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The Southwark Playhouse has something of a track record when it comes to musicals – one of its more recent runs (three to be precise in 2020, 2021 and again in 2022) was Operation Mincemeat, now transferred to the West End. I would be amazed if the same fate was not in store for Stranger Sings. So, you will recall – and, if you don't, best leave this show alone as you won't have a clue what's going on – the Netflix cult hit Stranger Things. Quite a cast, riveting to start with though, let's face it, it did at times take itself just a bit too seriously. Not here. Re-imagined (quite brilliantly) by writer Jonathan Hogue and director Ellis Kerkhoven, this is a spoof not just on this series but on the time (the 80s) when it was set and the whole sci-fi genre. Justin Williams has created a great set in this tiny space. Joyce's living room has an ancient TV set, an alphabet scrawled on the wall and flickering lights through which she communicates with her son W ....