Jack Thorne News

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be featured at this year's Comic-Con International: San Diego from July 18 to 21, 2019 with a booth and panel.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at the Australian production of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD! Check out the production video!

Due to strong demand, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will extend its booking period by an additional eight weeks. Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 11am on Thursday July 18, 2019 at HarryPotterThePlay.com, with new tickets made available for performances at Melbourne's Princess Theatre up until and including Sunday May 17, 2020.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child's creative dream team are reunited for another new venture - although this drama's family doesn't come with an in-built, wand-waving fanbase. Instead, this is a personal work from writer Jack Thorne, who based the play's ideologically committed Sal and David on his own parents.

Graeae and Theatre Royal Plymouth today revealed that a London run has been added to the previously announced autumn tour of their production of Winsome Pinnock's One Under. Re-written and re-imagined by the 2018 Alfred Fagon Award winning playwright, the new version of her 2005 play will finish its nine venue tour with a run at Dalston's Arcola Theatre from 10 to 21 December 2019.

In a Medium post published today, Sarah Henley and Tori Allen-Martin claim they were the original creators and developers of the show Tree, which is currently playing at Manchester International Festival (MIF) ahead of a run at the Young Vic.

The fourth West End Company of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child comprises Jamie Ballard as Harry Potter, Susie Trayling as Ginny Potter with Dominic Short as Albus Potter; Michelle Gayle as Hermione Granger, Rayxia Ojo as Rose Granger-Weasley and Thomas Aldridge as Ron Weasley; and James Howard as Draco Malfoy and Jonathan Case as Scorpius Malfoy.

While the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child continues its record-breaking run at the Lyric Theatre on Broadway, the cast of the London production is giving us a brand new sneak peek of Steven Hoggett's magical choreography. Watch below as the cast performs the Wand Dance!

Henry Cavill will play Sherlock Holmes in Legendary's “Enola Holmes,” starring Millie Bobby Brown, according to Variety.

London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals to riotous comedy, here are some of this month's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews, interviews and features!

The award-winning new musical King Kong will play its final Broadway performance on August 18, 2019 following 324 performances and 29 previews at the Broadway Theatre.

The company of King Kong is bringing the show's larger-than-life puppet to the stage eight times a week at the Broadway Theatre, including Jon Hoche, who voices the gorilla live each night for every roar, grunt, snort and growl. Fox 5 recently sat down with Hoche to get a peek behind the scenes and to chat all about what it's like bringing this icon to life. Check out the full video!

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, announces the recipients of the first round of the 2019 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards, totaling $509,000, allow 13 productions extra time for the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, hoping to extend the life of the world premiere play after its first run.

King Kong is taking the show to new heights with an upcoming run in Shanghai opening in 2021.

Atlantic Theater Company has announced its 2019-2020 season productions.

Zoe Boyle, Laurie Davidson, David Morrissey, Kate O'Flynn, Lesley Sharp and Sam Swainsbury have been cast in the world premiere of the end of history…, written by Jack Thorne and directed by Royal Court Theatre Associate Director John Tiffany. With design by Grace Smart, lighting by Jack Knowles and sound by Tom Gibbons. the end of history… runs in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs Thursday 27 June 2019 - Saturday 10 August 2019 with press night on Wednesday 3 July 2019, 7pm.

Last night, cast members from King Kong, as well as Kong himself, received a 2019 Special Achievement Outer Critic Circle Award for their thrilling work on the production.

BroadwayWorld has learned Sonia Friedman, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions with Canadian producer David Mirvish will bring the record-breaking, multiple-award-winning production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to Canada. This Canadian premiere will begin performances autumn 2020 exclusively at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto.

The producers of the West End company of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child have released the latest set of character portraits ahead of the fourth West End cast's first performance at London's Palace Theatre on Wednesday 22 May 2019.