Long-running West End play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has hit another important milestone.
The show is celebrating 9 years at the West End’s Palace Theatre, and is currently booking to 15 February 2026.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child premiered in 2016, and in February the London production celebrated being seen by over 2 million people. Over 11 million people have seen the show worldwide, and .and has gone on to enjoy a record-breaking 9 Olivier Awards and now holds 60 major honours including 6 Tony Awards
The West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the only version worldwide shown in two parts (The Broadway show recently reduced the run time of its one-part-only version of the show to under 3 hours), and the only production where you can see 9 of the characters from the Harry Potter series – Hagrid, Bane, Bathilda Bagshot, Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, Dudley Dursley, Young Harry and Lily Potter Jr – alongside Harry, Ron and Hermione and many more.
The show is performed by a 45-strong cast along with a backstage team of 66, including 9 stage managers, each two-part performance sees 650 costumes, 50 wigs, 700 lighting cues, 524 sound cues, 50 suitcases and 42 wands bring the magic of Harry Potter to life on stage.
Production number 9 will open in 2026 when Harry Potter and the Cursed Child begins its run in the Netherlands. There are currently five productions running worldwide, in London, New York, Hamburg, Tokyo, and a North American tour.
Harry Potter is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, who said in a joint statement that: “We are delighted to be celebrating another milestone for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The journey over the last nine years since we opened at the Palace Theatre has been a magical one, and we are continually grateful to our wonderful audiences in London and around the world. Still thrilling and stunning audiences as much as it did almost a decade ago, London remains the only place in the world to experience the original two-part production — a truly unique theatrical experience”
The cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
The current Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast comprises David Ricardo-Pearce as Harry Potter, Claire Lams playing Ginny Potter and Ellis Rae as their son Albus Potter. Thomas Aldridge plays Ron Weasley with Jade Ogugua playing Hermione Granger along with Eve de Leon Allen as their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley. Steve John Shepherd plays Draco Malfoy, with Harry Acklowe as his son Scorpius Malfoy.
They are joined by Ishmail Aaron, David Annen, Nicole-Lily Baisden, Sabina Cameron, Rob Curtis, Zijuan Elsol, Gabriel Fleary, Rory Fraser, Tim Hibberd, Sally Jayne Hind, Max Hunter, Dewayne Jameson Adams, Emma Louise Jones, Julia Kass, Debra Lawrance, Tasha Lim, Matty Loane, Sophie Matthew, Jaden Oshenye, Helen Power, Jocelyn Prah, Conor Quinn, Ian Redford, Catherine Russell, Martin de los Santos, Adam Slynn, Benjamin Stratton, Alex Tomkins, Jake Tuesley, Sam Varley and Katie Wimpenny. Spencer Braam, Max Garlick, Ellis Jordan, Effie Linnen, Tristan Marwa and Harper Tricker alternate two children’s roles.
The show is written by Jack Thorne and directed by John Tiffany, with 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, and casting by Julia Horan CDG and Lotte Hines CDG.
More Harry Potter news
In recent Harry Potter Broadway news, star of the original Warner Bros. movies, British actor Tom Felton is joining the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, returning to the character of Draco Malfoy for the show, performing on Broadway for 19 weeks from 11 November 2025 to 22 March 2026.
A major new HBO TV series based on the original Harry Potter books is currently filming in the UK, starring newcomers Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley; and stage and screen stars John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, and Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch.
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now booking to 15 February 2026 at the Palace Theatre London.
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📷 Main photo: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at London’s Palace Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan
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