The PMC’s Exclusive with “Cursed Child” Creative Team

When the news of the eighth Harry Potter story finally being created (and being presented in the format of a play as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), we were surprised that the news didn’t come from Pottermore’s Correspondent. Instead it was released by The Daily Mail. Honestly, it was almost hard to believe The Daily Mail when the PMC has been setting a good foundation for being the first source for all official Harry Potter news–and big news at that.

But have no fear, the PMC wasn’t completely left out of this exciting news coverage. It turns out that the PMC took phone calls to get the exclusive from John Tiffany and Jack Thorne. They waited until the initial hysteria died down a little to begin the conversation about bringing Harry to the floorboards of the London West End and still maintaining the same “epic sweep” as the original book series.

The PMC reports:

‘In all my years working in the theatre, I have never experienced anything like this,’ [John Tiffany] says.

‘What we’re doing here is taking the biggest literary franchise the world has ever seen into theatre and it’s… Well, people are so stoked up about it. I’m conscious of bringing the fans what they love, doing this story justice and exploring the psychology of a grown up Harry Potter with the same epic sweep as the books and the films, but in a different way.’

This is a man with a Tony, an Olivier, a Drama Desk and an Obie award on his mantelpiece and yet, on the phone right now, what I hear most is a smitten Harry Potter fan deep in a project that he cares about profoundly.

‘Jack went away and came back with the first forty pages. The big thing had happened. He’d written dialogue for Jo’s characters and they sounded like themselves. He’d brought them back. I can’t tell you what it was like to see that.’

…Jack Thorne who, as well being a world-class wordsmith, is a huge Potter fan.

‘Sometimes I can’t believe it; the idea that we have written the eighth story of Harry Potter. The whole time, I’ve felt this great responsibility to the previous seven stories. Theatre is very different to film; we’ve had to find our own way into the stories. We are starting to see it all come together in workshops now and it’s just wonderful,’ he says.

In addition to these statements, Pottermore also designed a visual about how to buy tickets for both parts of Cursed Child. Because there are so many dates and ticket options, it can be a little confusing. Though the diagram does not include the different price options (there are so many) for different dates, it does help fans in regards of seeing a play that is being staged as two separate productions. See the image here and below.

Tickets go on sale online THIS WEEK. Priority booking opens on October 28, 2015 at 11:00 am GMT. The general public can begin to purchase tickets on October 30, 2015 at 11:00 am GMT. Both sessions run on a first-come-first-serve basis. Please visit harrypottertheplay.com for more information.