Photos: First Look at the New Cast of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

The production resumed performances at the Palace Theatre in London on 14 October 2021.

By: Oct. 25, 2021
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child recently confirmed full casting for the production which resumed performances at the Palace Theatre in London on 14 October 2021.

Check out all new production photos below!

Jamie Ballard plays Harry Potter with Susie Trayling as Ginny Potter and Dominic Short who plays their son Albus Potter. Thomas Aldridge plays Ron Weasley with MIchelle Gayle as Hermione Granger and Phoenix Edwards as their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley. James Howard plays Draco Malfoy with Luke Sumner as his son Scorpius Malfoy. They are joined by Lola Adaja, Samson Ajewole, David Annen, Valerie Antwi, Sue Appleby, Phil Cheadle, Craig Connolly, Morag Cross, Robert Curtis, Tim Dewberry, Jim Fish, Thomas Gilbey, Jemma Gould, Rachel Hinds, Jordan Lang, Ronnie Lee, Katrina Lopes, Lucy Mangan, David Mara, Lucia McAnespie, Kathryn Meisle, Gordon Millar, Ian Redford, Thomas Royal, Tom Sturgess, Joshua Talbot, Mark Theodore, Emma-May Uden, Madeleine Walker and Wreh-Asha Walton who complete the 43-strong company playing a variety of characters including seven children - Noah Alexander, Tom Quinn Alexander, Abby Barnes, Harley Barton, Chase Collard, Samuel Newby and Cici Smith - who alternate two roles.

Tickets for the original two-part multi award-winning production in the West End are now available for performances at the Palace Theatre until 23 October 2022. Tickets remain priced from £15 per part. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child partners with TodayTix for The Friday Forty, the production's Lottery for Patrons to apply for some of the very best seats in the theatre priced at £40 (£20 per part) which will secure a seat for both Part One and Part Two on consecutive performances.

The regular performance schedule is now as follows - Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - no performance; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - 2pm Part One & 7pm Part Two; Sunday - 1pm Part One & 6pm Part Two.

The original production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, one play presented in two parts, is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The critically acclaimed production received its world premiere in July 2016 at the Palace Theatre in London. The most awarded new play in theatre history, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has won 24 major theatre awards in the UK and is the most awarded play in the history of the Olivier Awards, winning a record-breaking nine awards including Best New Play. The production has also won 25 major US awards with six Tony Awards including Best Play.

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a new play by Jack Thorne, directed by John Tiffany with movement by Steven Hoggett, set by Christine Jones, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, music & arrangements by Imogen Heap, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Gareth Fry, illusions & magic by Jamie Harrison, music supervision & arrangements by Martin Lowe, and casting by Julia Horan CDG.

In addition to the return of the original London production, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is currently playing at the Princess Theatre Melbourne. Performances plan to resume in November 2021 at the Lyric Theater, New York followed by productions at the Curran Theater, San Francisco in January 2022, the Mehr! Theatre, Hamburg in December 2021, the Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto in the summer of 2022 and the TBS Akasaka ACT Theater in Tokyo in the summer of 2022. The New York, San Francisco and Toronto productions will be returning in a newly staged, one show experience.

Details of all productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child can be found at HarryPottertheplay.com.

Photo Credit: Manuel Harlan

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
Thomas Royal (James Potter), Chase Collard (Lily Potter), Jamie Ballard (Harry Potter), Susie Trayling (Ginny Potter) and Dominic Short (Albus Potter)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
hoenix Edwards (Rose Granger-Weasley), MIchelle Gayle (Hermione Granger), Thomas Aldridge (Ron Weasley), Chase Collard (Lily Potter), Thomas Royal (James Potter), Jamie Ballard (Harry Potter), Dominic Short (Albus Potter) and Susie Trayling (Ginny Potter)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
Luke Sumner (Scorpius Malfoy), Phoenix Edwards (Rose Granger-Weasley) and Dominic Short (Albus Potter)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
MIchelle Gayle (Hermione Granger), Thomas Aldridge (Ron Weasley), Jamie Ballard (Harry Potter) and Susie Trayling (Ginny Potter)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
Mark Theodore

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
A scene from the West End Production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
A scene from the West End Production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
A scene from the West End Production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
Luke Sumner (Scorpius Malfoy) and Dominic Short (Albus Potter)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
A scene from the West End Production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
MIchelle Gayle (Hermione Granger), Jamie Ballard (Harry Potter) and Thomas Aldridge (Ron Weasley)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
Luke Sumner (Scorpius Malfoy), Lucy Mangan (Moaning Myrtle) and Dominic Short (Albus Potter)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
Jamie Ballard (Harry Potter) and Dominic Short (Albus Potter)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Both Parts
MIchelle Gayle (Hermione Granger)




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