It’s officially the eighth Harry Potter story
Harry’s name in the title is the giveaway that Mr. Potter is in this play. It’s an official new story that picks up where the Deathly Hallows epilogue left off. Harry is an overworked Ministry of Magic employee, as well as a husband and father. The play will explore how Harry wrestles with his past and how his youngest son Albus Severus deals with the heavy burden of the family legacy. Now that does sound epic. This is also the very first time an official Harry Potter story has been presented on stage.

Told in two epic parts
J.K. Rowling announced on Twitter that: ‘Due to the epic nature of the story we’ve been working on, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be in two parts!’

Logistically, that means you could see Part One as a matinee and Part Two in the evening or see them on separate nights in the same week. We’ve created this handy visual guide to getting tickets if you need it.

We will absolutely bring you more details and further updates just don’t ask if it’s a prequel because...

It’s definitely not a prequel. Really, truly, absolutely not even a little bit a prequel