The original two-part production, which has made the West End's Palace Theatre its home, has received a record-breaking 9 Olivier Awards and now holds 60 major honours, including 6 Tony Awards.
The 2024 cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Photo by Manuel Harlan.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the West End is the only version available worldwide that is shown in two parts and the only one where you can see nine of the characters from the Harry Potter series - Hagrid, Bane, Bathilda Bagshot, Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, Dudley Dursley, Young Harry and Lily Potter Jr - alongside Harry, Ron and Hermione and many more.
Opening on 30 July 2016 in London, the ninth international production will open in the Netherlands in 2026. It's the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage and has been seen by over 2 million people in the West End and over 11 million worldwide.
Sonia Friedman and Colin Callendar, producers of the show, said, “We are delighted to be celebrating another milestone for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The journey over the last nine years since we opened at the Palace Theatre has been a magical one, and we are continually grateful to our wonderful audiences in London and around the world. Still thrilling and stunning audiences as much as it did almost a decade ago, London remains the only place in the world to experience the original two-part production — a truly unique theatrical experience”
The current Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast comprises David Ricardo-Pearce asHarry Potter, Claire Lams playing Ginny Potter and Ellis Rae as their son Albus Potter. Thomas Aldridge plays Ron Weasley with Jade Ogugua playing Hermione Granger along with Eve de Leon Allen as their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley. Steve John Shepherd playsDraco Malfoy, with Harry Acklowe as his son Scorpius Malfoy.
They are joined by Ishmail Aaron, David Annen, Nicole-Lily Baisden, Sabina Cameron, Rob Curtis, Zijuan Elsol, Gabriel Fleary, Rory Fraser, Tim Hibberd, Sally Jayne Hind, Max Hunter, Dewayne Jameson Adams, Emma Louise Jones, Julia Kass, Debra Lawrance, Tasha Lim, Matty Loane, Sophie Matthew, Jaden Oshenye, Helen Power, Jocelyn Prah, Conor Quinn, Ian Redford, Catherine Russell, Martin de los Santos, Adam Slynn, Benjamin Stratton, Alex Tomkins, Jake Tuesley, Sam Varley and Katie Wimpenny. Spencer Braam, Max Garlick, Ellis Jordan, Effie Linnen, Tristan Marwa and Harper Tricker alternate two children’s roles.
Taking place 19 years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione saved the wizarding world, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child takes audiences on an extraordinary new adventure. It follows Harry Potter's son, Albus Severus Potter, as he struggles with the weight of his family's legacy and forms an unlikely friendship with Scorpius Malfoy, Draco's son. Together, they attempt to alter the past using a Time-Turner, leading to unintended and dangerous consequences.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is booking through to 15 February 2026. Experience spectacular spells, a mind-blowing race through time, and an epic battle!
