Oct 26 2015
The Pottermore website announced Friday that there is to be an eighth story in the Harry Potter series - presented not as a book but as a play. The story will pick up after Harry says goodbye to his eldest children, James Sirius and Albus Severus, at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters (the last scene in the final book.)
Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Olivier and Tony award-winner John Tiffany, in collaboration with J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, will be a two part production and will feature a cast of more than 30 actors.
"The story only exists because the right group of people came together with a brilliant idea about how to present Harry Potter on stage," Rowling observed. "I'm confident that when audiences see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child they will understand why we chose to tell this story in this way."
Tickets for the play, which will premier in London next summer, will go on sale this Wednesday.
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