{"id":2092542,"date":"2026-08-13T19:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2092542"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:44:17","slug":"stranger-things-star-noah-schnapp-to-make-stage-debut-in-london-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2092542","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stranger Things\u2019 star Noah Schnapp to make stage debut in London next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/noah_schnapp_2026.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>TV News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">\u2018Stranger Things\u2019 star Noah Schnapp to make stage debut in London next month<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>He will appear in the new play &#8216;Affluenza&#8217;, written by Andy Sandberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-13T20:44:17+01:00\">13th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/noah_schnapp_2026-696x442.jpg\" alt title><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Noah Schnapp attends the world premiere of &#8220;Enola Holmes 3&#8221; at The Plaza Hotel on June 25, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><i>Stranger Things<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>star Noah Schnapp is set to make his stage debut in London next month in a new play titled\u00a0<i>Affluenza<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1308\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>\u2018Stranger Things\u2019 season five, volume one review: the big, bold\u00a0beginning of the end<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The actor, best known for playing Will Byers in the\u00a0Netflix\u00a0sci-fi series, will lead the world premiere at Riverside Studios from September 26 until November 21, with an official press night on October 5.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Written and directed by Andy Sandberg, Affluenza is set among the wealthy residents of the Hamptons in New York and follows the fallout after a teenager\u2019s drunken car ride ends in devastation.<\/p>\n<p>The darkly comic play is inspired by true events and explores privilege, moral accountability, family legacy and the American justice system.<\/p>\n<p>Schapp has said: \u201cI am so excited to make my stage debut in London with\u00a0<i>Affluenza<\/i>. I started talking with Andy Sandberg a few months ago about finding the right opportunity to work together, and it\u2019s thrilling to now be bringing this play to life in London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to be very intentional about what I took on next, and as I spend more time with this excellent script, I feel so connected to the characters. 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MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>\u2018Stranger Things\u2019 season five, volume one review: the big, bold\u00a0beginning of the end<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The actor, best known for playing Will Byers in the\u00a0Netflix\u00a0sci-fi series, will lead the world premiere at Riverside Studios from September 26 until November 21, with an official press night on October 5.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Written and directed by Andy Sandberg, Affluenza is set among the wealthy residents of the Hamptons in New York and follows the fallout after a teenager\u2019s drunken car ride ends in devastation.<\/p>\n<p>The darkly comic play is inspired by true events and explores privilege, moral accountability, family legacy and the American justice system.<\/p>\n<p>Schapp has said: \u201cI am so excited to make my stage debut in London with\u00a0<i>Affluenza<\/i>. I started talking with Andy Sandberg a few months ago about finding the right opportunity to work together, and it\u2019s thrilling to now be bringing this play to life in London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to be very intentional about what I took on next, and as I spend more time with this excellent script, I feel so connected to the characters. Without giving away too much, I get to play two\u00a0very different\u00a0roles, and\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a story\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0really going to leave audiences talking and thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Db-eV6LDJuV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Additional\u00a0casting will be announced\u00a0at a later\u00a0date\u00a0and tickets for\u00a0<i>Affluenza\u00a0<\/i>are available\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>Sandberg has said: \u201cNoah is a brilliant young actor who has captivated audiences on screen, and now London audiences will have the opportunity to see him in his stage debut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m\u00a0honoured\u00a0that Noah has connected with the script, and I think it speaks volumes that he has chosen an original play for his stage debut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shnapp appeared in all five seasons of the show, which concluded with a two-hour finale on New Year\u2019s Day.\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>gave the first volume of the final season four stars, writing: \u201cEven in piecemeal form, Stranger Things has a flair for epic and emotionally resonant storytelling. After all those years, this smart, big-hearted sci-fi show still has the power to turn your head upside down.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The franchise has already expanded onto the stage through\u00a0the prequel show\u00a0<i>Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/i>, which opened in London in 2023 before transferring to Broadway. This year also saw the arrival of animated spin-off <i>Stranger Things: Tales From \u201985<\/i>, while\u00a0an immersive concert tour featuring music from the show launched in June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/stranger-things-star-noah-schnapp-to-make-stage-debut-in-london-next-month-3962514&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/noah_schnapp_2026.jpg&#8221;] NewsTV News \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 star Noah Schnapp to make stage debut in London next month He will appear in the new play &#8216;Affluenza&#8217;, written by Andy Sandberg By Max Pilley 13th August 2026 Noah Schnapp attends the world premiere of &#8220;Enola Holmes 3&#8221; at The Plaza Hotel on June 25, 2026 in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2092542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2092542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2092542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2092542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2092542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}