This summer will be a big one for Harry Potter fans. July 30 marks the West End debut of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the play billed as the "eighth story" in the Potter saga. Previews get underway next week, which means you really need to secure those tickets NOW. Don't expect some owl to just tap on the window and drop them off.
The play picks up 19 years after the events of Deathly Hallow s, with Harry Potter and the former Ginny Weasley transitioning to parents with jobs and kids and mortgages. Today, we're getting a better idea of what that looks like. New cast photos have been revealed, allowing fans to get their first look at Harry and Ginny 2.0, plus their son Albus, a Hogwarts first-year student.
J.K. Rowling herself has promised that the play will have theater-goers in tears. Indeed, it's not hard to feel at least a little bit nostalgic while seeing Harry and Ginny as real-deal grown-ups. At least the scar and red hair have remained more or less the same.
Click through to see how the Potters will look.
Daniel Radcliffe and Bonnie Wright, shown here in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, played Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films.
Photo: Warner Bros./Photofest.
Actor Jamie Parker plays the grown-up version of Potter, complete with the specs and signature scar.
Photo: Courtesy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Rowling has dubbed Poppy Miller's portrayal of Ginny Weasley Potter as "kind and cool." Think Molly knit that sweater?
Photo: Courtesy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Sam Clemmett plays Hogwarts student Albus Potter, Harry and Ginny's son. Rowling has teased that the role "couldn't have [been] cast better."
Photo: Courtesy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
The Potters pose for a family photo.
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