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Harry Potter and Cursed Child director pushed back on making play shorter: ‘I was dragged kicking and screaming’

Play, which originally opened in 2016 as two parts, has been condensed into one production

The Independent UK · 22h ago

‘Like swapping a Bentley for a Ferrari’: can the Harry Potter stage show survive being chopped in half?

After a phenomenal decade-long run, the Cursed Child two-parter is being pruned. Will it still work? Our writer swishes her cloak, levitates her luggage – and hops aboard the streamlined Hogwarts Express

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

Ewan McGregor and Alan Cumming to join cast for new theatre play

The play is an adaptation of a 2020 hit film.

Evening Standard · Jul 29

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Once review – slick romance skips showstoppers and defies razzmatazz

This stripped-down show with a maudlin set of songs makes for the most reluctant of musicals, but this is a production that has the confidence to be silent or stately

The Guardian - UK · May 29

‘When the knife came up through the pool table, audiences gasped’: how Iraq war epic Black Watch conquered the world

It was the play that rocked a nation. The makers of the devastating drama, which transported audiences from a Fife pub to a war zone, recall how it grew and grew

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8

From Broadway understudy to star: John Skelley's magical journey with Harry Potter comes full circle

John Skelley can't escape the pull of Harry Potter

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2025

‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Concept Trailer Has Fans Begging For A Full Movie With Original Cast

The trailer shows Harry as the father of a son, Albus Severus Potter, who is sorted into Slytherin.

Bored Panda · Sep 8, 2025

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Wild Rose review – heart-grabbing musical of the Jessie Buckley-starring film

A Glasgow country-singing ex-con single mother dreams of the big time in Nicole Taylor’s new musical, directed by John Tiffany

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025

‘My poor kid has been haunted by it’: Harry Potter and the reviewer that mattered most

Jack Thorne’s baby son was a key influence on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. So it was a big day when he was old enough to see it with the playwright for the first time

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2024

Wild Rose: film about Glaswegian country singer to be turned into stage musical

The 2018 hit about a cleaner who dreams of becoming a star in Nashville will begin theatre run in Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2024

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ coming to Chicago

The hit Broadway show will make its North American tour debut with a 21-month run in Chicago starting next fall.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 11, 2023

Ralph Riach obituary

Stage and screen actor best known for his role as TV John in the whimsical BBC Scotland series Hamish Macbeth

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2022

Ode to a Twitter spat: Simon Armitage and John Tiffany’s bird play

Poet laureate joined by theatre director to stage reading of medieval poem The Owl and the Nightingale

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2022

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