“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” Launches a North American Tour

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While the rest of us have been debating the possibility of a Harry Potter and the Cursed Child film, Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender, and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions have announced a North American tour for the play itself!

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
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This tour is a new landmark for a play that has already broken several records. It’s the first-ever touring production of the show, which is currently playing only at the Palace Theatre in London, the Lyric Theatre in New York, the Mehr! Theater in Hamburg, and the TBS Akasaka Act Theatre in Tokyo. The tour will presumably give fans in Toronto and San Francisco another chance to see the play after it said goodbye to its permanent homes in the cities recently.

Not to get your hopes up completely, however, since there are currently no details on where the production will be visiting, and the only details we have about dates are that the tour will kick off in September 2024, taking us back to Hogwarts along with the students. There are no details yet on the length of the tour either, or when we will get to know more about the tour route. There is, however, a newsletter that you can sign up for to be among the first to know of any announcements.

What we do know is that the touring production will be based on the Broadway adaptation, so we’re assuming it will be a take on the play’s one-part version. The call-out for auditions has just been released, so we also know that the tour will likely see an entirely new cast heading to Hogwarts. In the meantime, producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender expressed their excitement over staging the play in multiple locations. 

Developing a first-class touring production of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ has long been an ambition of ours. We are delighted that our wonderful and deeply gifted creative team have found a way to make it possible to bring the magic, spectacle, and thrills of our astonishing show to audiences across North America, and we can’t wait for audiences to see it.

Which cities are you hoping the tour will visit? Are you planning to go if the show visits somewhere near you?

 

Press Release

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Announces North American Tour
Launching in September 2024

(New York, NY – October 16, 2023) Producers Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender, and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions announced today that the North American Tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will launch in September 2024. The call out for auditions has gone out today and all dates and venues are to be announced.

This will be the world premiere of the first-ever touring production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, based on the acclaimed Broadway production, currently playing at the Lyric Theatre, New York.

Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender said, “Developing a first-class touring production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has long been an ambition of ours. We are delighted that our wonderful and deeply gifted creative team has found a way to make it possible to bring the magic, spectacle, and thrills of our astonishing show to audiences across North America, and we can’t wait for audiences to see it.”

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage and the eighth story in the Harry Potter series, has sold over 10 million tickets worldwide since its world premiere in London in July 2016 and holds a record 60 major honors, with nine Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Play and six Tony Awards including Best Play. The international phenomenon has cast its spell worldwide with productions currently running in London, New York, Hamburg, and Tokyo, and has completed runs in Melbourne, Toronto, and San Francisco. The original two-part production in London's West End recently celebrated its 7th anniversary, while the reimagined Broadway production celebrated its 5th anniversary.

The most successful non-musical play in Broadway history, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has the unique distinction of being named by the Guinness World Records as the highest-grossing non-musical play in Broadway history with over $270 million total sales and over 2.5 million tickets sold.

Bookings for the North American tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are handled by The Booking Group.

To stay up to date with the latest information, sign up for the mailing list at www.HarryPotterOnStage.com.

More About Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play by Jack Thorne, directed by John Tiffany.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child features movement by Steven Hoggett, set by Christine Jones, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, music & arrangements by Imogen Heap, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Gareth Fry, illusions & magic by Jamie Harrison, music supervision & arrangements by Martin Lowe. US Casting by Jim Carnahan, CSA.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender, and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions.

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Neave Williamson

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