Today marks the first public preview of the stage play.
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Theatergoers got their first glimpse of Harry Potter’s universe 19-plus years after the downfall of Lord Voldemort on Tuesday as the first preview performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part One was staged at London’s Palace Theatre.
Some seemed to agree that you did not need to read the books or see the films to enjoy the play. You just need a few very passionate and talented actors.
MIND BLOWN, really!:O Let us know in the comment section who could have played a better Dumbledore – Michael Gambon or Naseeruddin Shah? Journalists said audiences were enchanted.
The year of Harry Potter continues, or kicks off in earnest, depending on how hype you’ve allowed yourself to get about the Wizarding World of 2016.
In a lengthy interview with The Observer (via The Guardian), she first slammed down the argument that everyone’s been trying to use as proof of Hermione’s canon ethnicity: The passage in Prisoner of Azkaban which stated, “Hermione’s white face was sticking out from behind a tree”. Would the eighth story of the Harry Potter franchise not only live up to the expectations of its live audience but also Potterheads the world over – those eagerly awaiting the next chapter in the story of Harry, Ron and Hermione and their own children?
In The Daily Telegraph, Hannah Furness said: “The storyline, a hymn to friendship and teenage misfits, contains enough twists to please the most knowledgeable of fans, who remained resolutely tight-lipped about the plot as they spilled on to the pavement in raptures afterwards”.
Rowling has long insisted there will be no new Harry Potter novels, so excitement about the new stage story is stratospherically high.
The Mirror’s Clare Fitzsimons said: “Spells and hexes combined with laughs and drama mean Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be every bit the hit everyone expects”.
Cursed Child director John Tiffany also spoke about the topic, saying, “What shocked me was the way people couldn’t visualise a non-white person as the hero of a story”.
Potter is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.
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Part one opened last night (June 7) and part two debuts on Thursday (June 9).
