Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is being reimagined as a single performance, 10 years after it first debuted in the West End as a two-part theatrical event.
Booking for the two-part production in London has now extended through to September 20, 2026, which will be the culmination of a celebratory final year that honours a decade of the show. The one-part production will reopen at the Palace Theatre on October 6, 2026.
Nineteen years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione saved the wizarding world, they’re back on a most extraordinary new adventure – this time, joined by a brave new generation that has only just arrived at the legendary Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Prepare for spectacular spells, a mind-blowing race through time, and an epic battle to stop mysterious forces, all while the future hangs in the balance.
Based on an original story by JK Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play written by Thorne and directed by Tiffany.
The show features movement by Steven Hoggett, set by Christine Jones, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, music & arrangements by Imogen Heap, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Gareth Fry, illusions & magic by Jamie Harrison, music supervision & arrangements by Martin Lowe. US casting is by Jim Carnahan.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions.
The production will move to the version of the show currently performed by companies around the world, including the Broadway production in New York City, where the reimagined one-part production premiered in 2021. The one-part production has a running time of 2 hours and 55 minutes, including one interval.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child received its world premiere at the Palace Theatre opening in July 2016. Amassing over 8000 hours of performance time in London over the last 10 years, it has now been seen by 2.2 million people, including more than 300,000 first time theatregoers.
The final block of tickets for the current two-part production is now on sale here.
Top image: The cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, photo by Manuel Harlan (image supplied)