Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Phoenix Theatre, London, February 2024; Marquis Theatre, New York, April 2025: The Genius Myth, or How Not to Jump a Shark
January 2026
The phrase ‘jumping the shark,’ coined by the comedian Jon Hein to describe the moment a favourite television show began to decline, has come to signify an endeavour desperate for attention — gimmicky, void of meaning, ludicrous, or utterly shameless. In other words, the perfect way to describe the stage production Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
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