The best theatre to stream this month: how Stranger Things shook the stage

Behind-the-scenes look at the TV juggernaut’s transformation into a theatrical spectacular, interactive acrobatics with Cirque du Soleil and a spellbinding tribute to Kneehigh are among this month’s highlights

It’s almost 18 months since that neon Hawkins sign went up in Charing Cross Road but a long-running Stranger Things play was never a dead cert hit. Netflix’s backstage documentary charts the race against time from workshops to opening night, with writer Kate Trefry and producer Sonia Friedman both bracingly open about the mind-flaying challenges of turning the TV juggernaut into a theatrical spectacular.