Based on an original new story by J.K. Row ling Jack Thorne and John Tiffany a new play by
Jack Thorne Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series
and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its
world premiere in London's West End on 30th July 2016. It was always difficult being Harry
Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic
a husband and father of three schoolage children. While Harry grapples with a past that
refuses to stay where it belongs his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a
family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously both father and son learn
the uncomfortable truth: sometimes darkness comes from unexpected places.
