“Pottermania” will reach fever pitch as the Cursed Child opening in London is immediately followed by the midnight release of the play’s script book, allowing fans across the globe to find out what happens next to the boy wizard and his friends.
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In the meantime, Harry Potter fans can take a Harry Potter quiz and read Claire Hennessy’s account of why the series has been such a success. “It’s a highly anticipated event”.
The Independent reported the 8th sequel in the HP series beat the 7th, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as it broke the record for being the most preordered book since 2007 in the United States.
Doors at Audrey’s open at 9 p.m., with books available starting at midnight. “We’ve been working hard to have something that’s really fun for the community to get involved in”.
The lightning scar won with 37 per cent vote going in its favour as the most accepted and remembered mark of the character Harry Potter.
Rowling has long insisted there will be no new Harry Potter novels, so excitement about the new stage story is stratospherically high.
Already, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is already breaking records ahead of its release. “I have seen people who are in their 60s and 70s who read it yearly, and then I see little kids”, Smith said.
It did not give sales figures but said the book was expected to its biggest seller of 2016, and that midnight parties are planned in stores around the nation on Saturday night.
Kelly Dyer, manager of Audrey’s Books, was around for the Harry Potter heyday.
Harry Potter is casting a spell, again, over the publishing industry.
The play sees Harry as an “overworked” employee of the Ministry of Magic and centers on his and Ginny Weasley’s son Albus and author J.K. Rowling recently pleaded with fans not to spoil the plot of the play for others.
The event will feature a costume contest, the simultaneous showing of the original eight “Harry Potter” movies, Butterbeer, trivia, Quidditch games (both tabletop and live action) and scenery where attendees can take pictures, said Mandie Burns, head of Children Services.
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“I don’t know. I’m busy doing a play here at the moment, but I’m not sure”. But she added; “For those who grew up on – and with – Harry Potter, it will revive a powerful addiction to Ms. Rowling’s brand of poignant truth”.
