
Jan 21, 2017
John Tiffany – director of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Once – will be directing a stage adaptation of the children’s classic, Pinocchio! The show will debut at the National Theatre just in time for Christmas this year, and will feature songs from the animated Disney version. Tiffany will join Cursed Child movement director, Steven Hoggatt, who will …read more!

Jan 20, 2017
Today, rumours of a Cursed Child film trilogy starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson circulated the press (and then crushed by J.K. Rowling) after reports of conversations between Warner Bros. and the original cast. The original report came from the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast, reported by Digital Spy, during which journalist and historian Jim Hill (who apparently has …read more!

Jan 18, 2017
Christine Jones, Tony Award-winning set designer for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, has spoken to Leaky about being among three dozen leaders in the theater community that have created The Ghostlight Project (announced earlier as The Sanctuary Project). On the eve of the launch of the initiative, Jones has shared her vision for the project …read more!

Jan 09, 2017
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!

Jan 08, 2017
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!

Jan 08, 2017
Christine Jones, Tony Award-winning set designer for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is among three dozen leaders in the theater community that have created The Ghostlight Project, previously announced as The Sanctuary Project. On January 19, 2017 at 5:30 pm in each time zone across the country, participating members of the theater community – …read more!

Jan 06, 2017
J.K. Rowling took to twitter again yesterday, teasing fans with a delightfully-cryptic reference. She suggested that a 17th Century painting closely describes her work at present. The painting, Harmen Steenwyck’s 1640 piece “Still Life: An Allegory Of The Vanities Of Human Life,” features, among other things, a skull, book, sea shell, and what appears to be …read more!

Jan 05, 2017
The producer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Sonia Friedman, has been named the most influential person in the London theater community for 2017 by The Stage magazine, a British publication devoted to the performing arts. Friedman is number one atop the magazine’s annual “Stage 100”, a list of the most prominent people in …read more!

Dec 31, 2016
For the entire Harry Potter fandom, which refuses to ever lose hope and fizzle out, 2016 has been an incredibly fulfilling year. When Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two opened in theaters five and a half years ago, it was a bittersweet moment for all of us. To see a series most of us grew up with, whose …read more!

Dec 23, 2016
Christine Jones, Tony Award-winning set designer and artistic director for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is one of 18 leaders in the theater community that have created The Sanctuary Project. According to The Sanctuary Project website, the goal of the effort is to bring people together: “unite the theater community nationwide in solidarity. The project aims …read more!