About Harry Potter And The Cursed Child

The most awarded play ever and one of the major cultural moments of the 2010s (Forbes), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is full of magic. Thanks to the eighth Harry Potter book the enchantment has come back to London’s West End.

The will be a new exciting adventure of Harry, Ron, and Hermione which will take place nineteen years after they have saved the magical world, and this time they will be followed by a new group of young students in the marvelous Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Expect great spell-working, a time-traveling race, a titanic battle against the unknown forces, and all this in the preservation of the world order.

This kind of the theatrical performance was described as packed with ‘thrilling theatricality and pulse-pounding storytelling’ (The Hollywood Reporter). Prepare to be as loud as you like cheering and gasping at the climax of it (The Telegraph) and to shiver down your spine in a good way by the end of it (Rolling Stone magazine). As Siegfried, the key male role, stated, This is simply fantastic, it is truly enchanting and it really is wonderful (The Times).
Jack Thorne’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was premiered in the summer of 2016 at Palace Theatre in the London’s West End co-written by J. K Rowling, John Tiffany and the author of this playboy.

Meet the Cast and Creative Team Behind Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

It is a superb play with a great cast and great crew; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is an enchanting play that takes the audience to the world of Harry Potter. The cast of the play includes the characters such as Jamie Parker who plays Harry Potter, Sam Clemmett who plays Albus Potter, Poppy Miller who plays Ginny Weasley, Noma Dumezweni who plays Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and others. Alex Price plays the character of Draco Malfoy and Anthony Boyle is playing the character of Scorpius Malfoy. Jack Thorne is the head of the creative team; he translated the play from a new story that he co-wrote with John Tiffany and J. K. Rowling.

The choreographer of the show is Steven Hoggett while Christine Jones is the set designer and John Tiffany directs the show. As much as the play’s concept, the costumes by Katrina Lindsay, the lights by Neil Austin, the sound by Gareth Fry and the music by Imogen Heap are impressive. The play also fulfills the purpose of capturing the essence of the wizarding world and the enthusiasm of the fans, primarily due to Martin Lowe’s musical arrangements and compositions and Jamie Harrison’s illusions and magic. That is why the play “:Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” will be undoubtedly magical with such a powerful cast.

David Ricardo-Pearce

Theatre Includes

The theater credits include the shows in such prestigious venues as the Old Vic with “The Lorax,” the National Theatre with “Saint Joan” and “The Motive and the Cue,” etc. They starred in “We Started to Sing” at Arcola Theatre and “The Famous Five” at Chichester and Theatr Clwyd. They have been in “Crossing Jerusalem” at Park Theatre and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Barbican and Bristol Old Vic and others. Other famous play performances include “The Big Fellah” at Lyric Hammersmith, “The Sacred Flame” with Rose Theatre / English Touring Theatre, “Middlemarch” and “De Monfort” at Orange Tree Theatre.

The group has also been in ‘Sweeney Todd’ on Broadway, ‘Kiss Me Kate’ at the Watermill Theatre, ‘The Car Cemetery’ at the Gate and ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ at the Young Vic among others. This actor has been in many performances like “Saturday Night” at Arts Theatre, “Anyone Can Whistle” at Jermyn St. Theatre, “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet” at Octagon Theatre Bolton. Some of their other productions include ‘Privates on Parade’ at West Yorkshire Playhouse, ‘The Rover’ at Hampton Court Palace, ‘Alfie’ and ‘Inglorious Technicolour’ at Stephen Joseph Theatre, ‘Two Cities’ at Salisbury Playhouse, and ‘Tom’s Midnight Garden’ at Unicorn Theatre.

Television Includes

Traitors; Trauma, The Spa, Eastenders, Outnumbered, Extras and Border Crossing.

Film Includes

Stop Dead, Ma’am, The Everlasting Club and The Ivory Wife.

Polly Frame

Theatre Includes

The theatre credits include a wide variety of performances in famous theatres. Some of his previous works include The Sam Wanamaker’s Hamlet, I Think We Are Alone Now and Sometimes Thinking with the Frantic Assembly, and the Solaris performed at the Edinburgh Lyceum /Lyric Hammersmith. They performed in “Edward” and “Edward II” at Globe Theatre and “Thick as Thieves” at Clean Break Theatre. The award-winning performance by them was in “On The Exhale” which was a Fringe First Winner at Traverse Theatre. They have also worked on “Jekyll & Hyde” for the English Touring Consortium, “A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian” for Hull Truck and “Frankenstein” and “Hedda Gabler” for Northern Stage.

Other major productions include “Henry V” at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, “The Odyssey” with English Touring Theatre, “Mermaid” with Shared Experience and ‘Arcadia’ at Tobacco Factory. Other performances are “Twelfth Night” with Filter Theatre, “Pastoral” at Soho Theatre, “After Miss Julie” at Young Vic, “The Crossing 66 Books” at Bush Theatre, “Earthquakes in London” at RNT and “The Count of Monte Cristo” at West Yorkshire Playhouse. They have acted the role of Macbeth at Chichester, the West End and on Broadway while other roles include Cleansed at the Arcola.

Television Includes

The Great Series 2 & 3; The Crown; EastEnders; Ray & Gaynor; Murder Island; Grantchester; Doctors; Casualty; Man Down; The Tunnel; Coronation Street; Holby City; The Curse of the Hope Diamond; Silent Witness; Bunny Town; Sea of Souls; Accused; Life Begins; New Trick; Meet the Magoons; The Giblets; Servants.

Film Includes

Macbeth; Half Light; Duplicity

Thomas Aldridge

Theatre Includes

The theatre credits include performances in “Les Miserables” at Queens and “Made in Dagenham” at Adelphi. At Regents Park Open Air Theatre, they starred in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Taming of the Shrew,” and “Babe.” They also performed in “The Secret Garden” and “Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure” at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep. Their role in “His Dark Materials” took them on a UK tour, and they featured in “Only the Brave” at Soho Theatre and Wales Millennium Centre. Additional performances include “The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe” at Birmingham Rep, “High Society” at Shaftesbury and on a UK tour, and “Dirty Dancing” on a UK tour. They also appeared in “The Wizard of Oz” with RSC and West Yorkshire Playhouse, and participated in workshops for “Matilda” with RSC.

Television Includes

Undercover, Titanic, Call the Midwife, Silent Witness, Doctors, Eastenders, Hope & Glory, Killers, Law & Order: UK, Primeval, and Bwarks online award winning comedy series The Support Group.

Film Includes

Flea, MI9-2-5, Blasted (shortlisted best short film at Cannes, Toronto & Sundance Film Festivals).

Thomas has appeared in various commercials, most notably fronting the commercials for Paddy Power.

Jade Ogugua

Theatre Includes

The theatre credits include notable performances such as “Macbeth (An Undoing)” at Edinburgh Lyceum and “Ivy Tiller: Some of the titles include; “Vicar’s Daughter Squirrel Killer” and “O Island!” for the RSC. They also toured in “Solaris” in Malthouse Theatre Melbourne, Edinburgh Lyceum and Lyric Hammersmith and “welfth Night” in Edinburgh Lyceum and Bristol Old Vic. Some of their versatile roles are; “Anyone’s Guess How We Got Here” with Barrel Organ, “How to Act” at the National Theatre of Scotland and “The Enchanted” at Bunker Theatre. Other works include “The Barnbow Canaries” at West Yorkshire Playhouse, “The Tempest” with Northern Stage and Oxford Playhouse and “Scarlet” at Southwark Playhouse.

Television Includes

Trying; Shetland; Such Brave Girls; Winning; Buffering; Four Weddings and a Funeral; Flatmates; Lovesick; Doctors; The Guilty.

Film Includes

The Lost King; Havoc; Sniper 6.

Steve John Shepherd

Theatre Includes

Some of the theatres include; Tammy Faye at Almeida, Describe the Night at Hampstead Theatre, and Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare’s Globe. They also performed in “Plastic” at Theatre Royal Bath and “The Good Canary” at Rose Theatre Kingston. They were in “A View From Islington North” at the Arts Theatre and “Bomber’s Moon” at Park Theatre and Trafalgar Studio. Other significant productions include “Albion” at Bush, “Piaf” at Donmar Warehouse and in the West End, “The Five Wives of Maurice Pinder” and “Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads” at the National. They also performed in “Original Sin” at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, “Twelfth Night” UK tour, and “Dangerous Corner” at Leeds Playhouse and West End.

Television Includes

Karen Pirie; Agatha Raisin; Hetty Feather; London Kills; Silent Witness; EastEnders; Walking the Dead; Lunch Monkeys; Taggart; Bringing Down the House; Being Human; Plus One; Cold Blood; Bad Mothers Handbook; Bonkers; Lilies; Dalziel & Pascoe; New Tricks.

Film Includes

Romance; The Best Man; Too Much Too Young; Boudicca; Spy Hole; Star Wars Episode II; Now You See Her; Me Without You; From Hell; Greenwich Mean Time; Virtual Sexuality; Rudy; I Want You.

The Enchantment of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Cast and Creative Team

This play is a truly outstanding theatrical show that brings the story of Harry Potter to life with the help of an excellent cast and a brilliant creative team. With their talents, both young and old fans are given a wonderful ride by their performance on stage. This phenomenon promises an enthralling ride that none of the audiences will forget regardless of whether they are the followers of the series from the beginning or the newcomers to the magical world.