There’s magic in every moment of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child the play tickets! J K Rowling’s favourite wizard is back, casting a spell where the Deathly Hallows left off. One of the most award-winning theatrical productions of all time now reunites magical friends Harry, Ron and Hermione, nineteen years on from the Deathly Hallows. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child tickets are the perfect way to experience one of the most extraordinary plays in the history of West End Theatre.

Once you’ve seen the show, be sure to Keep the Secrets! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child theatre tickets are the perfect gift for Potter fans – whether you’re a heroic Hagrid treating yourself to a magical trip to the West End, or a magnificent Molly Weasley searching for the best Harry Potter and the Cursed Child family tickets, you won’t need to shout “Expecto Patronum” because we’ve already done the magic for you!

We’ve got the very best seats at all prices, and you can even check out best seat reviews for Potter and the Cursed Child tickets on our interactive seat map.

What’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child about?

Beginning where the final story in the original Harry Potter books ends, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child sees Harry, Ron and Hermione’s children leaving on the Hogwarts Express for their first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Aboard the Hogwarts Express, Harry’s son, Albus, becomes friends with Scorpius Malfoy, son of Harry’s old enemy, Draco. All the very best elements of the original Harry Potter books are here. When the Sorting Hat puts both Scorpius and Albus in Slytherin, Albus is ridiculed for being the Potter who didn’t make it into Griffindor.

As their lives at Hogwarts progress, Albus must bear the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. He is not the natural magician his father was, and soon, the other children are calling him the “Slytherin Squib”.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child tells the story of the next generation of Potters, Weasleys, and Grangers…but the creation of new Time-Turners, allows characters from the original stories to pop up in the most unexpected places, giving Cursed Child an eerie sensation of being both new and yet blissfully familiar. 

There is so much more to say about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Giving any more plot details here would risk revealing too many secrets – and there are some humdingers. Suffice to say that for the Potter family, live was never going to be straightforward!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Magic 

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child relies as much upon ‘human’ magic as it does upon special effects. The acting roles in Cursed Child are physically demanding – actors create effects using their own bodies with the help of special, unseen crew members. Call them what you will – Ninjas, Martial Artists…movement director Steven Hoggett explains that many of the acrobatic feats in the show rely heavily upon Japanese artistry. It’s stunning to watch. Harry Potter’s Defence Against the Dark Arts becomes the magic of the ‘black arts’ on stage.

Along with some old-fashioned Victorian theatre tricks and some very modern digital illusions, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will have your jaw on the floor, asking “How on earth did they just do that?”

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child awards

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child won an astonishing nine Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Play, Best Director, Best Costume Design, Best Set Design, Best Sound Design and Best Lighting Design, along with numerous acting awards.

On Broadway, the show was also nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning for Best Play, Best Direction of a Play, Best Scenic Design in a Play, Best Costume Design in a Play, Best Lighting Design in a Play and Best Sound Design in a Play.

Five Things You Need to Know about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, asks the audience to “Keep the Secrets”. Here are five secrets we CAN reveal about this West End favourite (and don’t worry – there are no plot spoilers here): 

1. The play is a sequel (of sorts) to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”. In fact, it takes place 19 years later, beginning with the closing sequence of the final book as Harry, Ron and Hermione send their own children off for their first year at Hogwarts. The story then jumps forward another few years with Albus (Harry and Ginny’s son) in his final year at the famous school of witchcraft and wizardry.
2. These are very much J K Rowling’s characters, but unlike the books, she isn’t the only writer involved. This is a play, co-created with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany.
3. Hermione is now the Minister of Magic. But don’t worry – she’s still as feisty as ever. And Harry’s world is still threatened by the powers of darkness, giving the stage play as much drama and suspense as the best of the Harry Potter movies – in fact, it’s even more thrilling. Being in a live theatre setting injects an eerie new dynamic into the magical realm of Harry Potter.
4. Albus Potter (Harry’s son) is now best friends with Scorpius Malfoy (Lucius’s son). That’s got to make parents evening a bit awkward.
5. There’s a LOT of time travel. Pottermore fans may point out that the Ministry-approved Time-Turners were destroyed during a battle in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix…but it turns out a wizard by the name Theodore Nott created a new type of Time-Turner. Handy when you have so much to do and so little time to do it in!
 

What do critics think of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?

“THRILLING THEATRICALITY AND PULSE-POUNDING STORYTELLING” – The Hollywood Reporter
“IT IS OUT OF THIS WORLD, IT’S MAGIC, IT’S A HIT” The Times
“EMOTIONAL PUNCH, RICH SUSPENSE AND DAZZLING EFFECTS” - The Guardian
“PACKED WITH PATHOS, DAZZLING CHOREOGRAPHY AND MOMENTS OF PURE ENCHANTMENT” – Evening Standard