“We were taken by surprise and I am glad that we are getting another opportunity to celebrate and experience the euphoria ahead of a Harry Potter book release”, she said.
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Harry Hartog store team leader Kaitlyn South stands among boxes of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child“, with strict instructions not to open them until 9.01am on Sunday.
Witches and wizards have poured through the doors of a Sydney bookshop to conjure up a copy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – the final episode of the global Potter phenomenon.
These ladies are ready for the release! “What we would really like most of all is to bring people in who have never been to the theatre before”, she said.
Today, July 31, marks the release of the play in book form and the world is going nuts. The 50 year old had a smile on her face at the opening gala event as she greeted fans and thanked them for keeping spoilers under tight lock and key.
Harry Potter is all grown up, and fans can finally catch up with him as an adult wizard in the latest story about J.K. Rowland’s world of magic and muggles.
Pottermania continued when the play script was released at midnight, enabling fans across the globe to find out what happens next to Harry Potter and his friends.
Arriving at the Palace Theatre for the opening gala, she said: “They’ve been awesome, they’ve been incredible and you know what it is?” I think I’ve got three offers a week for the last decade to do a musical or a play, or an ice show or an opera – you name it, I’ve been asked to do it!
Many in attendance at the show said it lived up to its billing in reviews as a thrilling theatrical spectacle, with deft stagecraft that drew audible gasps at times.
She said: ‘[It] chimed perfectly with the material I had about the next generation and I could see it would work perfectly.
“I probably won’t get any sleep tonight because I will be reading it”.
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It’s a similar story in the U.S. where booksellers Barnes and Noble say it’s broken the pre-order record Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
