Harry Potter play '˜unlike anything people have seen before', says JK Rowling

SCOTS author JK Rowling thinks the new Harry Potter play will be 'unlike anything people have seen before'.
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. Picture: Robert PerryHarry Potter author J.K. Rowling. Picture: Robert Perry
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. Picture: Robert Perry

The author was speaking ahead of the first performance of the latest instalment in the series - a two-part West End play called Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Rowling told The Observer that the production - which picks up where the epilogue of the final book left off with Potter as a middle-aged civil servant - that she still carries the world of Harry Potter around in her head all the time.

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The play by Jack Thorne - the writer of This Is England ‘90 - is based on a story by him, Rowling and director John Tiffany.

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Discussing the process of returning to write about Potter and the wizarding world, Rowling said: “It was 17 years and just because I’ve stopped on the page doesn’t mean my imagination stopped.

“It’s like running a very long race. You can’t just stop dead at the finishing line.”

It has been almost nine years since the final book in the series was released.

“But I carry that world around in my head all the time,” she admitted.

While information about the plot has been sparse, Rowling did say: “I think that, as a theatrical experience, as a play, it will be unlike anything people have seen before.”

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Rowling’s teaser about the production comes as tickets, the most expensive of which had a face value of £65 per show, are being listed for sale online for close to £800 for both parts.

Part One and Part Two open at the Palace Theatre on July 30, with previews taking place from June 7.

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The play is booked up until May 2017 and, although 40 tickets will be released every Friday, these are expected to sell out within minutes.

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