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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Tickets
10+. Patrons under 15 must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.
Running until 6 April 2025
Palace Theatre
Run time Part One: 2hr 40min (inc. 20min interval), Part Two: 2hr 35min (inc. 20min interval)
Includes interval
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child London
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.
For many hardcore Harry Potter fans, seven books and eight films were simply not enough. After the conclusion of The Deathly Hallows, a lot of readers were left with Post Potter Depression. But muggles need not suffer any more thanks to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London, which picks up where the last book’s epilogue left off: 19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts in the Second Wizarding War. The continuation of the beloved story, in the form of a stage play, paints a story of the next generation of Harry Potter characters and makes fans out of a whole new generation of young readers.
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A Magical Adventure
It’s no secret that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London has been an overwhelming critical success. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast its spell on critics and theatregoers when it opened in summer 2016 and it continues to leave fans mesmerised to this day, with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child tickets being in extremely high demand. There truly is magic in every moment in the eighth instalment of the Wizarding World.
The London production of the show is renowned for holding the theatre record for the most awarded West End play in Olivier Award history, winning a total of nine Laurence Olivier Awards in 2017 out of 11 nominations, including Best New Play, Best Director (John Tiffany), Best Actor (Jamie Parker as The Boy Who Lived), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Noma Dumezweni as Hermione Granger), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Anthony Boyle as Scorpius Malfoy), and many more.
Additionally, the West End production has raked in the 2016 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play, Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards for Best Director, Best Designer, and Most Promising Newcomer, and 10 WhatsOnStage Awards. Meanwhile, the Broadway production has won six Tony Awards and was nominated for Best Musical Theater Album at the 2020 Grammy Awards.
It’s Worth The Acclaim
- Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, The Cursed Child offers a different way to experience the wizarding world, as it was originally intended for the stage.
- When performed on stage, The Cursed Child utilises incredible spells and enchantments, which will be some of the most mind-blowing special effects and magic you have ever seen performed on the stage. There’s nothing else quite like it.
- Have you ever wondered what would happen if certain events from the original series took a different course? The Cursed Child explores exactly that.
- In a true time-warped fashion, The Cursed Child is designed to be experienced in two parts. Which means double the magic, double the madness.
- We learn more about all of the original beloved characters, Harry, for example, has some peculiar fears…oh, and the Trolley Witch is absolutely terrifying.
Please Bear In Mind
The Cursed Child is suitable for ages 10+. Babes-in-arms are not admitted into the auditorium. All patrons under the age of 15 with Harry Potter and The Cursed Child tickets must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.
This production is performed in two parts. When booking your tickets through our interactive seating plan, you will automatically be booking for both parts at the same time and for the same exact seats. This show also contains small but not continual flashing lights.
How long is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is split in to two magical plays, each with a different run time. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part One runs for 2 hours and 40 minutes, including a 20 minute interval. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part Two is slightly shorter, running for 2 hours and 35 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.
On Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part One starts at 2pm and finishes at 4.40pm, with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part Two starting at 7pm and finishing at 9.35pm. On Sundays Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part One starts at 1pm and finishes at 3.40pm, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part Two starts at 6pm and finishes at 8.35pm.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Palace Theatre Cast
Main Cast
Harry - Sam Crane
Ginny - Frances Grey
Albus - Thomas Grant
Ron - Thomas Aldridge
Hermoine - Michelle Gayle
Rose - Grace Wylde
Draco - James Howard
Scorpius - Adam Wadsworth
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Palace Theatre Creatives
Main Creatives
Original Story - J.K. Rowling
Original Story & Playwright - Jack Thorne
Original Story and Director - John Tiffany
Movement Director - Steven Hoggett
Set Designer - Christine Jones
Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay
Composer & Arranger - Imogen Heap
Lighting Designer - Neil Austin
Sound Designer - Gareth Fry
Illusions and Magic - Jamie Harrison
Music Supervisor & Arranger - Martin Lowe
Casting Director - Julia Horan CDG & Lotte Hines CDG
Age restriction
10+. Patrons under 15 must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.Running time
Part One: 2hr 40min (inc. 20min interval), Part Two: 2hr 35min (inc. 20min interval)Performance dates
14 October 2021 - 6 April 2025Content
Contains small but not continual flashing lights.Special notes
**Babes-in-arms are not admitted into the auditorium. **
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play told in four acts (two parts). When booking your tickets through our interactive seating plan, you will automatically be booking for both parts at the same time and for the same exact seats. This represents the first time that muggle ticket buyers have the chance to select their seats from an online seating plan.
Venue Dispatch: Please note you will be contacted by the venue 24-48 hours before the performance with instructions on how to check-in and retrieve your e-ticket
Access
Captioned Performances: 18 May 2024 and 16th November 2024 2pm & 7pm, BSL signed Performances: 21 September 2024. Audio Described Performance: 9 November 2024 2pm & 7pm.Venue Information
Palace TheatreShaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 5AYRecent Reviews
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Meet the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast
After the best-selling book series and blockbuster film franchise, who would have thought the boy who lived would keep on living?! After an eventful school career, we catch up with Harry Potter in the latest magical installment, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It only seems fair for Harry Potter to have an easy life. But now his kids are in school, who will they encounter? Let us whizz through the highly skilled wizards and witches currently starring in the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast.
Who are the current Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast members?
Now Harry and crew are all grown up, we not only have some new faces playing the beloved characters in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child but some new additions to the magical team, too. Our original heroes are currently played by:
David Ricardo-Pearce is currently starring as Harry. Before donning the lightning scar and wielding his wand, David could be seen in The Motive and the Cue, Saint Joan (National Theatre); The Lorax (The Old Vic); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Barbican and Bristol Old Vic); and The Big Fellah (Lyric Hammersmith). He’s also appeared in TV shows, including; Traitors, Eastenders, and The Spa.
Polly Frame is currently playing Ginny. Polly’s prolific career includes credits in Hamlet (The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), Henry V (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), After Miss Julie (Young Vic), and Macbeth (Chichester, West End, and Broadway). She’s also appeared in The Crown, The Great, Eastenders, Life Begins and more.
Ellis Rae is making his West End debut as Harry’s son Albus. After training at Stageworx School of Performing Arts and Guildford School of Acting, Ellis performed in The Boy Who Made It Rain at The Alma Tavern.
Thomas Aldridge plays Ron Weasley. Before his role as the clumsy but lovable best friend, Thomas appeared in Les Miserables at the Queens Theatre (now the Sondheim Theatre), Made in Dagenham at the Adelphi Theatre, the UK tour of His Dark Materials, and Only the Brave at Soho Theatre. His on-screen work includes Undercover, Call the Midwife, Silent Witness, and Eastenders.
Jade Ogugua plays Hermoine Granger. Jade is known for her roles in MacBeth (An Undoing) at Edinburgh Lyceum; Solaris at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, Edinburgh Lyceum and Lyric Hammersmith; Twelfth Night at Edinburgh Lyceum and Bristol Old Vic; and Scarlet at the Southwark Playhouse. She also starred in Trying, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Flatmates, and Lovesick.
Taneetrah Porter is currently starring as Rose. After training at LAMDA, Taneetrah is making her West End debut in the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast. Her previous theatre credits include The Great Barbecue, Nzambi and Justice Ezi at Theatre Peckham, and Seasons, Ada, and Jodie Braddick at The Space Theatre.
Making up the the rest of the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast are: Ishmail Aaron, David Annen, Nairn Archer, Abigail Austin, Darrell Brockis, Sabina Cameron, Robert Curtis, Toby De Salis, Odelia Dizel-Cubuca, Oliver Dawson, Layla Duke, Rory Fraser, Jemma Geanaus, Harry Goodson-Bevan, Jemma Gould, Honor Hastings, Aubry Hayes, Kelton Hoyland, David Ijiti, Chris Jarman, Sally Jayne Hind, Emma Louise Jones, Kathryn Meisle, Aljosa Radosavljevic, Ian Redford, Abigail Rosser, Clancy Ryan, Tonny Shim, Adam Slynn, Sara Stewart, Benjamin Stratton, Maia Tamrakar, Alex Tomkins, Jake Tuesley, Sam Varley, Jess Vickers, Wreh-asha Walton, Ethan Webster, and Katie Wimpenny.
4 Jul, 2024 | By Carly Clements-Yu
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Meet the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child characters
So you think you know all the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child characters? Let’s test that, shall we? With the introduction of the next generation of witches and wizards, there are a few names you may not be as familiar with.
The definitive guide to all the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child characters
You know the books. You know the films. But how well do you know the stage play currently on at the Palace Theatre in London’s West End? Meet everyone in the record-breaking show based on J.K Rowling’s wizarding world.
Familiar characters in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Let’s start with all the characters you know, love and (sometimes) hate.
Harry Potter
The boy who lived to be an overworked Ministry of Magic employee and dad of three. See the lightning-scarred protagonist all grown up as we re-enter the Potter-verse where The Deathly Hallows left off - 19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts. The next generation of magical folk - including Harry’s son Albus - attend the hallowed school. Due to the pressures of work and a strained relationship with Albus, Harry says a few things a father shouldn’t, leading to disastrous events and a dash through time.
Ginny Potter
Helping Harry to become an official member of the Wesley family, Ginny is Harry’s wife. In the show, Ginny helps Harry to reconcile with their son Albus - proving herself to be wise and grounded, just as she was in the books.
Hermione Granger
The over-achieving Hermione is now the Minister for Magic. She and her husband, Ron, have a daughter named Rose who is attending Hogwarts with Harry’s children. Ever the loyal friend, Hermione joins Harry on his quest to repair the damage done to his son.
Ron Weasley
Following his brother Fred’s death, Ron has paired up with George to run Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley. Completing the magical trio, Ron joins Harry and Hermione on an adventure through time in hopes of fixing the present.
Draco Malfoy
Harry’s nemesis, Draco, has led a difficult life. After the Second Wizarding War, he shed his prejudices and distanced himself from his Death Eater family. After finding love, Draco has a son called Scorpius who becomes Harry’s son’s best friend. Though his opinions have changed, his treatment of Harry and his friends hasn’t, leading to further tension between them.
4 Jul, 2024 | By Carly Clements-Yu
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