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Lights, camera, fractions: how Harry Potter TV actors will juggle Hogwarts with real lessons

Dozens of child actors will feature in HBO’s new Harry Potter series, all of them needing on-set tuition to be conjured up between scenes

The Guardian - UK

HBO's Biggest Fantasy Franchise Just Repeated A Troubling Casting Trend

HBO's 'Harry Potter' series has announced its initial cast, and it highlights a major problem with Hollywood.

Inverse

The Winter’s Tale at The Tobacco Factory, Bristol – a marvellous production with much to say about the modern world

The first half rips your heart out. The second attempts, tenderly, to put it back again. This is The Winter’s Tale, currently being performed at The Tobacco Factory, Bristol.

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Actors be warned: the Harry Potter remake should be avoided like the plague

STATE OF THE ARTS: John Lithgow is the latest star tipped to feature in the lavish new adaptation of JK Rowling’s books. For any actor to get involved at this point would be a grave error for so many reasons, writes Louis Chilton

The Independent UK

Posh Girls review – boarding school besties on the couch

This satire stars co-writers Harriet Chomley and Sophie Robertson as estranged friends who meet in therapy

The Guardian - UK

Fight Club director reveals he almost made a Harry Potter film: ‘I want it to be kind of creepy’

David Fincher says his ‘creepy’ vision didn’t align with that of production company

The Independent UK

The secret world of plants living in our limestone pavements

Anyone out winter walking in the Yorkshire dales will probably be familiar with the dramatic scenery of limestone pavements. Distinctive and beautiful, they can also be found elsewhere in Britain, as well as in mainland Europe and Canada – not to mention in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, where…

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HBO confirms when Harry Potter series will start shooting amid casting speculation

The reboot series has seen 32,000 young actors audition for lead roles

The Independent UK

She Speaks! by Harriet Walter review – new words for Shakespeare’s women

An actor’s collection of supplementary speeches for Shakespeare’s female characters offers fresh insights into his work

The Guardian - UK

Upcoming HBO Harry Potter series launches casting call for young actors

Budding actors in the UK and Ireland can apply for the roles of Harry, Hermione and Ron

Evening Standard

Harry Potter HBO show begins looking for its Harry, Ron, and Hermione as open casting call says it's committed to "inclusive, diverse casting"

The search for the new Harry Potter and friends is officially on

Total Film

‘Harry Potter’ series: Casting begins for NEW Harry, Ron, and Hermione; production to be 'inclusive and diverse'

The search for the next generation of Harry, Ron, and Hermione is officially underway. HBO has launched a casting call for its highly anticipated 'Harry Potter' TV series, seeking young actors to portray the iconic trio in the new adaptation of J.K. Rowling's beloved books.

The Times of India

Harry Potter TV show — everything we know about HBO television reboot

HBO's Harry Potter TV show is set to be one of the most anticipated television events ever — here's what we know.

Tom’s Guide

Exit, pursued by a panda: the Brits bringing eye-popping Shakespeare to the Baltics

The Winter’s Tale is retold with a virtual reality plot set in Silicon Valley and hardly any lines from the original, staged at a bold Latvian theatre elevating English talent

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This Is The Correct Way To Read The Bridgerton Books In Order

If you've finished Bridgerton season 3 but are yearning for some more romance, here's what order to read the books in and where to buy them.

The Guardian - UK

The Winter’s Tale review – Royal Ballet’s powerful war of the worlds

Christopher Wheeldon strips Shakespeare’s play of needless distractions in this boldly choreographed, nuanced masterpiece

The Guardian - UK

‘Every single work is a masterpiece’: the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of the greatest Flemish drawings

A new show brings together historic sketches from Bruegel to Rubens and more, capturing fleeting snapshots of everyday 16th- and 17th-century life

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32 Times A Harry Potter Side Character Really Came Through

Here are 32 times Harry Potter side characters really care through to help out the titular character.

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Emma Watson Saved A Mouse From A Terrible Fate, And Of Course Fans Had A Bunch Of Harry Potter-Related Takes

Emma Watson shared a heartwarming story about saving a small mouse, and of course the world is ready with some Harry Potter-themed jokes in response.

Cinemablend

Movie Exec Who Originally Bought The Harry Potter Rights Reflects On How Mad His Boss Was At The Time

The producer that bought the rights to the Harry Potter books for WB opened up about how upset his boss was about the purchase at the time.

Every Harry Potter movie ranked from best to worst

Harry Potter has taken over Netflix UK but it's a big commitment to watch all of them, which are top of the class and which should be locked away in a Gringots vault?

The Conversation

Shakespeare's environmentalism: how his plays explore the same ecological issues we face today

Climate change, urban sprawl, air pollution, deforestation, depleted fish stocks, biodiversity and species loss: these are not exclusively modern problems that only sprang up in the last few hundred years. In fact, the common but misleading phrase “industrial revolution” masks the long history of resource extraction and ecological degradation in…

Daily Mirror

Harry Potter fans livid over TV series cast after main actors' fallout with JK Rowling

Many avid fans of Harry Potter has slammed the idea of turning the world-famous book and movie franchise into a TV series after the main cast have almost all distanced themselves from author JK Rowling following her controversial views about the LGBTQ+ community

The Independent UK

A Harry Potter TV adaptation is a cursed idea

Bringing JK Rowling’s wizarding franchise back to the screen might seem like a no brainer for Warner Bros, writes Louis Chilton. Look closer, though, and it’s clear a reboot is a dicey proposition

The Independent UK

A Harry Potter TV adaptation is a cursed idea

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