The announcement marked the eighteenth anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, published on 26 June 1997. On 26 June 2015, it was revealed it would receive its world premiere in mid-2016 at London's Palace Theatre. The following May, Rowling began establishing the creative team for the project. Rowling revealed that the play would 'explore the previously untold story of Harry's early years as an orphan and outcast'. At the time of the announcement, author J. 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. The West End production is the only location that continues to stage the original two-part play.

In 2022, the San Francisco, Melbourne, Toronto, and Tokyo productions also adopted the one-part play, with Hamburg following in 2023. In June 2021, the play was re-staged as a single 3.5 hour show for future performances on Broadway in November 2021. in the afternoon and in the evening) or over two evenings. The play was originally produced as a two-part play, that could be viewed on the same day (i.e. A Japanese production opened at the TBS Akasaka ACT Theater on 8 July 2022. A Canadian production opened at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto, on 19 June 2022. The first non-English production opened at the Mehr! Theater in Hamburg, Germany, on 5 December 2021. A second American production opened in San Francisco at the Curran Theatre on 1 December 2019. An Australian production opened at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne, on 23 February 2019. That production received ten nominations and won six awards, including Best Play at the 2018 Tony Awards. A Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on 21 April 2018. It received a record-breaking eleven nominations and won another record-breaking nine awards, including Best New Play, at the 2017 Laurence Olivier Awards. The original West End production premiered at the Palace Theatre on 7 June 2016. įrom its opening, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has received near universal critical acclaim for its magic, illusions, and stage wizardry. Rowling has referred to the play as 'the eighth Harry Potter story'. It follows Harry Potter, now Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic, and his son, Albus Severus Potter, who is about to attend his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The story takes place nineteen years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play written by Jack Thorne, based on an original story written by J.

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