Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a 2016 British two-part play written by Jack Thorne based on an original story by J. The play received enthusiastic critical reception, although the script was not received well by some of the Harry Potter fandom. In June 2021, the production team announced harry potter lego black friday the play would be restaged as a single show for future performances on Broadway beginning in November 2021, as well the San Francisco, Toronto, and Melbourne productions beginning in 2022. The existing two-part play will continue to be staged in London and Hamburg.
In December 2013, it was revealed that a stage play based on the Harry Potter series had been in development for around a year, with the view to bringing it to the stage sometime in 2016. At the time of the announcement, author J. On 26 June 2015, this project was officially confirmed under the title of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and it was revealed it would receive its world premiere in mid-2016 at London’s Palace Theatre. On announcing plans for the project, Rowling stated that the play would not be a prequel. In response to queries regarding the choice of a play rather than a new novel, Rowling stated that she “is confident that when audiences see the play they will agree that it is the only proper medium for the story”.
On 23 October 2015, it was confirmed the plays were set nineteen years after the conclusion of the final novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and would open at London’s Palace Theatre in July 2016. The play is divided in two parts, consisting of two acts each. Both boys are bullied by other students over the next few years, Albus due to his perceived failure to live up to his parents, and Scorpius due to unproven rumours that he is the son of Lord Voldemort. Astoria then passes away due to a fatal disease.