:50,589
[Kate] But they've all come at it
with totally fresh, more raw versions
516
00:25:50,590 --> 00:25:52,925
of what we know and love.
517
00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:54,969
- This is not just a play!
- [Christopher] Yeah.
518
00:25:54,970 --> 00:25:56,929
- This is a revolution!
- [crowd] Yeah.
519
00:25:56,930 --> 00:25:59,348
So if you're here to make out
in some high school musical...
520
00:25:59,349 --> 00:26:00,266
[crowd] Yeah!
521
00:26:00,267 --> 00:26:01,977
...you should leave now!
522
00:26:02,686 --> 00:26:04,728
[Isabella] The realization
I'm playing this character
523
00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:05,939
really only just hit me.
524
00:26:06,439 --> 00:26:08,607
I get to play young Winona Ryder.
That's amazing!
525
00:26:08,608 --> 00:26:12,486
I never thought I'd be able to say that.
She's such a huge inspiration for me.
526
00:26:12,487 --> 00:26:14,780
I mean,
I always looked up to her growing up.
527
00:26:14,781 --> 00:26:16,824
Can someone get me a ****ing lighter?
528
00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:20,035
Every scene I have,
I think I'm probably yelling at someone,
529
00:26:20,036 --> 00:26:22,371
which is really fun.
It's great. It's very cathartic.
530
00:26:22,372 --> 00:26:25,749
- [upbeat music playing]
- [grunts]
531
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:29,211
Why am I holding an axe?
Keep track of your props, people!
532
00:26:29,212 --> 00:26:30,421
Goddamn it!
533
00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:33,591
[man] Junior! Stop screwing around
with that piece of shit!
534
00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:36,010
- You're gonna miss the bus.
- Don't call me that.
535
00:26:36,011 --> 00:26:37,678
[Oscar] We're meeting Hopper at 18.
536
00:26:37,679 --> 00:26:39,847
He hasn't dealt with
the death of his daughter,
537
00:26:39,848 --> 00:26:42,433
so we're seeing
a very different side to him.
538
00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:45,478
- Don't call me Junior.
- [murmurs]
539
00:26:46,521 --> 00:26:48,981
[Oscar] What David Harbour does
is incredible and untouchable,
540
00:26:48,982 --> 00:26:50,941
and I'd fail
if I tried to do an impression.
541
00:26:50,942 --> 00:26:52,109
Okay.
542
00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:54,696
[upbeat music continues]
543
00:26:55,363 --> 00:26:58,157
[Oscar] Thousands of different actors
have played Hamlet over the years,
544
00:26:58,158 --> 00:27:02,704
or Romeo, and I guess this is my Hopper,
rather than trying to do David Harbour.
545
00:27:03,204 --> 00:27:06,123
News flash! Awooga! Awooga!
546
00:27:06,124 --> 00:27:09,918
A little paper was just published arguing
for the existence of extraterrestrial life
547
00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:11,503
in our universe. Crazy?
548
00:27:11,504 --> 00:27:13,047
- [horn blows]
- Maybe.
549
00:27:13,048 --> 00:27:16,383
[Christopher] It's wild to be stepping
into the shoes left by Sean Astin
550
00:27:16,384 --> 00:27:19,011
'cause he's been an idol of mine
since I was, like, a kid.
551
00:27:19,012 --> 00:27:21,513
So what I did
with my character work for Bob
552
00:27:21,514 --> 00:27:24,350
is look back at Season 2,
see what Sean does,
553
00:27:24,351 --> 00:27:27,519
but not try to imitate,
sort of see what sort of person
554
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:33,567
would start out in maybe a different way
and end up like Sean in the show.
555
00:27:33,568 --> 00:27:34,652
[music fades]
556
00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:37,446
[clock ticking]
557
00:27:37,447 --> 00:27:39,156
[indistinct chatter]
558
00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:41,492
[Louis] Kate has been working
on the script a lot,
559
00:27:41,493 --> 00:27:44,871
and this morning,
she delivered a whole new script to us.
560
00:27:45,747 --> 00:27:47,414
Henry's journey is much more clear.
561
00:27:47,415 --> 00:27:49,959
- [indistinct chatter]
- [soft music playing]
562
00:27:57,342 --> 00:27:58,884
[Louis] It's a really sad story,
563
00:27:58,885 --> 00:28:03,389
getting to see
this little boy be broken down
564
00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:06,058
and basically made into this monster.
565
00:28:06,059 --> 00:28:08,894
[dramatic music playing]
566
00:28:08,895 --> 00:28:10,354
[breathes shakily]
567
00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:12,898
[Louis] Jamie Campbell Bower,
he does a spectacular job
568
00:28:12,899 --> 00:28:16,568
at playing this psychotic evil
sort of lurking deep inside,
569
00:28:16,569 --> 00:28:18,113
but that's the TV show.
570
00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:23,742
What we're trying to explore here
is this sort of compassionate Henry Creel
571
00:28:23,743 --> 00:28:26,121
who feels things,
which is quite surprising.
572
00:28:27,330 --> 00:28:28,288
[Louis groans]
573
00:28:28,289 --> 00:28:30,666
[Stephen] The little boy
who's fighting with a monster,
574
00:28:30,667 --> 00:28:34,003
whether to embrace the monster
or to reject the monster,
575
00:28:34,587 --> 00:28:37,631
for young people, I think it's a character
that they really recognize.
576
00:28:37,632 --> 00:28:41,802
[Ella] Henry!
I know you're in there, okay? Come back!
577
00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:44,388
[Stephen] Even as adults, we look at it
and recognize the battles
578
00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:48,434
that we went through and sometimes
we're still suffering the consequences of.
579
00:28:48,435 --> 00:28:49,977
[Ella] Remember the day we met?
580
00:28:49,978 --> 00:28:52,772
[faint rumbling]
581
00:28:55,442 --> 00:28:58,236
- [thunder rumbles]
- [dramatic music plays]
582
00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:02,823
- Now, why are we seeing a Demogorgon now?
- Okay, can I just stop you right now?
583
00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:03,741
Yes.
584
00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:07,411
I just got off the phone
with the guys and--
585
00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:08,829
- It's all changed.
- No.
586
00:29:08,830 --> 00:29:11,623
It's just gonna be...
Whatever we want it to be,
587
00:29:11,624 --> 00:29:14,168
it's gonna be, like, 80% less.
588
00:29:14,169 --> 00:29:16,713
We're gonna be able to do, like, 80% less.
589
00:29:17,338 --> 00:29:20,924
We're gonna be able to tell
very little of the story of...
590
00:29:20,925 --> 00:29:22,217
[bleep]
591
00:29:22,218 --> 00:29:24,804
We're gonna be able to say
that something happened,
592
00:29:25,346 --> 00:29:27,639
um, but we're really not gonna be able
to say that much.
593
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:28,557
Because?
594
00:29:28,558 --> 00:29:33,396
Because they want to preserve the reveal
for Season 5... [bleep]
595
00:29:34,731 --> 00:29:37,316
- The reveal of... [bleep]
- [Kate] Yeah.
596
00:29:37,317 --> 00:29:38,359
Um...
597
00:29:38,985 --> 00:29:45,199
I'm very aware of the clock,
but also we gotta get it right.
598
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:46,283
[indistinct chatter]
599
00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:49,370
[Kate] It doesn't bother me
to have to, like, lay down the law.
600
00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:53,207
The thing that I find really interesting
is that he's learning
601
00:29:53,208 --> 00:29:54,750
that he can make fantasies happen.
602
00:29:54,751 --> 00:29:57,503
[Kate] I think you're... I mean, I hear you.
603
00:29:57,504 --> 00:30:01,840
Um, I think you're treading
on thin mythological ice.
604
00:30:01,841 --> 00:30:07,554
[Kate] I know all the rules.
I know them like I was born with them.
605
00:30:07,555 --> 00:30:11,892
So yeah, sometimes we have to,
like, sit down and do a little school.
606
00:30:11,893 --> 00:30:13,477
Stranger Things school.
607
00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:17,689
This is sci-fi, guys.
This is science fiction, not fantasy.
608
00:30:17,690 --> 00:30:18,691
[Stephen] Okay.
609
00:30:19,567 --> 00:30:21,485
[synthwave music playing]
610
00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:25,364
[clock ticking]
611
00:30:25,365 --> 00:30:26,365
[indistinct chatter]
612
00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:28,450
[Christopher] We're in the final week
of rehearsals,
613
00:30:28,451 --> 00:30:31,370
so it's been a lot of running the show,
getting it all up and in place.
614
00:30:31,371 --> 00:30:33,832
Next week,
we're finally at the Phoenix Theatre.
615
00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:35,332
Hey, baby.
616
00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:37,709
[Christopher] Tomorrow,
we're doing a full run-through,
617
00:30:37,710 --> 00:30:40,254
and we're doing it
in front of the Duffer Brothers.
618
00:30:40,255 --> 00:30:41,296
That's wild, innit?
619
00:30:41,297 --> 00:30:44,550
I can't believe the Duffers
are gonna be here tomorrow. [laughs]
620
00:30:44,551 --> 00:30:46,677
It's the most insane thing!
621
00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:47,761
[dramatic music playing]
622
00:30:47,762 --> 00:30:51,890
[Louis] We have been racing,
racing, racing to get to our deadline.
623
00:30:51,891 --> 00:30:56,603
It's taken a lot of work and a lot of grit
and a lot of holding your temper in.
624
00:30:56,604 --> 00:30:58,857
[dramatic music continues]
625
00:31:00,275 --> 00:31:03,235
[Kate] The Duffer Brothers
have no poker face.
626
00:31:03,236 --> 00:31:06,154
Collective poker face, no poker faces.
627
00:31:06,155 --> 00:31:11,953
So they're really easy to read,
which is great and, uh, gnarly.
628
00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:15,956
Stuff that doesn't work, like,
that I know that doesn't work,
629
00:31:15,957 --> 00:31:19,209
it's just right there.
It's just, and there's two of them.
630
00:31:19,210 --> 00:31:21,128
So there's two of them right there.
631
00:31:21,129 --> 00:31:24,381
One for each eyeball
that you just want to gouge out.
632
00:31:24,382 --> 00:31:26,216
- [squelches]
- [loud shriek]
633
00:31:26,217 --> 00:31:27,426
[Kate] Hey!
634
00:31:27,427 --> 00:31:29,470
Oh my God, what a coincidence!
635
00:31:30,013 --> 00:31:33,056
- Do you come here often? I live here!
- Well, well, well.
636
00:31:33,057 --> 00:31:36,643
Are you nervous? Are you really nervous?
637
00:31:36,644 --> 00:31:39,229
There's so much that's going to change.
638
00:31:39,230 --> 00:31:44,735
Just know that it's like a draft.
It's just a draft. It's just a draft.
639
00:31:44,736 --> 00:31:46,278
[man] What? What'd he say?
640
00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:48,697
[indistinct chatter]
641
00:31:48,698 --> 00:31:51,283
[Stephen] Just a few obvious things.
We have been doing changes
642
00:31:51,284 --> 00:31:53,619
all the way through,
so some of the changes
643
00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:56,288
we only put in this morning.
644
00:31:56,289 --> 00:31:59,875
So, uh, what you're seeing
is where we're up to right now.
645
00:31:59,876 --> 00:32:01,585
These people aren't here.
646
00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:05,255
This is just the wings of the theater,
and we have no mics on the actors.
647
00:32:05,256 --> 00:32:06,506
And we have no illusions.
648
00:32:06,507 --> 00:32:08,592
[Stephen] And we have no illusions.
Certain things,
649
00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:11,720
because we have no illusions,
won't be clear. Clear so far?
650
00:32:11,721 --> 00:32:13,931
- [laughs]
- Ready?
651
00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:16,392
- [whirring]
- [switch clicks]
652
00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:21,688
Good morning, Hawkins, Indiana!
653
00:32:21,689 --> 00:32:22,898
[dinging]
654
00:32:22,899 --> 00:32:24,483
A little paper was just published
655
00:32:24,484 --> 00:32:27,736
arguing the existence
of extraterrestrial life in our universe.
656
00:32:27,737 --> 00:32:29,821
Crazy?
657
00:32:29,822 --> 00:32:31,949
Maybe. But between that...
658
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:34,202
[synthwave music playing]
659
00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:47,799
[synthwave music continues]
660
00:33:00,061 --> 00:33:02,020
[music builds]
661
00:33:02,021 --> 00:33:03,439
[music halts abruptly]
662
00:33:06,442 --> 00:33:07,568
[Stephen] Blackout.
663
00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:10,822
[Stephen chuckles softly]
664
00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:13,573
[coughs]
665
00:33:13,574 --> 00:33:14,909
And that's the end.
666
00:33:15,785 --> 00:33:18,120
[applause]
667
00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:20,247
[cheering]
668
00:33:20,248 --> 00:33:21,248
[Stephen] Restructure.
669
00:33:21,249 --> 00:33:22,875
[Kate] Restructure, yeah.
670
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,044
Yeah. It's too slow.
671
00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:30,049
Too slow.
672
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:32,760
I think you... What?
673
00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:37,098
[indistinct chatter]
674
00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:42,394
Yes, I know. I had the same exact note.
675
00:33:42,395 --> 00:33:45,522
I was like, "Just do it quick."
676
00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:48,108
No, I need to see
that something is happening.
677
00:33:48,109 --> 00:33:49,317
That escalates it?
678
00:33:49,318 --> 00:33:51,319
- Yeah, exactly.
- Totally get it.
679
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,239
[Stephen] The good news is we have a show,
so that's good news.
680
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:55,323
[laughs]
681
00:33:55,324 --> 00:34:00,328
The only thing I don't like about it is
that you kind of took Kate away from us.
682
00:34:00,329 --> 00:34:02,582
We were still working on Season 5.
683
00:34:03,374 --> 00:34:04,916
- That's the only thing.
- [Kate] Not true.
684
00:34:04,917 --> 00:34:09,171
I totally ****ing delivered
on Season 5. Absolutely.
685
00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:10,130
[Matt] It's true.
686
00:34:10,131 --> 00:34:14,218
- [applause]
- Thank you.
687
00:34:19,515 --> 00:34:21,099
[Stephen] Thanks for looking after us.
688
00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:23,644
It was a pleasure to work with you.
689
00:34:24,771 --> 00:34:30,400
♪ Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree? ♪
690
00:34:30,401 --> 00:34:36,282
♪ I travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody is looking for something ♪
691
00:34:37,575 --> 00:34:38,867
[G] Bye!
692
00:34:38,868 --> 00:34:40,035
Bye.
693
00:34:40,036 --> 00:34:41,496
[G] See you at the theater!
694
00:34:43,164 --> 00:34:46,833
["Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
by Sebastian Böhm playing]
695
00:34:46,834 --> 00:34:48,336
[indistinct chatter]
696
00:34:49,837 --> 00:34:52,256
[man 1] Upside down, innit? [laughs]
697
00:34:54,050 --> 00:34:55,717
- [Isabella] Hi.
- Hi.
698
00:34:55,718 --> 00:34:58,136
[cheering]
699
00:34:58,137 --> 00:35:02,682
[Louis] After six weeks rehearsing
in that black box, this is our reward.
700
00:35:02,683 --> 00:35:05,102
Yes! Oh no, it's him again!
701
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:07,814
["Sweet Dreams
(Are Made of This)" continues]
702
00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:12,443
[man 2] More. That's good.
703
00:35:13,486 --> 00:35:17,447
- [music halts]
- [clock ticking]
704
00:35:17,448 --> 00:35:19,491
- [man] ...the first. There. Yeah.
- Are we the first?
705
00:35:19,492 --> 00:35:21,243
- How cool.
- Come through. Spread out.
706
00:35:21,244 --> 00:35:22,828
- That's exciting, innit?
- Good morning.
707
00:35:22,829 --> 00:35:24,621
Wow. Wow!
708
00:35:24,622 --> 00:35:25,748
Very cool, innit?
709
00:35:26,415 --> 00:35:27,374
Oh, it's lovely.
710
00:35:27,375 --> 00:35:28,709
Yeah, it's nice.
711
00:35:30,378 --> 00:35:33,004
[Louis] The Phoenix Theatre is old,
and it's... it's dark,
712
00:35:33,005 --> 00:35:36,550
and it has this almost,
like, mystic energy around it,
713
00:35:36,551 --> 00:35:39,094
and Stranger Things
is much of the very same.
714
00:35:39,095 --> 00:35:44,391
And I just saw the play as I walked in,
and I was just like, "This is just right."
715
00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:45,976
Where are you guys gonna hide?
716
00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:47,727
[Justin] Okay. Hello, everyone.
717
00:35:47,728 --> 00:35:51,523
[cheering]
718
00:35:51,524 --> 00:35:53,358
[Stephen] This theater
is the Phoenix Theatre.
719
00:35:53,359 --> 00:35:54,985
It was opened by Noël Coward,
720
00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:57,737
who was in his first ever production here
of Private Lives.
721
00:35:57,738 --> 00:35:59,906
Well, it opened in 1930.
722
00:35:59,907 --> 00:36:02,284
The great master was here
on these very boards.
723
00:36:02,285 --> 00:36:05,704
What's lovely about this theater is
you're not looking up there.
724
00:36:05,705 --> 00:36:09,167
It is really intimate.
It's a really lovely theater for us.
725
00:36:13,504 --> 00:36:16,339
[ethereal music playing]
726
00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:19,260
[Sonia] If you walk
into a theater auditorium
727
00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:21,803
during a technical rehearsal,
728
00:36:21,804 --> 00:36:25,932
it will look like mission control center.
729
00:36:25,933 --> 00:36:27,726
[ethereal music continues]
730
00:36:27,727 --> 00:36:29,436
{\an8}So we're in the stalls.
731
00:36:29,437 --> 00:36:31,813
{\an8}This is where everyone will be based
for the next four weeks
732
00:36:31,814 --> 00:36:33,023
{\an8}for the technical rehearsals.
733
00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:35,525
{\an8}Right here we've got Elliot,
who's our lighting programmer
734
00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:36,943
on the lighting desk.
735
00:36:36,944 --> 00:36:38,905
[ethereal music continues]
736
00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,825
We've got sound up the back there.
737
00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:46,369
- [loud banging]
- [crackling]
738
00:36:46,370 --> 00:36:48,747
We've got our video department over here.
739
00:36:48,748 --> 00:36:50,666
[ethereal music continues]
740
00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:56,671
This is where Stephen and Justin
will be sat for the next four weeks
741
00:36:56,672 --> 00:36:58,632
working with the company
close to the stage
742
00:36:58,633 --> 00:37:00,384
so they can get up and down quickly.
743
00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:02,761
[woman] ... Stranger Things company,
744
00:37:02,762 --> 00:37:05,055
that's less than 15 minutes
until you're due on stage.
745
00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:06,932
{\an8}Uh, we are basically teching this.
746
00:37:06,933 --> 00:37:09,392
{\an8}It's the semi-opening of the show.
747
00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:11,645
{\an8}There's one scene before this,
but this is kind of where
748
00:37:11,646 --> 00:37:13,856
a lot of the main characters
get, like, introduced.
749
00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:17,359
Okay, so now we're going onto the stage,
so I have to be quiet.
750
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:20,070
But yeah, so this is backstage.
It's really tight. It's very cramped.
751
00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:21,571
[Christopher] ...with me!
752
00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:24,908
Your musical maestro,
a whiz kid of the airwaves. Look out!
753
00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:25,825
[propeller whirs]
754
00:37:25,826 --> 00:37:31,414
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's...
[mimics echo] ...Bob "The Brain" Newby!
755
00:37:31,415 --> 00:37:32,833
[Gary] Hold there, thanks.
756
00:37:33,334 --> 00:37:35,710
Just working out the revolve
whilst we're doing some lighting.
757
00:37:35,711 --> 00:37:38,088
- [Christopher] Uh, um...
- [woman laughs]
758
00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:42,509
[Christopher] It's a strange mix
of sort of joyful exuberance
759
00:37:42,510 --> 00:37:48,599
and painful, painful, aggravated boredom.
760
00:37:49,642 --> 00:37:51,601
We should do it again if we've got time.
761
00:37:51,602 --> 00:37:55,313
[dramatic music playing]
762
00:37:55,314 --> 00:37:57,233
[electricity fizzling]
763
00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:00,610
[dramatic sting]
764
00:38:00,611 --> 00:38:02,112
[dramatic music continues]
765
00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:03,905
Oh shit!
766
00:38:03,906 --> 00:38:06,408
That's supposed to be a firecracker,
but... [laughs]
767
00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:08,994
[dramatic music continues]
768
00:38:08,995 --> 00:38:10,663
- [glass shatters]
- [music halts]
769
00:38:11,163 --> 00:38:13,416
[Justin] So, we're at day three
of our tech.
770
00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:18,628
[G] There's a sense of manic excitement
and pressure in the building, right?
771
00:38:18,629 --> 00:38:21,673
Manic excitement,
and we've got to keep this up for a month.
772
00:38:21,674 --> 00:38:24,134
[dramatic music fades]
773
00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:25,969
[groans]
774
00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:28,806
[distorted] Look at me!
775
00:38:30,099 --> 00:38:30,974
[G] Louis, mate.
776
00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:31,975
Yeah, man?
777
00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:33,477
[G] What scene is this?
778
00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:35,770
This is, uh, spiders.
779
00:38:35,771 --> 00:38:37,772
[eerie music playing]
780
00:38:37,773 --> 00:38:39,275
[screams]
781
00:38:40,526 --> 00:38:42,402
{\an8}[G] What happens in the spider sequence?
782
00:38:42,403 --> 00:38:44,237
{\an8}- We can't say, G.
- [G] Well, you can.
783
00:38:44,238 --> 00:38:45,530
{\an8}- We can't.
- [G] Can you not?
784
00:38:45,531 --> 00:38:46,781
{\an8}- No.
- [G] I think you can.
785
00:38:46,782 --> 00:38:48,743
It's a... It's an illusion surprise.
786
00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:50,869
[Louis] You won't call the police.
787
00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:52,747
[Chris] How can we create spiders?
788
00:38:53,372 --> 00:38:56,542
There are lots of different approaches
that you might take to that.
789
00:38:57,418 --> 00:38:58,251
[woman crying]
790
00:38:58,252 --> 00:39:02,881
You're too afraid!
The fear had already taken root!
791
00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:05,467
It's been eating you for years!
792
00:39:05,468 --> 00:39:07,135
[Sonia] You could have lots of spiders.
793
00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:09,847
They'd be all over her,
and you wouldn't know how it was done.
794
00:39:10,431 --> 00:39:15,727
[Chris] How do we create that reliably
every night, eight shows a week, on stage?
795
00:39:15,728 --> 00:39:17,980
And, um, we're still working that one out.
796
00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:20,899
Spiders are gonna be
the death of me, I think.
797
00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:23,610
- [mysterious music playing]
- [G] What's happening?
798
00:39:23,611 --> 00:39:26,154
This is my life.
It's, like, spiders and blood.
799
00:39:26,155 --> 00:39:28,740
We've got these spider props,
and they just keep going missing.
800
00:39:28,741 --> 00:39:30,700
I think someone must like spiders
around here
801
00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:33,453
because every single time
I put a spider down, it's gone.
802
00:39:33,454 --> 00:39:36,082
{\an8}[mysterious music continues]
803
00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:39,502
[laughs]
804
00:39:41,420 --> 00:39:45,423
[clock ticking]
805
00:39:45,424 --> 00:39:47,717
♪ I don't know how you've been feeling ♪
806
00:39:47,718 --> 00:39:49,928
[all] ♪ I don't know
How you've been feeling ♪
807
00:39:49,929 --> 00:39:52,138
[woman] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪
808
00:39:52,139 --> 00:39:54,516
[all] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪
809
00:39:54,517 --> 00:39:55,600
[woman] ♪ I don't know... ♪
810
00:39:55,601 --> 00:40:01,314
{\an8}We are attempting to run Act One
for the first time in full sequence.
811
00:40:01,315 --> 00:40:03,650
{\an8}Uh, we've done small sections.
812
00:40:03,651 --> 00:40:07,570
We've built it up scene by scene
and then ran certain longer sections
813
00:40:07,571 --> 00:40:08,488
and busier sections,
814
00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:10,407
but we've never put it all together
in one run.
815
00:40:10,408 --> 00:40:12,909
[all] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪
816
00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:13,910
It's gonna be bumpy.
817
00:40:13,911 --> 00:40:16,121
It's the first time
we've linked everything together,
818
00:40:16,122 --> 00:40:19,040
and actually, we've got
a few bits and pieces...
819
00:40:19,041 --> 00:40:21,584
- [loud bangs, whirs]
- Um...
820
00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:24,254
...that we're still sort of developing
and refining.
821
00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:26,382
[all] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪
822
00:40:28,259 --> 00:40:31,094
Cigarettes. Coffee.
823
00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:33,012
- [loud whirs]
- [chuckles]
824
00:40:33,013 --> 00:40:35,181
[G] We're about to run Act One,
aren't we, mate?
825
00:40:35,182 --> 00:40:37,350
Are we? [laughs]
826
00:40:37,351 --> 00:40:40,812
Great. I can't wait to see that.
827
00:40:40,813 --> 00:40:42,230
[loud whir in background]
828
00:40:42,231 --> 00:40:44,107
[G] What are we, uh...
What are we about to do?
829
00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:47,902
Don't even think about that,
you cheeky ****. [chuckles]
830
00:40:47,903 --> 00:40:48,863
[popping]
831
00:40:53,325 --> 00:40:55,410
- All good?
- No idea if it's charged.
832
00:40:55,411 --> 00:40:57,078
- Good luck to you.
- [man] Thank you.
833
00:40:57,079 --> 00:40:58,497
Good luck to you.
834
00:41:01,876 --> 00:41:03,585
[ominous music playing]
835
00:41:03,586 --> 00:41:05,546
[indistinct chatter in background]
836
00:41:08,257 --> 00:41:11,342
[ominous music continues, builds]
837
00:41:11,343 --> 00:41:12,970
[music fades]
838
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:19,309
[Christopher] Good morning,
Hawkins, Indiana!
839
00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:20,351
[dinging]
840
00:41:20,352 --> 00:41:22,979
[boy 1] Hawkins High
is pretty simple really.
841
00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:24,898
You've got your chicks. Hi, ladies.
842
00:41:24,899 --> 00:41:26,357
Go **** yourself, Henderson.
843
00:41:26,358 --> 00:41:29,277
- You've got your losers.
- [boy 2] Yes, yes, baby.
844
00:41:29,278 --> 00:41:30,987
And you've got your morons.
845
00:41:30,988 --> 00:41:37,411
When you were a little girl
and the spiders would come...
846
00:41:38,787 --> 00:41:40,748
[ominous music continues]
847
00:41:44,376 --> 00:41:45,210
[woman screams]
848
00:41:45,211 --> 00:41:47,754
[Christopher] No, no, just wait!
Just... Hold on, stop taking off!
849
00:41:47,755 --> 00:41:50,466
I'll deal with it! Please!
Wait, wait, wait! Hold on!
850
00:41:52,551 --> 00:41:54,094
[dramatic music playing]
851
00:41:56,847 --> 00:41:59,308
[loud crackling]
852
00:42:00,351 --> 00:42:01,435
Where are you?
853
00:42:02,228 --> 00:42:04,062
[dramatic music continues]
854
00:42:04,063 --> 00:42:05,606
[Ella] What do you see?
855
00:42:10,694 --> 00:42:13,531
Hello, Henry. I'm Dr. Brenner.
856
00:42:14,698 --> 00:42:15,908
I'm here to help.
857
00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:18,243
[ominous music plays, halts]
858
00:42:18,244 --> 00:42:19,370
[man 1] Cut.
859
00:42:23,999 --> 00:42:25,166
[door opens]
860
00:42:25,167 --> 00:42:26,335
[man 2] Thank you.
861
00:42:41,892 --> 00:42:43,851
[chuckles, breathes deeply]
862
00:42:43,852 --> 00:42:46,397
And there we go. Act One tech run done.
863
00:42:47,064 --> 00:42:48,606
- [Stephen] Are we all set?
- [Gary] Quiet.
864
00:42:48,607 --> 00:42:50,317
[Stephen] I'm aware that, um...
865
00:42:51,151 --> 00:42:55,113
The things we have to talk through
are about two hours, okay?
866
00:42:55,114 --> 00:42:56,573
This is a two-hour session.
867
00:42:56,574 --> 00:43:00,411
Um, but I'm going to try to get through
as many as I can.
868
00:43:01,078 --> 00:43:04,081
There's big things that,
if they don't work,
869
00:43:04,790 --> 00:43:06,666
we have a narrative problem.
870
00:43:06,667 --> 00:43:10,169
We can go through to an audience if
we don't have all the bells and whistles,
871
00:43:10,170 --> 00:43:14,048
but we can't go to an audience
if we have a story that doesn't work.
872
00:43:14,049 --> 00:43:17,136
[Gary] The black void isn't complete
enough to go in front of an audience.
873
00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:20,930
The spiders are not complete enough
to go in front of an audience.
874
00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:23,475
Scary Patty is not complete enough
to go to an audience.
875
00:43:24,310 --> 00:43:26,311
We have to do pre-tech for Act Two,
876
00:43:26,312 --> 00:43:29,314
and we already have eight sessions
to find for Act One.
877
00:43:29,315 --> 00:43:33,401
[Stephen] We have to keep pushing
through Act Two as fast as possible
878
00:43:33,402 --> 00:43:35,737
because we're going to hit big problems.
879
00:43:35,738 --> 00:43:36,905
[Louis] Gantry...
880
00:43:37,573 --> 00:43:39,450
[Stephen] That's a ****ing nightmare.
881
00:43:40,075 --> 00:43:41,951
Uh, the deployment of the Mind Flayer.
882
00:43:41,952 --> 00:43:42,869
[loud screech]
883
00:43:42,870 --> 00:43:44,454
[Stephen] A ****ing nightmare.
884
00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:46,957
The less we have to go back, the better.
885
00:43:48,375 --> 00:43:49,459
[Gary] Correct.
886
00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:52,378
Any more for any more
before we let everyone out of here?
887
00:43:52,379 --> 00:43:55,256
Well, just thanks, everybody.
Happy Halloween.
888
00:43:55,257 --> 00:43:57,718
- [man 1] Happy Halloween.
- [woman] Happy Halloween.
889
00:43:58,594 --> 00:43:59,511
[man 2] Yeah.
890
00:44:00,137 --> 00:44:01,262
[whirring]
891
00:44:01,263 --> 00:44:02,723
[G] What's happening, Mary?
892
00:44:03,223 --> 00:44:07,810
Uh, we are trying
to get all of our notes done.
893
00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:10,272
We are trying not to lose our minds.
894
00:44:10,898 --> 00:44:13,608
[clock ticking rapidly]
895
00:44:13,609 --> 00:44:17,111
We are welcoming the stars
of Stranger Things, the play.
896
00:44:17,112 --> 00:44:19,614
Last week, I couldn't sleep
because it hit me. I was like,
897
00:44:19,615 --> 00:44:21,949
"God, there's gonna be audiences
very, very, very soon."
898
00:44:21,950 --> 00:44:24,078
[upbeat music playing]
899
00:44:27,790 --> 00:44:29,583
[upbeat music continues]
900
00:44:31,210 --> 00:44:32,418
[music fades]
901
00:44:32,419 --> 00:44:33,461
[G] Who's this?
902
00:44:33,462 --> 00:44:35,088
Um, this is Virginia.
903
00:44:35,089 --> 00:44:37,383
- [dramatic music plays]
- [bones cracking]
904
00:44:37,966 --> 00:44:39,217
[G] She doesn't look very happy.
905
00:44:39,218 --> 00:44:41,594
She's probably not, to be honest.
906
00:44:41,595 --> 00:44:44,806
[mysterious music plays]
907
00:44:44,807 --> 00:44:45,932
Can we snap her?
908
00:44:45,933 --> 00:44:48,810
[loud cracking]
909
00:44:48,811 --> 00:44:51,729
[dramatic music playing]
910
00:44:51,730 --> 00:44:54,649
{\an8}- You're a new character, aren't you?
- It's really exciting, yeah.
911
00:44:54,650 --> 00:44:57,819
{\an8}I don't know how much I can say about her.
I don't want to give too much away.
912
00:44:57,820 --> 00:45:00,238
[dramatic music continues]
913
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:02,073
- [Kate] How's it going?
- Great to see you.
914
00:45:02,074 --> 00:45:03,533
[Kate] I had no idea you'd be here.
915
00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:04,451
- No one told you?
- No.
916
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:10,623
{\an8}Is everybody in, like, a daily,
just, suppressed panic mode right now?
917
00:45:10,624 --> 00:45:12,125
{\an8}[Kate] It's not that suppressed.
918
00:45:12,126 --> 00:45:14,335
- Oh, okay. Overt panic.
- It's not that suppressed.
919
00:45:14,336 --> 00:45:15,962
[Kate] It's pretty surface level. Yeah.
920
00:45:15,963 --> 00:45:18,882
[dramatic music continues]
921
00:45:20,426 --> 00:45:22,594
[inaudible]
922
00:45:23,804 --> 00:45:25,930
[Chris] Are you sure that fan
wasn't blowing in reverse?
923
00:45:25,931 --> 00:45:28,307
All the smoke is coming
through the auditorium.
924
00:45:28,308 --> 00:45:29,851
[Jamie] Yeah, that one's not working.
925
00:45:29,852 --> 00:45:31,269
Yeah, yeah.
926
00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:32,395
[indistinct chatter]
927
00:45:32,396 --> 00:45:34,148
Right, let's try that for now
928
00:45:34,773 --> 00:45:37,859
and, uh, come back
and make it better another day.
929
00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:40,154
[dramatic music continues]
930
00:45:43,115 --> 00:45:44,031
[music halts]
931
00:45:44,032 --> 00:45:47,119
[clock ticking]
932
00:45:47,745 --> 00:45:51,123
[Sonia] This is a week
before our first preview.
933
00:45:52,124 --> 00:45:54,876
I'm going to isolate things
that have to be done
934
00:45:54,877 --> 00:45:56,544
before we go in front of an audience.
935
00:45:56,545 --> 00:45:57,628
[indistinct chatter]
936
00:45:57,629 --> 00:46:00,590
[Stephen] Okay. Spiders can't go
in front of an audience.
937
00:46:00,591 --> 00:46:03,551
The spider on the LED is a long way away.
938
00:46:03,552 --> 00:46:06,304
[Sonia] It's exactly like
a first preview priority.
939
00:46:06,305 --> 00:46:08,307
Why didn't Louis have any blood?
940
00:46:08,932 --> 00:46:11,350
We never saw any blood on his nose
at any point during that.
941
00:46:11,351 --> 00:46:14,061
[Sonia] It's not-- It's genuinely not
a first preview thing.
942
00:46:14,062 --> 00:46:15,021
[Gary] Great.
943
00:46:15,022 --> 00:46:17,733
- [Sonia] I'm calling that. It's not.
- Okay. Fine.
944
00:46:18,650 --> 00:46:23,196
[Sonia] I had many, many people
coming to me, begging me, urging me,
945
00:46:23,197 --> 00:46:25,699
saying I had to cancel the first preview.
946
00:46:26,492 --> 00:46:30,119
[Stephen] I'm really determined
not to do that,
947
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:33,080
because as soon as you get
the audience in,
948
00:46:33,081 --> 00:46:35,959
another character emerges,
which is how the audience responds.
949
00:46:36,794 --> 00:46:37,752
[Stephen] Keep going...
950
00:46:37,753 --> 00:46:40,880
[Sonia] Everybody's looking to me
to make the right call.
951
00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:42,800
[dramatic music continues]
952
00:46:46,762 --> 00:46:49,640
[Sonia] We are literally
running out of time now.
953
00:46:53,352 --> 00:46:58,689
I'm... I'm hoping this scene
will help me understand what's going on.
954
00:46:58,690 --> 00:47:01,984
- That's what I'm about to show you.
- Yes.
955
00:47:01,985 --> 00:47:04,320
[Stephen] When there isn't enough time
and we're struggling
956
00:47:04,321 --> 00:47:08,533
to get the story told,
that is the white heat of anxiety.
957
00:47:08,534 --> 00:47:10,660
It's the white heat of stress.
958
00:47:10,661 --> 00:47:16,040
Can you just show me the projection
and just give me a time frame on that?
959
00:47:16,041 --> 00:47:17,166
[Sonia] Okay.
960
00:47:17,167 --> 00:47:18,335
[man coughs]
961
00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:22,172
So there's this, guys.
Watching, everybody watching.
962
00:47:23,340 --> 00:47:25,424
That goes, that goes there,
963
00:47:25,425 --> 00:47:28,345
and then you bring up this light
and stay here, yeah?
964
00:47:29,304 --> 00:47:31,764
[vocalizing]
965
00:47:31,765 --> 00:47:33,642
Can you hear that? You're flat.
966
00:47:34,142 --> 00:47:35,768
All right. Stop, stop.
967
00:47:35,769 --> 00:47:37,812
[Louis] Three weeks ago,
we had a different play.
968
00:47:37,813 --> 00:47:39,814
Three weeks before that,
we had a different play.
969
00:47:39,815 --> 00:47:44,278
And I guess three weeks from now,
we'll have a completely new ****ing play.
970
00:47:45,779 --> 00:47:47,238
[Sonia] It's been really hairy,
971
00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:51,618
and it's been really challenging,
and it's been pretty stressful.
972
00:47:52,411 --> 00:47:53,703
Do you wanna do that again?
973
00:47:53,704 --> 00:47:55,622
[soft music playing]
974
00:48:02,629 --> 00:48:07,091
[Sonia] We're all really, really tired,
but I have to say,
975
00:48:07,092 --> 00:48:10,429
in the last few days,
it's turned a corner.
976
00:48:11,346 --> 00:48:13,974
You're gonna get one last big ****.
That's it.
977
00:48:14,683 --> 00:48:16,017
And stop!
978
00:48:16,018 --> 00:48:18,394
[Justin] We had a really successful night
the night before
979
00:48:18,395 --> 00:48:21,731
with the structural changes.
We know what this is.
980
00:48:21,732 --> 00:48:23,567
[soft music continues]
981
00:48:25,944 --> 00:48:29,947
[Jamie] When it works,
you have something magical.
982
00:48:29,948 --> 00:48:31,533
You've created a moment.
983
00:48:35,037 --> 00:48:36,704
[Patrick] We know that
the story's special.
984
00:48:36,705 --> 00:48:39,665
We know that the characters are special.
985
00:48:39,666 --> 00:48:43,419
We know that people have been waiting
and waiting and waiting for this thing,
986
00:48:43,420 --> 00:48:46,047
and I think
people are gonna lose their minds.
987
00:48:46,048 --> 00:48:48,216
[applause]
988
00:48:57,976 --> 00:48:59,686
- Well done.
- Thanks!
989
00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:05,317
[clock ticking]
990
00:49:11,156 --> 00:49:14,951
{\an8}Yeah, well, we're here
at, uh, our very first preview night.
991
00:49:14,952 --> 00:49:19,497
And I'm getting my hair cut.
I'm getting all prepped and ready for it.
992
00:49:19,498 --> 00:49:21,207
[man] We've been trying
to cut it all week,
993
00:49:21,208 --> 00:49:23,417
but the schedule has been so tight.
994
00:49:23,418 --> 00:49:25,837
[indistinct chatter]
995
00:49:30,509 --> 00:49:32,426
[man] Just testing Mind Flayer smoke.
996
00:49:32,427 --> 00:49:35,138
[indistinct chatter]
997
00:49:36,932 --> 00:49:41,269
{\an8}We're about to see whether our work
passes muster with a thousand punters.
998
00:49:44,690 --> 00:49:48,109
I'm excited. I kind of want to puke.
999
00:49:48,110 --> 00:49:49,444
Ooh, right.
1000
00:49:50,404 --> 00:49:52,364
The most important thing now is a nap.
1001
00:49:56,410 --> 00:49:59,871
It's the day of our first preview.
[groaning nervously]
1002
00:50:03,083 --> 00:50:04,418
[indistinct chatter]
1003
00:50:05,377 --> 00:50:07,628
[Isabella] It's a bit daunting.
You want people to like you
1004
00:50:07,629 --> 00:50:12,133
because, obviously, people very much like
the older versions of the characters
1005
00:50:12,134 --> 00:50:13,509
that we're portraying.
1006
00:50:13,510 --> 00:50:16,178
[Oscar] People always ask you,
"Is it any good?"
1007
00:50:16,179 --> 00:50:19,473
And honestly, you never really know
until an audience is in.
1008
00:50:19,474 --> 00:50:21,017
[murmuring]
1009
00:50:21,018 --> 00:50:24,186
[Christopher] Before the first performance
of every show I do,
1010
00:50:24,187 --> 00:50:27,690
I touch every seat in the theater, um,
1011
00:50:27,691 --> 00:50:30,068
to know where
every single audience member is gonna sit
1012
00:50:31,111 --> 00:50:35,157
so that I know what my theater is
and where I am.
1013
00:50:36,575 --> 00:50:40,578
I have to keep reminding myself
that this is just a preview,
1014
00:50:40,579 --> 00:50:45,291
and we still have, like, a month of time
to work before the actual opening.
1015
00:50:45,292 --> 00:50:46,543
[drill whirring]
1016
00:50:49,463 --> 00:50:54,259
I think it's going to be, you know,
quite a challenging first preview.
1017
00:50:56,011 --> 00:50:58,763
You wouldn't want me sitting next to you
in a theater tonight,
1018
00:50:58,764 --> 00:51:01,891
uh, because every little thing
that goes wrong,
1019
00:51:01,892 --> 00:51:05,895
I'll... I'll be emitting
this negative energy around me.
1020
00:51:05,896 --> 00:51:07,897
{\an8}Notoriously, previews can be bumpy,
1021
00:51:07,898 --> 00:51:10,357
{\an8}so we might have to have
a bit of grit tonight, but, uh...
1022
00:51:10,358 --> 00:51:12,026
{\an8}- Yeah.
- ...hopefully not.
1023
00:51:12,027 --> 00:51:14,737
- Yeah. There we go. Into the darkness.
- [both chuckle]
1024
00:51:14,738 --> 00:51:16,656
- [Chris] Into the darkness.
- [Jamie] Yeah.
1025
00:51:18,575 --> 00:51:21,161
The poster. It looks like...
1026
00:51:22,287 --> 00:51:23,121
Great.
1027
00:51:23,705 --> 00:51:26,749
It looks... very cool.
1028
00:51:26,750 --> 00:51:29,001
[indistinct chatter]
1029
00:51:29,002 --> 00:51:31,378
- [Matt] How are you?
- Hi, hi, hi.
1030
00:51:31,379 --> 00:51:33,506
- [Matt] How are you feeling?
- Okay.
1031
00:51:33,507 --> 00:51:35,716
- All right.
- [all chuckle]
1032
00:51:35,717 --> 00:51:39,053
[Matt] I'm like, I feel nervous.
I don't know why.
1033
00:51:39,054 --> 00:51:40,888
Well, because it's your show.
1034
00:51:40,889 --> 00:51:45,059
It's not. The live aspect of it
is what's freaky to me.
1035
00:51:45,060 --> 00:51:46,018
- [Sonia] Yeah.
- Yeah.
1036
00:51:46,019 --> 00:51:47,269
[indistinct announcement]
1037
00:51:47,270 --> 00:51:50,523
- Yes, we're still rehearsing. Right now.
- [Ross] Right now?
1038
00:51:50,524 --> 00:51:52,441
[cheering]
1039
00:51:52,442 --> 00:51:54,276
- [Kate] How's it going?
- Good. Good.
1040
00:51:54,277 --> 00:51:57,614
Um, I'm measuring her heartbeat
to see how nervous she is.
1041
00:51:59,282 --> 00:52:01,492
- Oh, oh, you're high.
- Is that high?
1042
00:52:01,493 --> 00:52:04,036
You're 108 beats per minute.
1043
00:52:04,037 --> 00:52:05,704
What's it supposed to be?
1044
00:52:05,705 --> 00:52:08,499
It's not like we need to take you
to the emergency room,
1045
00:52:08,500 --> 00:52:10,626
but it's not great.
1046
00:52:10,627 --> 00:52:13,254
[dramatic music playing]
1047
00:52:13,255 --> 00:52:15,047
[usher] Through the first door, please.
1048
00:52:15,048 --> 00:52:16,715
[indistinct chatter]
1049
00:52:16,716 --> 00:52:19,885
You're gonna go up the stairs
on the right. Enjoy the show.
1050
00:52:19,886 --> 00:52:21,470
- [G] Where have you come from?
- France.
1051
00:52:21,471 --> 00:52:23,472
- [G] Just for the show?
- Yeah.
1052
00:52:23,473 --> 00:52:24,765
- Super excited.
- Super excited.
1053
00:52:24,766 --> 00:52:27,351
- It's his birthday, so, like, we're here--
- And his.
1054
00:52:27,352 --> 00:52:28,602
- Oh yeah...
- We're twins.
1055
00:52:28,603 --> 00:52:30,896
I'm excited to learn anything
about season five.
1056
00:52:30,897 --> 00:52:32,690
- We're so excited.
- So excited.
1057
00:52:32,691 --> 00:52:34,733
- We've been obsessing over it in school.
- I know.
1058
00:52:34,734 --> 00:52:36,444
I don't really know what to expect,
1059
00:52:36,945 --> 00:52:39,280
so fingers crossed
we're in for a good show.
1060
00:52:39,281 --> 00:52:42,408
Yeah, well, I'm so excited.
I'm so ready. I can't wait.
1061
00:52:42,409 --> 00:52:43,325
Tell me about it.
1062
00:52:43,326 --> 00:52:45,536
****ing Brenner scenes coming for Act Two.
1063
00:52:45,537 --> 00:52:46,453
I know!
1064
00:52:46,454 --> 00:52:49,166
[dramatic music continues]
1065
00:52:57,007 --> 00:52:59,675
[dramatic music continues]
1066
00:52:59,676 --> 00:53:05,056
[indistinct chatter]
1067
00:53:08,685 --> 00:53:09,727
[loud click]
1068
00:53:09,728 --> 00:53:12,605
[male voice] The following file
is classified.
1069
00:53:12,606 --> 00:53:14,649
[dramatic whooshing]
1070
00:53:17,027 --> 00:53:19,279
[synthwave music playing]
1071
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:29,038
[music building]
1072
00:53:29,039 --> 00:53:30,290
[music halts]
1073
00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:36,462
[Sonia] Well, we got the preview done,
1074
00:53:36,463 --> 00:53:41,843
and I think it was, uh, a reality check.
1075
00:53:44,054 --> 00:53:48,850
It was kind of nail-biting.
Like, I literally bit my nails into blood.
1076
00:53:49,517 --> 00:53:52,312
[Stephen] I think we learned
just about everything.
1077
00:53:53,021 --> 00:53:55,981
What they were scared of,
what they were thrilled about,
1078
00:53:55,982 --> 00:54:00,277
what they wanted more of,
what they wanted less of.
1079
00:54:00,278 --> 00:54:02,404
- We have to cut quite a lot.
- [Justin] Yeah.
1080
00:54:02,405 --> 00:54:04,323
And restructure. And...
1081
00:54:04,324 --> 00:54:06,659
[Justin] Yeah, we'll have to run
whatever we've done.
1082
00:54:06,660 --> 00:54:08,870
[pensive music playing]
1083
00:54:20,382 --> 00:54:22,216
[Kate] I have to cut like 20 minutes,
1084
00:54:22,217 --> 00:54:24,511
which is not
an insubstantial amount of time.
1085
00:54:28,807 --> 00:54:29,808
Okay.
1086
00:54:33,353 --> 00:54:37,774
[G] How are the Duffers feeling
about the ongoing process?
1087
00:54:39,442 --> 00:54:41,527
[Ross] And is the end of Act One
dramatic enough?
1088
00:54:41,528 --> 00:54:44,614
Sorry, it's my only other question,
without the Brenner thing?
1089
00:54:45,115 --> 00:54:48,450
- Um--
- [Ross] Like is it... I just felt like...
1090
00:54:48,451 --> 00:54:53,372
I know. I... I've been... I know.
I've been fighting against that.
1091
00:54:53,373 --> 00:54:54,456
[Ross] Oh good.
1092
00:54:54,457 --> 00:54:55,458
Um...
1093
00:54:59,379 --> 00:55:01,130
[woman] I like to think
there's someone out...
1094
00:55:01,131 --> 00:55:02,339
Did you say...
1095
00:55:02,340 --> 00:55:04,174
"I like to think there's someone..."
1096
00:55:04,175 --> 00:55:06,093
- [woman] "For everyone," right?
- "For everyone."
1097
00:55:06,094 --> 00:55:09,513
[woman] I think in the script,
it's "someone out there for everyone."
1098
00:55:09,514 --> 00:55:10,806
"There's someone out there..."
1099
00:55:10,807 --> 00:55:13,976
[Christopher] Even though we're knackered,
we're still just getting on with it.
1100
00:55:13,977 --> 00:55:17,314
You know?
Everyone's still giving their all.
1101
00:55:18,106 --> 00:55:20,275
[Ella] You really are a miracle, Henry.
1102
00:55:21,860 --> 00:55:23,653
[dramatic music playing]
1103
00:55:25,363 --> 00:55:27,364
Hey, hey! Take that on to the street!
1104
00:55:27,365 --> 00:55:30,785
[Isabella] You know what? Shut up, Don!
Let the lovers love! God!
1105
00:55:31,995 --> 00:55:33,288
[Ella] Hope you're feeling good!
1106
00:55:34,998 --> 00:55:37,333
[Ella shrieks, laughs]
1107
00:55:37,334 --> 00:55:39,126
[woman] You tried to kill her.
1108
00:55:39,127 --> 00:55:40,879
[dramatic music continues]
1109
00:55:44,049 --> 00:55:45,633
- [G] All good?
- [Isabella] Yeah.
1110
00:55:46,217 --> 00:55:47,969
[dramatic music continues]
1111
00:55:50,847 --> 00:55:52,556
[indistinct chatter]
1112
00:55:52,557 --> 00:55:53,724
Can we stand by?
1113
00:55:53,725 --> 00:55:55,726
[Jordan] We're not performing
eight shows a week.
1114
00:55:55,727 --> 00:55:59,146
We are actually having
a Monday and Tuesday with no shows,
1115
00:55:59,147 --> 00:56:01,399
but we're still rehearsing all day.
1116
00:56:01,941 --> 00:56:04,485
[Patrick] I have some very exciting news
for you today.
1117
00:56:04,486 --> 00:56:06,028
Move in. Go.
1118
00:56:06,029 --> 00:56:07,946
All of them are special.
1119
00:56:07,947 --> 00:56:11,617
[Kate] Act Two is long, and it feels long,
1120
00:56:11,618 --> 00:56:13,370
and it's kind of boring.
1121
00:56:15,163 --> 00:56:18,248
[Stephen] I particularly hate boredom
in the theater.
1122
00:56:18,249 --> 00:56:20,751
Because when theater's great,
it can be the most exciting thing
1123
00:56:20,752 --> 00:56:22,294
you've ever seen in your life.
1124
00:56:22,295 --> 00:56:26,299
When theater's not great, it's
really, really, really, really terrible.
1125
00:56:26,925 --> 00:56:28,718
[Stephen] I need to see
how long this might be.
1126
00:56:29,386 --> 00:56:31,345
[Louis] You're as much a father
to this family--
1127
00:56:31,346 --> 00:56:33,806
- No. I don't think you should do that.
- [Louis] Okay.
1128
00:56:33,807 --> 00:56:36,058
- [Isabella] I told you it's family only.
- About that night?
1129
00:56:36,059 --> 00:56:38,019
I already told you we are family.
1130
00:56:38,645 --> 00:56:40,479
- [Isabella] Oh, me?
- Keep going.
1131
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:43,232
- I already told you we are a family!
- I'm calling the police.
1132
00:56:43,233 --> 00:56:46,276
[Christopher] Give me a second. Go ahead.
Tell my dad he fights like a girl.
1133
00:56:46,277 --> 00:56:47,194
[Isabella] Awkward!
1134
00:56:47,195 --> 00:56:49,655
Sorry, you're right.
It's not fair to girls.
1135
00:56:49,656 --> 00:56:53,867
We were going over
a little bit of Act One,
1136
00:56:53,868 --> 00:56:58,497
kind of changing the order of lines around
so you have two scenes "melging" into one.
1137
00:56:58,498 --> 00:56:59,832
"Melging," is that a word?
1138
00:56:59,833 --> 00:57:03,043
Uh, melding into one
rather than having two separate scenes.
1139
00:57:03,044 --> 00:57:05,129
[dramatic music playing]
1140
00:57:05,130 --> 00:57:07,881
[indistinct chatter]
1141
00:57:07,882 --> 00:57:10,385
Preview four? Preview five?
1142
00:57:11,886 --> 00:57:12,887
Six?
1143
00:57:13,805 --> 00:57:15,723
Preview five or six.
1144
00:57:16,891 --> 00:57:19,893
[woman] Counting down!
Sergeant, everything is go!
1145
00:57:19,894 --> 00:57:20,978
[man] Copy!
1146
00:57:20,979 --> 00:57:26,151
There is no greater pain
than to see your child suffer.
1147
00:57:27,026 --> 00:57:30,571
[Sonia] There are some clear indicators
when you've lost your audience,
1148
00:57:30,572 --> 00:57:32,740
and I call it the coughing moments,
1149
00:57:34,159 --> 00:57:36,785
when you could just hear across the house...
1150
00:57:36,786 --> 00:57:37,828
[coughs]
1151
00:57:37,829 --> 00:57:39,371
Now they don't know they're doing it,
1152
00:57:39,372 --> 00:57:41,373
but that's when you know
you've lost your audience
1153
00:57:41,374 --> 00:57:45,377
when you get
your... your sort of chorus of coughs.
1154
00:57:45,378 --> 00:57:47,589
- Came all the way from the park...
- [viewer coughs]
1155
00:57:49,007 --> 00:57:50,340
[G] You're just waiting for bows.
1156
00:57:50,341 --> 00:57:51,551
Let's take our bows.
1157
00:57:52,594 --> 00:57:53,594
[G] What's the time?
1158
00:57:53,595 --> 00:57:56,805
[inhales] It's gone 11, we believe.
1159
00:57:56,806 --> 00:58:00,100
[clock ticking]
1160
00:58:00,101 --> 00:58:02,102
- [Kate] Uh, so...
- [woman] Don't worry.
1161
00:58:02,103 --> 00:58:03,770
So you say, "I'm scared."
1162
00:58:03,771 --> 00:58:05,731
You say,
"Don't worry. It's gonna be okay."
1163
00:58:05,732 --> 00:58:09,151
[man] What was the cue again, sorry?
"Who"? What's it just before that?
1164
00:58:09,152 --> 00:58:12,906
[woman] But the previous line is,
"One of you're coming back for me. Who."
1165
00:58:13,698 --> 00:58:15,532
[indistinct chatter]
1166
00:58:15,533 --> 00:58:17,159
Sorry, G. Not this one.
1167
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:19,453
[indistinct chatter continues]
1168
00:58:19,454 --> 00:58:22,457
Wait a second. Pause. Spy cam.
1169
00:58:25,168 --> 00:58:28,128
[G] This is the hardest day
I've done in this building.
1170
00:58:28,129 --> 00:58:31,006
- Okay. Mm-hmm.
- [G] Since beginning, I would say.
1171
00:58:31,007 --> 00:58:32,883
[G] It's a ****ing weird vibe.
1172
00:58:32,884 --> 00:58:34,927
- It is weird.
- [G] I wasn't here Monday, Tuesday.
1173
00:58:34,928 --> 00:58:35,844
Oh, okay.
1174
00:58:35,845 --> 00:58:38,555
[G] And the people
who were here were like... [murmurs]
1175
00:58:38,556 --> 00:58:41,808
So now you've walked in,
and it's all kind of slightly unsettled.
1176
00:58:41,809 --> 00:58:45,229
[G] A little unsettled. I haven't quite...
Everyone I've pointed the camera at,
1177
00:58:45,230 --> 00:58:46,813
I felt like I shouldn't be doing it.
1178
00:58:46,814 --> 00:58:47,731
Yeah.
1179
00:58:47,732 --> 00:58:51,193
[G] And there's a very clear vibe
of "please **** off."
1180
00:58:51,194 --> 00:58:52,986
Yeah, there's been a lot of changes.
1181
00:58:52,987 --> 00:58:54,863
[pensive music playing]
1182
00:58:54,864 --> 00:58:58,283
[Jordan] Everybody's very much like,
"Oh my God, can I remember this?"
1183
00:58:58,284 --> 00:58:59,868
Entrances have changed.
1184
00:58:59,869 --> 00:59:02,162
Quick change times have changed.
1185
00:59:02,163 --> 00:59:04,081
Scene change times have all changed.
1186
00:59:04,082 --> 00:59:05,207
Lines changed.
1187
00:59:05,208 --> 00:59:08,168
Whole scene concepts gone.
1188
00:59:08,169 --> 00:59:10,338
Brand-new ones built in two days.
1189
00:59:12,382 --> 00:59:14,925
Changes that went in yesterday,
even right up until the evening,
1190
00:59:14,926 --> 00:59:16,719
are going in the show tonight.
1191
00:59:17,387 --> 00:59:21,431
Ella has currently had
entire new scenes written,
1192
00:59:21,432 --> 00:59:23,725
entire new concepts given to her.
1193
00:59:23,726 --> 00:59:27,104
And she's had a very limited
amount of time to learn them.
1194
00:59:27,105 --> 00:59:31,276
No, no, no! The battle that's going on,
I can help you fight it!
1195
00:59:32,110 --> 00:59:34,528
[Ella] Everything is constantly changing.
1196
00:59:34,529 --> 00:59:37,489
Um, it's just a lot
to wrap your head around sometimes
1197
00:59:37,490 --> 00:59:39,576
and just feeling all the pressure.
1198
00:59:40,910 --> 00:59:42,578
I'm not weak!
1199
00:59:42,579 --> 00:59:45,415
[indistinct chatter]
1200
00:59:48,167 --> 00:59:50,919
[Justin] Quiet please.
We're running a sequence on stage.
1201
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:53,630
"I like your lipstick.
I like your lipstick."
1202
00:59:53,631 --> 00:59:57,843
I mean, of all the weird, dumb things
you could possibly say, Henry.
1203
00:59:57,844 --> 00:59:59,261
[Stephen] Okay, what's happened?
1204
00:59:59,262 --> 01:00:01,138
Shall we ditch it for tonight?
1205
01:00:01,139 --> 01:00:03,223
- [faint indistinct chatter]
- [laughs]
1206
01:00:03,224 --> 01:00:05,143
We're pretty close to ditching this.
1207
01:00:06,811 --> 01:00:09,062
- [Louis] We haven't had time.
- [Stephen] Let's not do it.
1208
01:00:09,063 --> 01:00:10,314
Apologies for not delivering.
1209
01:00:10,315 --> 01:00:12,441
[Justin] No. You don't have anything
to apologize for.
1210
01:00:12,442 --> 01:00:14,484
We didn't give you enough time for it.
Don't worry.
1211
01:00:14,485 --> 01:00:16,695
It just felt very, like,
"Do it right now!"
1212
01:00:16,696 --> 01:00:19,823
Like, just with everybody in the house,
I just need more time.
1213
01:00:19,824 --> 01:00:21,825
[Justin] "Come on, performing monkey.
Off you go."
1214
01:00:21,826 --> 01:00:24,828
Yeah. I just... I'm not too happy
with what I just did.
1215
01:00:24,829 --> 01:00:28,081
So I think I need time with Trish
because I want to make it good.
1216
01:00:28,082 --> 01:00:30,959
- I was not delivering.
- But... yeah.
1217
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:31,878
It's fine.
1218
01:00:33,046 --> 01:00:34,505
I didn't mind at all.
1219
01:00:35,089 --> 01:00:36,173
[Louis] Yeah.
1220
01:00:36,174 --> 01:00:39,509
[clock ticking]
1221
01:00:39,510 --> 01:00:41,888
[dramatic music playing]
1222
01:00:43,681 --> 01:00:46,099
[indistinct chatter]
1223
01:00:46,100 --> 01:00:48,102
Spiders?! What... What are you doing?
1224
01:00:48,936 --> 01:00:52,898
- [Louis] You couldn't even scream...
- [shrieks]
1225
01:00:52,899 --> 01:00:55,025
[Sonia] I couldn't see any spiders
from where I was.
1226
01:00:55,026 --> 01:00:56,234
[Justin] You sat at the back.
1227
01:00:56,235 --> 01:00:58,445
[Sonia] At the back,
I couldn't see any at all.
1228
01:00:58,446 --> 01:01:00,447
I want to see more spiders.
1229
01:01:00,448 --> 01:01:01,741
Don't be too subtle.
1230
01:01:03,159 --> 01:01:05,161
[dramatic whooshing]
1231
01:01:05,745 --> 01:01:09,665
[man] So we haven't had much feedback
regarding to what's expected.
1232
01:01:09,666 --> 01:01:11,459
It's... It's just time, isn't it?
1233
01:01:12,627 --> 01:01:15,379
[dramatic music continues]
1234
01:01:15,380 --> 01:01:16,713
[Sonia] Can I make a plea?
1235
01:01:16,714 --> 01:01:18,882
These tornadoes,
or whatever we're calling it,
1236
01:01:18,883 --> 01:01:21,718
top of Act Two, is really not working.
1237
01:01:21,719 --> 01:01:23,095
[Stephen] I say get rid of it.
1238
01:01:23,096 --> 01:01:24,555
[dramatic music continues]
1239
01:01:31,104 --> 01:01:32,230
What's getting cut?
1240
01:01:33,022 --> 01:01:34,357
Some hospital stuff.
1241
01:01:35,316 --> 01:01:39,028
Some, uh, house is now open stuff.
1242
01:01:39,529 --> 01:01:42,490
- [loud clattering]
- [machine whirring]
1243
01:01:43,074 --> 01:01:44,242
I lost you!
1244
01:01:44,909 --> 01:01:47,370
The battleground has just
been completely changed.
1245
01:01:48,121 --> 01:01:51,873
I think it's longer now.
And it's gonna change again.
1246
01:01:51,874 --> 01:01:53,208
[dramatic whooshing]
1247
01:01:53,209 --> 01:01:54,835
[dramatic music continues]
1248
01:01:54,836 --> 01:01:59,756
[Sonia] Stephen and Justin see it live
in front of an audience of critics.
1249
01:01:59,757 --> 01:02:01,717
[Justin] Yeah. Sounds like it.
1250
01:02:01,718 --> 01:02:03,511
That sounds absolutely terrifying.
1251
01:02:04,095 --> 01:02:05,972
[distorted roar]
1252
01:02:06,556 --> 01:02:09,349
[Stephen] Why isn't anybody
worrying about these ****ing spiders?
1253
01:02:09,350 --> 01:02:11,810
Jimmy, we're really worried
about the spiders not working.
1254
01:02:11,811 --> 01:02:13,603
[Jimmy] Yeah, I know. I'm, uh...
1255
01:02:13,604 --> 01:02:15,105
Who would be on that?
1256
01:02:15,106 --> 01:02:17,065
- [indistinct chatter]
- Let me look at it.
1257
01:02:17,066 --> 01:02:19,485
- G, I don't want you filming right now.
- [G] All right, mate.
1258
01:02:20,153 --> 01:02:22,028
Well, we have to make a call ASAP.
1259
01:02:22,029 --> 01:02:24,365
- [Chris] But we might have some?
- [Gary] How are we doing?
1260
01:02:25,324 --> 01:02:27,701
We might be cutting all the spiders
except that...
1261
01:02:27,702 --> 01:02:28,994
- [Chris] All of them?
- We might.
1262
01:02:28,995 --> 01:02:29,911
[Chris] Really?
1263
01:02:29,912 --> 01:02:32,456
In the new script Kate's put in,
there's no spiders except that.
1264
01:02:32,457 --> 01:02:33,373
[Chris] Okay.
1265
01:02:33,374 --> 01:02:36,585
At the moment.
But that's because she's saying
1266
01:02:36,586 --> 01:02:38,962
she can't see the two spiders climbing up.
1267
01:02:38,963 --> 01:02:40,590
So she's just lost faith.
1268
01:02:41,424 --> 01:02:43,508
Which is not to do with you two.
It's just...
1269
01:02:43,509 --> 01:02:46,095
So she's rewritten the scene
that doesn't need it.
1270
01:02:46,888 --> 01:02:50,850
[Justin] Well, it's not good 'cause it's...
but I understand her frustration.
1271
01:02:51,768 --> 01:02:52,976
Yeah, okay.
1272
01:02:52,977 --> 01:02:54,686
- [Justin] But we'll see.
- All right.
1273
01:02:54,687 --> 01:02:56,938
[indistinct chatter]
1274
01:02:56,939 --> 01:02:59,107
[Chris] Sometimes effects don't work.
1275
01:02:59,108 --> 01:03:00,901
You know, we've... for various reasons,
1276
01:03:00,902 --> 01:03:04,112
there are lots of moments,
you know, throughout the show
1277
01:03:04,113 --> 01:03:06,364
that we've had to say goodbye to,
1278
01:03:06,365 --> 01:03:09,576
um, which in some cases, is really hard
because we've worked on them
1279
01:03:09,577 --> 01:03:11,329
for months and months and months.
1280
01:03:12,663 --> 01:03:15,958
Yeah, you know,
you have to be kind of merciless, uh,
1281
01:03:17,293 --> 01:03:21,713
in order to tell the story
in the best way that you can.
1282
01:03:21,714 --> 01:03:25,009
[clock ticking]
1283
01:03:27,804 --> 01:03:30,263
[Sonia] Today, the show is locked.
1284
01:03:30,264 --> 01:03:32,558
No more changes can go in now.
1285
01:03:33,434 --> 01:03:35,769
Usually you'd freeze a bit earlier,
1286
01:03:35,770 --> 01:03:41,608
have a few days to settle in,
but I think, uh, given this process,
1287
01:03:41,609 --> 01:03:43,235
yeah, we've taken it right to the...
1288
01:03:43,236 --> 01:03:45,195
- Yeah. To the wire.
- Right to the wire.
1289
01:03:45,196 --> 01:03:49,574
Gary has just reminded me
that he's been in this theater now
1290
01:03:49,575 --> 01:03:52,828
since August,
and that's why he's looking so happy.
1291
01:03:52,829 --> 01:03:54,872
I'm very pleased
that we're freezing the show.
1292
01:03:55,623 --> 01:03:58,041
[Ella] Henry, listen to my voice.
I'm right here.
1293
01:03:58,042 --> 01:04:02,045
[Justin] On the "Henry, the only thing
holding you back, she's right here."
1294
01:04:02,046 --> 01:04:03,922
The new show's a bloody... It's a bullet.
1295
01:04:03,923 --> 01:04:06,258
You know? You get to Act Two,
and it just goes... [whoosh]
1296
01:04:06,259 --> 01:04:08,009
...and it used to be like... [vroom]
1297
01:04:08,010 --> 01:04:10,178
[dramatic music playing]
1298
01:04:10,179 --> 01:04:12,515
- [screams]
- [bones cracking]
1299
01:04:13,641 --> 01:04:15,101
[dramatic rumble]
1300
01:04:18,437 --> 01:04:19,354
[Chris] We're stopping.
1301
01:04:19,355 --> 01:04:20,940
- We're stopping?
- [man] We're stopping.
1302
01:04:25,528 --> 01:04:26,444
[woman] Sorry.
1303
01:04:26,445 --> 01:04:28,239
[G] How was that show?
1304
01:04:29,574 --> 01:04:32,076
{\an8}It was fine. [chuckles]
1305
01:04:32,869 --> 01:04:36,121
{\an8}It was, mmm, an interesting one.
1306
01:04:36,122 --> 01:04:41,294
The main issue is
our breakable Virginia dummy
1307
01:04:41,919 --> 01:04:46,299
who likes to break too early
for reasons that we don't know why.
1308
01:04:47,550 --> 01:04:50,552
The dummy needs to do
what Virginia does in the TV show.
1309
01:04:50,553 --> 01:04:52,971
And that's fly up in the air
and then all of her bones break.
1310
01:04:52,972 --> 01:04:54,264
[Virginia screams]
1311
01:04:54,265 --> 01:04:57,101
[bones cracking]
1312
01:04:57,768 --> 01:05:01,147
But currently, she likes to break
in her chair.
1313
01:05:02,148 --> 01:05:04,609
[bones cracking]
1314
01:05:07,862 --> 01:05:12,032
What do we do? Just to say it.
In the scenario that we can't find it--
1315
01:05:12,033 --> 01:05:14,117
We'll have to change the battery,
and we're gonna--
1316
01:05:14,118 --> 01:05:16,411
We just have to keep going
with what we've got.
1317
01:05:16,412 --> 01:05:17,829
See what we can do.
1318
01:05:17,830 --> 01:05:19,706
- We can't cancel the show. We can't.
- No.
1319
01:05:19,707 --> 01:05:21,082
I'm wondering if we can put in a...
1320
01:05:21,083 --> 01:05:23,460
We could get you two out
and apologize to everyone.
1321
01:05:23,461 --> 01:05:25,003
[chuckles]
1322
01:05:25,004 --> 01:05:28,715
[Chris] How about individually?
Seat by seat.
1323
01:05:28,716 --> 01:05:29,758
For you, yeah.
1324
01:05:29,759 --> 01:05:30,926
[Sonia] It's not funny.
1325
01:05:30,927 --> 01:05:34,055
We've got a giant opening
with the whole of America flying in.
1326
01:05:34,639 --> 01:05:36,223
What are we gonna do?
1327
01:05:36,807 --> 01:05:38,351
[whirring]
1328
01:05:39,435 --> 01:05:42,520
[clock ticking]
1329
01:05:42,521 --> 01:05:44,398
[soft music playing]
1330
01:05:47,568 --> 01:05:49,403
- [G] Morning, mate.
- [man] Morning.
1331
01:05:49,904 --> 01:05:53,406
[G] I don't suppose you'd like to say
"the calm before the storm," would you?
1332
01:05:53,407 --> 01:05:54,784
[man] I can say that.
1333
01:05:56,744 --> 01:05:57,869
[G] I'm right here.
1334
01:05:57,870 --> 01:05:59,997
Well, calm before the storm.
1335
01:06:00,748 --> 01:06:03,334
[soft music continues]
1336
01:06:04,043 --> 01:06:05,544
[woman] What in the hell?
1337
01:06:09,256 --> 01:06:11,467
Just when I started changing.
1338
01:06:12,969 --> 01:06:15,596
[G] There's quite a lot of flowers here,
isn't there?
1339
01:06:16,180 --> 01:06:18,515
{\an8}Yes. Tons of flowers.
1340
01:06:18,516 --> 01:06:20,558
{\an8}Some with no names on either.
1341
01:06:20,559 --> 01:06:21,727
Very helpful.
1342
01:06:22,228 --> 01:06:24,437
That's why I'm in two hours early.
1343
01:06:24,438 --> 01:06:25,606
[chuckles]
1344
01:06:26,691 --> 01:06:28,401
Chris.
1345
01:06:29,568 --> 01:06:30,569
Hi.
1346
01:06:31,112 --> 01:06:33,030
- [G] Hello.
- [Ella] Hello.
1347
01:06:33,614 --> 01:06:36,074
[G] I'll follow you
for a very brief moment if that's okay.
1348
01:06:36,075 --> 01:06:38,618
Okay. With all my bags.
1349
01:06:38,619 --> 01:06:40,620
[machine whirring]
1350
01:06:40,621 --> 01:06:43,708
[indistinct chatter]
1351
01:06:46,335 --> 01:06:48,045
Oh my God.
1352
01:06:50,172 --> 01:06:51,757
The joys of live theater.
1353
01:06:52,383 --> 01:06:53,926
[Kate] We're pretty tired.
1354
01:06:54,844 --> 01:06:59,055
I was sleeping in the dress circle
between the rows the other day,
1355
01:06:59,056 --> 01:07:02,600
and like, one of the guys
who vacuums the floor,
1356
01:07:02,601 --> 01:07:05,603
like, came up and, like, poked me
and, like, woke me up, and he was like,
1357
01:07:05,604 --> 01:07:07,856
"Are you okay?" And I was like,
"It's fine. I work here."
1358
01:07:07,857 --> 01:07:10,358
And he was like,
"Yeah, but, like, are you okay?"
1359
01:07:10,359 --> 01:07:14,196
And I was like, "Oh, pass." [chuckles]
1360
01:07:14,697 --> 01:07:16,406
"Just vacuum around me."
1361
01:07:16,407 --> 01:07:19,701
[clock ticking]
1362
01:07:19,702 --> 01:07:22,329
[epic music playing]
1363
01:07:30,629 --> 01:07:32,757
[Christopher] We've gotta get tickets.
1364
01:07:33,257 --> 01:07:35,509
God, there's so much to do, G.
1365
01:07:36,427 --> 01:07:39,637
I legitimately don't know if I have
enough time to get everything done.
1366
01:07:39,638 --> 01:07:41,222
[Rebecca] Hey, darling.
1367
01:07:41,223 --> 01:07:42,807
Thank you so much.
1368
01:07:42,808 --> 01:07:43,725
Hiya, darling.
1369
01:07:43,726 --> 01:07:45,602
- [Christopher] Oh God.
- 'Sup?
1370
01:07:45,603 --> 01:07:50,191
[Christopher] We're just kinda...
Just running around. There's a lot to do.
1371
01:07:51,567 --> 01:07:53,110
- [G] Hello, Louis.
- Hey, mate.
1372
01:07:53,736 --> 01:07:55,820
- Hello.
- Hello.
1373
01:07:55,821 --> 01:07:57,364
[epic music continues]
1374
01:08:00,076 --> 01:08:02,660
[G] Do you know anything about anybody
who's going to be in tonight?
1375
01:08:02,661 --> 01:08:05,705
I've tried to kind of, uh,
keep myself away from that.
1376
01:08:05,706 --> 01:08:07,665
I have heard whispers of some people.
1377
01:08:07,666 --> 01:08:11,002
From the show, Matthew Modine is here
and David Harbour.
1378
01:08:11,003 --> 01:08:14,589
Uh, but I... I try and just treat
every audience the same
1379
01:08:14,590 --> 01:08:17,802
and try not to think too much about
who's in because it just stresses you out.
1380
01:08:18,636 --> 01:08:20,178
[G] Who is this?
1381
01:08:20,179 --> 01:08:22,639
[indistinct chatter]
1382
01:08:22,640 --> 01:08:24,432
[G] That's a beautiful suit, Gary.
1383
01:08:24,433 --> 01:08:26,226
[epic music continues]
1384
01:08:26,227 --> 01:08:27,227
♪ off, G.
1385
01:08:27,228 --> 01:08:29,854
[all laughing]
1386
01:08:29,855 --> 01:08:33,149
- [tense music playing]
- [clock ticking]
1387
01:08:33,150 --> 01:08:34,234
[music halts]
1388
01:08:34,235 --> 01:08:36,153
[indistinct chatter]
1389
01:08:38,072 --> 01:08:39,824
The show last night was ****ing tight.
1390
01:08:40,658 --> 01:08:42,492
And you must have felt
that it was a tight show.
1391
01:08:42,493 --> 01:08:46,788
And keep that tonight, um,
and throughout the weekend.
1392
01:08:46,789 --> 01:08:51,709
Don't forget, there's more press
coming in, I'm afraid, tomorrow.
1393
01:08:51,710 --> 01:08:54,587
- And the day after.
- [chuckles]
1394
01:08:54,588 --> 01:08:57,800
Um, so keep your wits about you.
1395
01:08:58,384 --> 01:09:01,010
Tonight is our night.
1396
01:09:01,011 --> 01:09:05,181
For some of us, we've been here for months
and even years.
1397
01:09:05,182 --> 01:09:07,392
All the hard work.
1398
01:09:07,393 --> 01:09:09,185
All the changes.
1399
01:09:09,186 --> 01:09:10,645
It's been worth it.
1400
01:09:10,646 --> 01:09:15,984
It's an extraordinary piece,
and I could not be prouder.
1401
01:09:15,985 --> 01:09:18,444
And if anyone's feeling nervous,
don't worry about it
1402
01:09:18,445 --> 01:09:20,446
because I'm feeling sick.
1403
01:09:20,447 --> 01:09:24,409
So I'll... I'll take it all on for you.
1404
01:09:24,410 --> 01:09:26,911
And you just have a fantastic night.
1405
01:09:26,912 --> 01:09:29,622
And when the reviews talk about
the disastrous direction
1406
01:09:29,623 --> 01:09:32,167
by Stephen and Justin,
it doesn't mean you can do what you want.
1407
01:09:32,168 --> 01:09:34,169
[all chuckle]
1408
01:09:34,170 --> 01:09:38,506
- [woman] ♪ Hey ♪
- [all] ♪ Hey ♪
1409
01:09:38,507 --> 01:09:40,717
[woman] ♪ I don't know
How you've been feelin' ♪
1410
01:09:40,718 --> 01:09:43,011
[all] ♪ I don't know
How you've been feelin' ♪
1411
01:09:43,012 --> 01:09:44,971
[woman] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪
1412
01:09:44,972 --> 01:09:47,182
[all] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪
1413
01:09:47,183 --> 01:09:49,267
[woman] ♪ I don't know
How you've been feeling ♪
1414
01:09:49,268 --> 01:09:51,728
[all] ♪ I don't know
How you've been feeling ♪
1415
01:09:51,729 --> 01:09:53,771
[woman] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪
1416
01:09:53,772 --> 01:09:56,065
[all] ♪ I've been feeling upside down ♪
1417
01:09:56,066 --> 01:09:57,984
[woman] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪
1418
01:09:57,985 --> 01:10:00,528
[all] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪
1419
01:10:00,529 --> 01:10:02,238
[woman] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪
1420
01:10:02,239 --> 01:10:04,616
[all] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪
1421
01:10:04,617 --> 01:10:06,492
[woman] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪
1422
01:10:06,493 --> 01:10:08,913
[all] ♪ In the Upside Down ♪
1423
01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:11,956
We are very excited.
1424
01:10:11,957 --> 01:10:16,002
Um, I mean, we saw a preview.
I guess it was about a month ago.
1425
01:10:16,003 --> 01:10:18,546
Um, and they've been working on it
for an extra month,
1426
01:10:18,547 --> 01:10:21,466
so we're really excited to see
how it is now.
1427
01:10:21,467 --> 01:10:25,011
Look at that. No, no, no. Look at that.
Like a ****ing surgeon.
1428
01:10:25,012 --> 01:10:26,012
[laughs]
1429
01:10:26,013 --> 01:10:28,306
It's the big night. We're very excited!
1430
01:10:28,307 --> 01:10:29,934
[announcer] The show is about to begin.
1431
01:10:33,312 --> 01:10:36,272
[Sonia] It's a whole new generation
of critics are coming through,
1432
01:10:36,273 --> 01:10:38,275
and, you know, everything's clickbait.
1433
01:10:38,901 --> 01:10:42,028
You either love or hate,
one star or five stars.
1434
01:10:42,029 --> 01:10:43,572
You can't be in between.
1435
01:10:44,740 --> 01:10:47,659
If we don't get great reviews,
what happens?
1436
01:10:47,660 --> 01:10:49,327
[dramatic music playing]
1437
01:10:49,328 --> 01:10:50,370
[music fades]
1438
01:10:50,371 --> 01:10:52,664
[clock ticking]
1439
01:10:52,665 --> 01:10:54,582
[Stephen] The moment before
the curtain goes up
1440
01:10:54,583 --> 01:10:57,669
is the most exciting moment
one could ever have in your life.
1441
01:10:57,670 --> 01:10:59,587
[clock continues ticking]
1442
01:10:59,588 --> 01:11:01,340
[Stephen] It's so precarious.
1443
01:11:03,259 --> 01:11:04,927
It's so dangerous.
1444
01:11:06,845 --> 01:11:08,096
[Stephen] It's so terrifying.
1445
01:11:08,097 --> 01:11:09,222
[G] Break a leg, poppet.
1446
01:11:09,223 --> 01:11:10,683
Thank you.
1447
01:11:14,812 --> 01:11:17,230
[dramatic music playing]
1448
01:11:17,231 --> 01:11:19,107
[music builds, halts]
1449
01:11:19,108 --> 01:11:21,192
[audience applauding]
1450
01:11:21,193 --> 01:11:23,153
[cheering]
1451
01:11:27,408 --> 01:11:31,411
[man] The following file is classified
under executive...
1452
01:11:31,412 --> 01:11:34,164
[distorted whirring]
1453
01:11:35,499 --> 01:11:36,709
[whirring halts]
1454
01:11:38,210 --> 01:11:39,878
- [dramatic whoosh]
- [shrieks]
1455
01:11:44,425 --> 01:11:47,219
[dramatic music playing]
1456
01:11:48,721 --> 01:11:51,140
[loud rumbling]
1457
01:11:52,099 --> 01:11:53,809
That is sick, man!
1458
01:11:57,771 --> 01:11:59,314
[Isabella] We go up soon.
1459
01:11:59,315 --> 01:12:01,441
[cheering in the distance]
1460
01:12:01,442 --> 01:12:03,610
[indistinct chatter]
1461
01:12:04,528 --> 01:12:08,449
Whoo! Listen to the crowd going wild!
1462
01:12:16,040 --> 01:12:18,541
[cheering continues]
1463
01:12:18,542 --> 01:12:21,878
[dramatic music continues]
1464
01:12:21,879 --> 01:12:24,922
[indistinct chatter]
1465
01:12:24,923 --> 01:12:28,385
G, I'm just givin' you a heads-up.
This gets really crowded, this bit, so...
1466
01:12:31,472 --> 01:12:32,305
Sorry.
1467
01:12:32,306 --> 01:12:34,223
[indistinct chatter continues]
1468
01:12:34,224 --> 01:12:35,976
- Whoops, sorry!
- Don't worry.
1469
01:12:37,144 --> 01:12:39,146
You've done it the wrong way.
1470
01:12:40,689 --> 01:12:42,190
You've buttoned it the wrong way.
1471
01:12:42,191 --> 01:12:46,153
They're very friendly.
Yeah, but they're critics, love.
1472
01:12:46,862 --> 01:12:47,945
[chuckles]
1473
01:12:47,946 --> 01:12:49,656
Oh my God! Dad!
1474
01:12:50,491 --> 01:12:53,284
- Jesus! His eyes!
- Oh my God!
1475
01:12:53,285 --> 01:12:56,038
[indistinct chatter]
1476
01:12:57,373 --> 01:13:01,042
Does anyone know where... Not here? No?
1477
01:13:01,043 --> 01:13:02,711
Oh shit. It's in my room!
1478
01:13:03,712 --> 01:13:05,213
[dramatic music continues]
1479
01:13:05,214 --> 01:13:08,550
- [indistinct chatter]
- [Isabella] No, it's in my room.
1480
01:13:10,677 --> 01:13:12,096
[Patrick] What was it like?
1481
01:13:12,846 --> 01:13:15,224
What did you see there, Henry?
What did it feel like?
1482
01:13:19,061 --> 01:13:22,105
That's it. Show me. Keep going.
1483
01:13:22,106 --> 01:13:23,898
[loud screech]
1484
01:13:23,899 --> 01:13:25,942
Keep going!
1485
01:13:25,943 --> 01:13:27,026
You are so close!
1486
01:13:27,027 --> 01:13:29,987
- [dramatic music continues]
- [Lauren screams]
1487
01:13:29,988 --> 01:13:33,157
[bones cracking]
1488
01:13:33,158 --> 01:13:34,283
[dramatic rumble]
1489
01:13:34,284 --> 01:13:35,994
[ethereal music playing]
1490
01:13:42,251 --> 01:13:44,253
[Sonia] When you've got a thousand people...
1491
01:13:48,632 --> 01:13:50,968
and you can hear a pin drop...
1492
01:13:53,929 --> 01:13:55,888
that's the best sound of all.
1493
01:13:55,889 --> 01:14:00,185
Because that's when you know
you've absolutely got them.
1494
01:14:02,521 --> 01:14:06,399
And I told you! I told you I'm not normal.
1495
01:14:06,400 --> 01:14:07,776
[Ella] Then what are you?
1496
01:14:08,485 --> 01:14:10,987
- Oh my God!
- [groans]
1497
01:14:10,988 --> 01:14:13,406
[dramatic rumbling]
1498
01:14:13,407 --> 01:14:14,533
[Patrick] Oh my God!
1499
01:14:15,242 --> 01:14:16,576
It's here, isn't it?
1500
01:14:16,577 --> 01:14:18,161
[loud screech]
1501
01:14:18,162 --> 01:14:20,663
It's happening! It's happening right now.
1502
01:14:20,664 --> 01:14:22,331
[ethereal music continues]
1503
01:14:22,332 --> 01:14:24,333
[snarling]
1504
01:14:24,334 --> 01:14:26,837
[Patrick] The only thing standing
in your way.
1505
01:14:27,504 --> 01:14:28,839
She's right here!
1506
01:14:29,465 --> 01:14:31,716
Take her! Take her!
1507
01:14:31,717 --> 01:14:32,884
[growls]
1508
01:14:32,885 --> 01:14:36,221
[Ella] Henry! Don't!
Don't listen to what he says!
1509
01:14:37,681 --> 01:14:39,475
You don't have to do what he says!
1510
01:14:41,018 --> 01:14:44,480
[loud screech]
1511
01:14:46,315 --> 01:14:49,192
[theme music playing]
1512
01:14:49,193 --> 01:14:53,071
[applause]
1513
01:15:01,622 --> 01:15:03,372
Come here! You ****ing champ!
1514
01:15:03,373 --> 01:15:07,503
- [applause continues]
- [indistinct chatter]
1515
01:15:19,181 --> 01:15:20,974
[applause continues]
1516
01:15:35,489 --> 01:15:37,074
[applause continues]
1517
01:15:56,426 --> 01:15:57,426
[applause fades]
1518
01:15:57,427 --> 01:16:01,639
[indistinct chatter]
1519
01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:03,350
As usual. As usual.
1520
01:16:05,519 --> 01:16:06,645
So much fun.
1521
01:16:09,022 --> 01:16:10,023
So good.
1522
01:16:11,817 --> 01:16:13,067
There you go, bro.
1523
01:16:13,068 --> 01:16:14,444
- So good.
- Really good.
1524
01:16:14,945 --> 01:16:17,321
- It's yours now.
- [exhales] We ****ing did it.
1525
01:16:17,322 --> 01:16:19,448
You ****ing did it. Let's go.
1526
01:16:19,449 --> 01:16:22,244
["This Will Be Our Year"
by Dear Nora playing]
1527
01:16:23,203 --> 01:16:24,705
Well done, Isaac.
1528
01:16:25,914 --> 01:16:27,207
Well done, everybody!
1529
01:16:28,542 --> 01:16:30,085
Well done, angels.
1530
01:16:31,420 --> 01:16:35,047
♪ The warmth of your love
Is like the warmth of the sun ♪
1531
01:16:35,048 --> 01:16:36,133
[Stephen] Right.
1532
01:16:36,675 --> 01:16:39,969
♪ And this will be our year... ♪
1533
01:16:39,970 --> 01:16:42,806
- Trefry!
- [Kate] What? Hi.
1534
01:16:43,557 --> 01:16:45,182
[man] All right, go down. Just go down.
1535
01:16:45,183 --> 01:16:47,310
[indistinct chatter]
1536
01:16:47,311 --> 01:16:49,020
You're gonna be so bored now.
1537
01:16:49,021 --> 01:16:50,564
- [laughs]
- [Shawn] Yeah.
1538
01:16:51,982 --> 01:16:54,108
Amazing! Unbelievable!
1539
01:16:54,109 --> 01:16:56,777
- I can't stop crying!
- She can't stop crying!
1540
01:16:56,778 --> 01:16:59,614
Oh my God, we are in love with Henry now!
1541
01:16:59,615 --> 01:17:02,408
The production, the visuals,
the special effects
1542
01:17:02,409 --> 01:17:03,993
is absolutely phenomenal.
1543
01:17:03,994 --> 01:17:07,580
Something I've never seen before.
It's like taking it to the next level.
1544
01:17:07,581 --> 01:17:12,335
I feel like we just stepped out
of a completely different world
1545
01:17:12,336 --> 01:17:13,961
and went on a roller coaster.
1546
01:17:13,962 --> 01:17:16,547
We're still buzzing. It was ****.
It was... Sorry.
1547
01:17:16,548 --> 01:17:18,966
We're still buzzing.
It was crazy. It was, um...
1548
01:17:18,967 --> 01:17:20,509
Electric. It was electric.
1549
01:17:20,510 --> 01:17:23,721
Virginia Creel breaking,
that hasn't been working,
1550
01:17:23,722 --> 01:17:27,391
and so the fact it worked perfectly
and the audience's response to it.
1551
01:17:27,392 --> 01:17:28,309
It got applause.
1552
01:17:28,310 --> 01:17:30,561
That was probably the happiest I was
the whole play.
1553
01:17:30,562 --> 01:17:34,023
Just to see her arms break flawlessly.
1554
01:17:34,024 --> 01:17:36,359
Ross and I love seeing limbs snap.
1555
01:17:36,360 --> 01:17:37,735
- What can I say?
- Obviously.
1556
01:17:37,736 --> 01:17:39,904
[G] How did it feel to take the bow?
1557
01:17:39,905 --> 01:17:41,030
[chuckles]
1558
01:17:41,031 --> 01:17:45,242
Man! Like, that audience was a riot, man.
1559
01:17:45,243 --> 01:17:48,121
A riot! And good.
1560
01:17:48,664 --> 01:17:52,250
Yeah. Right place. Where I'm meant to be.
1561
01:17:53,418 --> 01:17:54,294
Lucky boy.
1562
01:17:55,128 --> 01:17:57,714
The most glorious bunch of flowers.
1563
01:17:58,548 --> 01:18:00,007
But I think you should read the card.
1564
01:18:00,008 --> 01:18:01,301
Oh my God.
1565
01:18:03,679 --> 01:18:04,680
[gasps]
1566
01:18:05,764 --> 01:18:07,099
Oh my God.
1567
01:18:07,724 --> 01:18:09,309
Oh my God.
1568
01:18:09,976 --> 01:18:15,064
♪ This will be our year
Took a long time to come ♪
1569
01:18:15,065 --> 01:18:17,317
[sniffles] My God!
1570
01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:20,529
It's from Winona Ryder! [laughs]
1571
01:18:21,905 --> 01:18:23,698
That's so sweet.
1572
01:18:23,699 --> 01:18:26,742
Oh my God. So ****ing cool to meet you.
1573
01:18:26,743 --> 01:18:29,620
You're a rock star.
You're an absolute rock star.
1574
01:18:29,621 --> 01:18:30,621
That's very flattering.
1575
01:18:30,622 --> 01:18:31,914
You're amazing.
1576
01:18:31,915 --> 01:18:34,710
Hey, man. Good to meet you.
1577
01:18:35,502 --> 01:18:37,002
- This for me?
- I have something for you.
1578
01:18:37,003 --> 01:18:39,131
- For real?
- Congratulations.
1579
01:18:39,881 --> 01:18:43,509
- That's the original hat from the show.
- Are you kidding?
1580
01:18:43,510 --> 01:18:45,845
First season.
It's the only one in existence.
1581
01:18:45,846 --> 01:18:47,555
That's ****ing amazing.
1582
01:18:47,556 --> 01:18:49,140
Thank you so much.
1583
01:18:49,141 --> 01:18:50,891
[Matthew] Oh, you've got a ****ing wig on!
1584
01:18:50,892 --> 01:18:53,853
- I do. Yeah.
- [all laugh]
1585
01:18:53,854 --> 01:18:56,814
- I know. I do. Hi.
- Congratulations.
1586
01:18:56,815 --> 01:18:59,067
Thanks very much.
It's amazing to meet you.
1587
01:19:02,738 --> 01:19:04,947
- [Louis] Gonna take a selfie.
- Hey.
1588
01:19:04,948 --> 01:19:07,199
- Congratulations, you guys. Yeah.
- [Isabella] Thank you.
1589
01:19:07,200 --> 01:19:11,036
[Louis] It makes so much sense.
It makes so much sense.
1590
01:19:11,037 --> 01:19:12,371
It went really, really well.
1591
01:19:12,372 --> 01:19:15,124
We couldn't have asked for
a better response from the audience.
1592
01:19:15,125 --> 01:19:17,960
And just, it's electric,
the energy right now,
1593
01:19:17,961 --> 01:19:19,170
and it was on stage.
1594
01:19:19,171 --> 01:19:21,046
And it's just... doesn't feel real.
1595
01:19:21,047 --> 01:19:26,969
♪ This will be our year
Took a long time to come ♪
1596
01:19:26,970 --> 01:19:30,014
I don't think we have to be here anymore.
Let's go.
1597
01:19:30,015 --> 01:19:31,850
[man] Let's go. Let's go downstairs.
1598
01:19:35,228 --> 01:19:36,646
Some of the reviews are in.
1599
01:19:37,689 --> 01:19:40,357
Five stars in The Telegraph.
1600
01:19:40,358 --> 01:19:42,318
"West End event of the year."
1601
01:19:42,319 --> 01:19:45,613
You can't get more than five,
and they rarely give five.
1602
01:19:45,614 --> 01:19:48,325
And then, five stars, The Guardian.
1603
01:19:49,618 --> 01:19:50,951
"Breathtaking theater."
1604
01:19:50,952 --> 01:19:54,079
And I know
the Daily Mail's gonna be great,
1605
01:19:54,080 --> 01:19:55,873
and The Independent's great.
1606
01:19:55,874 --> 01:19:57,291
It'll do really well.
1607
01:19:57,292 --> 01:19:59,919
- [G] Bloody amazing. Congratulations.
- Long run. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1608
01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:01,963
- Yeah. Sonia's a genius.
- [Sonia] Yeah.
1609
01:20:03,089 --> 01:20:06,592
[ethereal music playing]
1610
01:20:06,593 --> 01:20:08,928
[announcer 1] The Olivier Award goes to...
1611
01:20:08,929 --> 01:20:10,346
[announcer 2] Stranger Things.
1612
01:20:10,347 --> 01:20:12,808
[applause]
1613
01:20:19,856 --> 01:20:22,691
{\an8}I just want to thank the theater community
1614
01:20:22,692 --> 01:20:27,113
{\an8}for welcoming
the Stranger Things mythology in.
1615
01:20:29,699 --> 01:20:33,745
I want to thank the Duffer Brothers
for taking a chance on a freak like me.
1616
01:20:34,871 --> 01:20:36,121
[upbeat music playing]
1617
01:20:36,122 --> 01:20:41,127
[Kate] I want to thank the fans
for being freaks and connecting with us.
1618
01:20:41,711 --> 01:20:44,797
And my husband
and my mother-in-law and my parents,
1619
01:20:44,798 --> 01:20:47,299
I want to thank you. Thank you so much.
1620
01:20:47,300 --> 01:20:49,427
[applause]
1621
01:20:56,184 --> 01:20:58,519
[reporter 1] A Stranger Things prequel
is headed to Broadway.
1622
01:20:58,520 --> 01:21:01,564
[reporter 2] Broadway's taking
a trip to the Upside Down with a new...
1623
01:21:01,565 --> 01:21:03,399
[reporter 3] Stranger Things:
The First Shadow
1624
01:21:03,400 --> 01:21:05,527
will make its Broadway debut next year.
1625
01:21:07,404 --> 01:21:10,615
[Kate] Ooh, I'm excited.
Ooh, I'm nervous, but I'm excited.
1626
01:21:11,533 --> 01:21:12,867
It's gonna be wild.
1627
01:21:12,868 --> 01:21:15,744
[epic music playing]
1628
01:21:15,745 --> 01:21:16,997
[music builds]
1629
01:21:23,837 --> 01:21:24,963
[music continues]
1630
01:22:08,423 --> 01:22:11,217
[intense music playing]
1631
01:23:24,833 --> 01:23:26,835
[calm music playing]
1632
01:23:42,017 --> 01:23:44,519
[dramatic music playing]
1633
01:24:37,864 --> 01:24:39,282
[music fades]