
Dec 30, 2019
We’ve come to the end of 2019, and our review is as full of flavour as a box of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans, regardless of there being no big Wizarding World film or book release this year! The Leaky Cauldron are celebrating a little differently this year, with The Golden Cauldron Awards being our way …read more!

Dec 22, 2019
As the holidays approach there is no shortage of news from the Wizarding World and J.K. Rowling herself in particular. The author was spotted wearing an interesting tattoo at the premiere of her charity’s HBO documentary, she revealed that the fifth Cormoran Strike novel is almost complete and she received considerable online backlash for her support of …read more!

Dec 16, 2019
In this week’s theater round-up, Cursed Child features predominantly yet again, though not because of the Potter production alone. Magic, after all, is found on many theater stages. Samuel Blenkin and Steven Hoggett joined the stage adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Cursed Child producer Colin Callender invested …read more!

Dec 15, 2019
What a week in the Wizarding World! As awards season kicked off multiple Harry Potter alumni were recognized with awards and nominations, J.K. Rowling’s infamous handwritten sneak peek at Order of the Phoenix went up for auction again, we reviewed Geek Gear’s latest Wizardry box and attended the Wizarding World Gold Christmas Party at Warner …read more!

Dec 09, 2019
It’s awards season for both screen and stage and, as usual, wizarding world alums feature among the prestigious nominations and wins! In a crossover that spans industries, the round-up covers Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Awards television and film nominations, as well as wins for the Evening Standard Theater Awards and Broadway World UK Awards. …read more!

Dec 08, 2019
The holiday season is upon us and Hogwarts was looking as magical as ever when we attended both the Wizarding World Gold Christmas Party and Christmas at Universal Hollywood this week. We also apparated up the West Coast to share the spellbinding red carpet premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child San Francisco. We also …read more!

Dec 01, 2019
In the same week magical folk and muggles alike celebrated Thanksgiving, we celebrated the announcement that LeakyCon will be coming to Denver for the very first time in 2020. We also received a few early Christmas gifts, in the form of a Lumos Christmas album featuring the voices of Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts and Cursed Child actors, a Patronus Funko figure, …read more!

Nov 25, 2019
Remember when Fantastic Beasts star Dan Fogler told during our exclusive interview at LeakyCon that the Lumos charity Christmas album would be coming out this year? Well it’s now available for pre-order! Fogler teased previously on Tessa Netting and Anna Brisbin’s podcast Fantastic Geeks (and where to find them) that he’d been involved in recording for an album featuring …read more!

Nov 24, 2019
Another big week in the Wizarding World comes to a close with a Whiz-bang! The Phelps brothers and Minalima opened Harry Potter: The Exhibition in Portugal, Universal Orlando gets ready for Christmas, we shared a sneak peek at a Hedwig pattern from Insight Editions forthcoming book Harry Potter Knitting Magic and Leakycon announces a second …read more!

Nov 20, 2019
In this week’s theater round-up, we have news of an exciting Kenneth Branagh revival, an award nomination for Cursed Child composer Imogen Heap, casting news for Rhys Ifans and an opportunity to experience Cursed Child through the new behind-the-scenes book Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: the Journey or by bidding to win two tickets …read more!