On Sunday 8th April, the Olivier Awards – the UK’s most prestigious celebration of theatre and stage arts – took place at the Royal Albert Hall. Leaky was lucky enough to cover the event live, and watched as Cursed Child won a record-breaking nine awards, after being nominated for another record-breaking eleven awards! Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy …read more!

The new cast of Cursed Child starting May 24th were introduced today, and they’re excited to get going on the second year of the show! Rehearsals began this week for new cast members joining @HPPlayLDN from 24 May 2017! Find out more: https://t.co/Lchf5o06HH pic.twitter.com/Ueu7oouz96 — Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (@CursedChildLDN) March 30, 2017 (Photography by …read more!

The Harry Potter cast is keeping us on our toes as usual this week! If one thing remains true it’s that they are as active as ever, which is great news for fans as we love to see our favorite cast members on the stage and screen again. Today we’ve got information on Bill Nighy, …read more!

Imelda Staunton is best known to Harry Potter fans as Dolores Umbridge, the one antagonist we hate almost more than Voldemort, but she has long been a beloved staple in British television and film. In the last few years, however, she’s also become something of a stage darling, with award-winning turns in the West End …read more!

A very Happy Birthday to Imelda Staunton, the woman who plays the character we all love to hate, Dolores Umbridge! Imelda turns 61 today, January 9th. Along with starring as our favorite villain (we all know we despised her even more than Voldemort himself at times) in the Harry Potter movies, Staunton has also starred …read more!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which is currently sold out until February of next year, has extended performances in the West End until April of 2018. 75,000 tickets will be available for purchase for these future shows. Tickets for performances from February 7th, 2018 to April 29th, 2018 will go on sale Monday, January 23rd, 2017 …read more!

This week, we finally got to experience the awe-inspiring Harry Potter play, Cursed Child. We’ve heard your praises, felt your concerns, and we’d like to offer our take on the play currently at the West End, without ruining the magic for those who are still to see the play, or are uncertain as to whether they’re …read more!

Imelda Staunton bewilders as the twisted Professor Umbridge in the Harry Potter series, but in Fall 2017 she will bewitch the stage as Sally Plummer in the National Theatre’s production of the musical Follies. National Theatre Director, Rufus Norris, told Playbill.com: “We are thrilled Imelda Staunton and Janie Dee will return to the National in …read more!

Amongst what looks to be an engaging winter lineup, a plethora of actors from the Harry Potter universe will be gracing stages of London’s West End in early 2017. As reported by Leaky in October, Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, will be returning to the UK stage as Rosencrantz in the 50th Anniversary Celebratory Production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern …read more!