Spoiler-Free Early Buzz: Harry Potter And The Cursed Child
By Peter Sciretta/June 7, 2016 3:00 pm EST
Its been five years since we last saw the Wizarding World on screen. Later this year we will return to the Wizarding World in the movie “adaptation” of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but that is merely a spin-off. If you want to see a proper Harry Potter sequel, you’ll have to head to London’s West Hollywood End to see JK Rowling new play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child this summer. The production promises to follow the Boy Who Lived well into adulthood, starring Jamie Parker as a middle-aged Harry Potter, now a father of three, while Poppy Miller plays Ginny and Sam Clemmett their son Albus.
Today the first preview performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part One just happened, and the first reactions have hit the web. Until today it didn’t really hit me that there will be a continuation of the Harry Potter story, and after seeing these reactions and photos I’m now very excited to see this and read the script book (and we know it will very likely eventually be made into a movie). Lets take a look at what people are saying in the first Harry Potter and the Cursed Child reviews and reactions, and don’t worry, we’ll “keep the secrets” — this is spoiler-free. But to be honest, we don’t know a whole lot about the story because JK Rowling has been keeping it secret. She has even asked those who attend the performance in London to “Keep The Secrets,” and it looks like the story promises to have some big twists. First up here is a video message from JK Rowling asking fans to keep the secrets:
What follows are tweets from those who attended the first preview. Here are a look the scene from the theatre:
#CursedChild sonhar nunca desistir ter fe pq facil nao eh nem vai ser 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/10qWjh5HZG — guilhermebjl_ (@guilhermebjl_) June 7, 2016
They’re entering #CursedChild from the side – the front of Palace Theatre is being guarded by serious men in suits pic.twitter.com/FdHQRCwMeh — Time Out Theatre (@TimeOutTheatre) June 7, 2016
You can even buy your own Hogwarts exercise books! @minalima #houseofminalima #Harrypotter #filmmaking pic.twitter.com/R7pdn47kvf — ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) June 7, 2016
Some of the merchandise at Cursed Child. Shirts are £20. pic.twitter.com/w0FRHRxv6N — Andrew Sims+ (@sims) June 7, 2016
Well this sounds exciting #CursedChild pic.twitter.com/yadTiS6Y2P — ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) June 7, 2016
Reading the cast/character list in the program (unannounced til now) gives you good sense of where the story is gonna go 😳 #KeepTheSecrets — Andrew Sims+ (@sims) June 7, 2016
So, the opening stage looks like this. I’ll shut up now #CursedChild #HarryPotter pic.twitter.com/mnn5jRy8a3 — Chris Deeley (@ThatChris1209) June 7, 2016
The Cursed Child Part 1 is 2 hours, 30 minutes without intermission. Inside the theater for it now! — Andrew Sims+ (@sims) June 7, 2016
Spoiler-Free Early Buzz: Harry Potter And The Cursed Child
By Peter Sciretta/June 7, 2016 3:00 pm EST
Its been five years since we last saw the Wizarding World on screen. Later this year we will return to the Wizarding World in the movie “adaptation” of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but that is merely a spin-off. If you want to see a proper Harry Potter sequel, you’ll have to head to London’s West Hollywood End to see JK Rowling new play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child this summer. The production promises to follow the Boy Who Lived well into adulthood, starring Jamie Parker as a middle-aged Harry Potter, now a father of three, while Poppy Miller plays Ginny and Sam Clemmett their son Albus.
Today the first preview performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part One just happened, and the first reactions have hit the web. Until today it didn’t really hit me that there will be a continuation of the Harry Potter story, and after seeing these reactions and photos I’m now very excited to see this and read the script book (and we know it will very likely eventually be made into a movie). Lets take a look at what people are saying in the first Harry Potter and the Cursed Child reviews and reactions, and don’t worry, we’ll “keep the secrets” — this is spoiler-free. But to be honest, we don’t know a whole lot about the story because JK Rowling has been keeping it secret. She has even asked those who attend the performance in London to “Keep The Secrets,” and it looks like the story promises to have some big twists. First up here is a video message from JK Rowling asking fans to keep the secrets:
What follows are tweets from those who attended the first preview. Here are a look the scene from the theatre:
#CursedChild sonhar nunca desistir ter fe pq facil nao eh nem vai ser 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/10qWjh5HZG — guilhermebjl_ (@guilhermebjl_) June 7, 2016
They’re entering #CursedChild from the side – the front of Palace Theatre is being guarded by serious men in suits pic.twitter.com/FdHQRCwMeh — Time Out Theatre (@TimeOutTheatre) June 7, 2016
You can even buy your own Hogwarts exercise books! @minalima #houseofminalima #Harrypotter #filmmaking pic.twitter.com/R7pdn47kvf — ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) June 7, 2016
Some of the merchandise at Cursed Child. Shirts are £20. pic.twitter.com/w0FRHRxv6N — Andrew Sims+ (@sims) June 7, 2016
Well this sounds exciting #CursedChild pic.twitter.com/yadTiS6Y2P — ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) June 7, 2016
Reading the cast/character list in the program (unannounced til now) gives you good sense of where the story is gonna go 😳 #KeepTheSecrets — Andrew Sims+ (@sims) June 7, 2016
So, the opening stage looks like this. I’ll shut up now #CursedChild #HarryPotter pic.twitter.com/mnn5jRy8a3 — Chris Deeley (@ThatChris1209) June 7, 2016
The Cursed Child Part 1 is 2 hours, 30 minutes without intermission. Inside the theater for it now! — Andrew Sims+ (@sims) June 7, 2016
Today the first preview performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part One just happened, and the first reactions have hit the web. Until today it didn’t really hit me that there will be a continuation of the Harry Potter story, and after seeing these reactions and photos I’m now very excited to see this and read the script book (and we know it will very likely eventually be made into a movie). Lets take a look at what people are saying in the first Harry Potter and the Cursed Child reviews and reactions, and don’t worry, we’ll “keep the secrets” — this is spoiler-free.
But to be honest, we don’t know a whole lot about the story because JK Rowling has been keeping it secret. She has even asked those who attend the performance in London to “Keep The Secrets,” and it looks like the story promises to have some big twists. First up here is a video message from JK Rowling asking fans to keep the secrets:
What follows are tweets from those who attended the first preview. Here are a look the scene from the theatre:
#CursedChild sonhar nunca desistir ter fe pq facil nao eh nem vai ser 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/10qWjh5HZG
— guilhermebjl_ (@guilhermebjl_) June 7, 2016
They’re entering #CursedChild from the side – the front of Palace Theatre is being guarded by serious men in suits pic.twitter.com/FdHQRCwMeh
— Time Out Theatre (@TimeOutTheatre) June 7, 2016
You can even buy your own Hogwarts exercise books! @minalima #houseofminalima #Harrypotter #filmmaking pic.twitter.com/R7pdn47kvf
— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) June 7, 2016
Some of the merchandise at Cursed Child. Shirts are £20. pic.twitter.com/w0FRHRxv6N
— Andrew Sims+ (@sims) June 7, 2016
Well this sounds exciting #CursedChild pic.twitter.com/yadTiS6Y2P
Reading the cast/character list in the program (unannounced til now) gives you good sense of where the story is gonna go 😳 #KeepTheSecrets
So, the opening stage looks like this. I’ll shut up now #CursedChild #HarryPotter pic.twitter.com/mnn5jRy8a3
— Chris Deeley (@ThatChris1209) June 7, 2016
The Cursed Child Part 1 is 2 hours, 30 minutes without intermission. Inside the theater for it now!
Early Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Reviews / Reactions
Interval. ITS MAGICAL. That’s all I’m saying. Also, I am Scorpius. #CursedChild #KeepTheSecrets
— Olls Grainger (@OllieGrainger) June 7, 2016
Live owls in @HPPlayLDN #CursedChild
— Baz Bamigboye @Deadline (@BazBam) June 7, 2016
Interval of #CursedChild. All I’ll say is that the owls need a bit of work…
— Nick Hilton (@nickfthilton) June 7, 2016
Funny tech mishap: a live owl went to its spot then flew away. They couldn’t get it back and I’m not sure they have yet. Crew was scrambling
In the interval now. It’s beyond anything we have imagined #CursedChild
The Daily Mirror:
Never mind part 2 – I need to see part 1 of part one again #CursedChild Brilliant staging +/story #keepthesecrets
— Sue Eves 🐾 🐾🐾 (@sueeves) June 7, 2016
Cursed Child intermission quick review: VERY impressive magic happening on stage. Funny script. The story.. Where it’s heading… BIG things.
I can almost guarantee no one will be able to guess the story’s twists. It really sucks this is going to be a script book first before movie
So. #CursedChild part one was. Er. Wow. Er. Wow. So. pic.twitter.com/rJpwd2K1Sv
The only disappointment about @HPPlayLDN #CursedChild is that I can’t reread it over & over like a book. Stunning performances. @jk_rowling
— Shama Hussain (@shama_ny) June 7, 2016
The #CursedChild took all my #HarryPotter hopes and SURPASSED them! PHENOMENAL story AND effects! Loved it!!! #HarryPotterPlay
— The Researcher (@JoanTheProfound) June 7, 2016
#CursedChild is fantastic – really funny, impressive, magic is perfectly executed. Doesn’t feel restricted as a play. Cast is perfect
— the campion in the woods (@diaryofamaddie) June 7, 2016
MAGIC IS REAL. #CursedChild #KeepTheSecrets #FlippingHeck
Spine chilling!Brilliant!@HPPlayLDN #CursedChild !To be continued in part 2.
No spoilers OBVIOUSLY but wow. Brilliantly staged, so well acted, actually…really, really good when I worried it wouldn’t be #CursedChild
Just saw part 1 of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Congrats @jk_rowling and team for a phenomenal show. #HarryPotterPlay #KeepTheSecrets
— Emily Carrico (@EmilyCarrico__) June 7, 2016
. @HPPlayLDN is great and perfectly cast and I’ve already cried childhood tears twice but I can’t say anything else because #KeepTheSecrets
— Aislinn (@aislinnnj) June 7, 2016
I just saw the best thing I’ve ever witnessed on stage, I would pay the full price of a ticket just to experience that one bit again
All I will say about #CursedChild is god damn! I have no words to express my emotions #KeepTheSecrets
— Elena (@elliefenn) June 7, 2016
Can’t give much away but can’t wait to see part 2 of @HPPlayLDN #CursedChild .Audience given #keepthesecret badges pic.twitter.com/ZuWdkaaN7o
@jk_rowling You are a genius!!! Thank you for the best theatre experience of my life. #KeepTheSecrets
— Lucy Andrews (@Lucy_Cellist) June 7, 2016
Can’t emphasise how important it is not to look at cast list beforehand, if at all possible.#HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild #KeepTheSecrets
— Ian Foster (@OughtToBeClowns) June 7, 2016
First preview of #CursedChild. No spoilers, but @jk_rowling has created a great story. Audience loved it. Me too. #KeepTheSecrets
— Matthew Lumby (@MatthewLumby) June 7, 2016
@jk_rowling @HPPlayLDN GASP GASP GASP GASP!!! The fans will LOVE it!! This just raised the bar for the Whole West End #KeepTheSecrets ✨⚡️🤓
— Karl Booton (@karlbooton) June 7, 2016
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part 1 is so good! Fantastic stage effects.. Can’t wait till Part 2 on Thurs #keepthesecrets #cursedchild
— Rebecca Smith 🌻💙💛 (@Bekacs4) June 7, 2016
Can’t offer overall thoughts on Cursed Child until I see the second half (Thursday). Too much plot hanging in the balance to judge it yet!
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will officially premiere in London’s Palace Theater on July 30. Look for the script book to hit shelves on July 31 (which also happens to be Harry Potter’s birthday).
I’m wearing a #KeepTheSecrets badge, but I will tell you I’m grinning like an idiot. #CursedChild #ILoveRonWeasley
— lauren jones 🏏🧀🐀 (@only_for_mdl) June 7, 2016
The first preview of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part 2 will happen on Thursday June 9th 2016.
