What is the name of the stage play that continues Harry Potter’s story by J.K. Rowling and collaborators?

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The stage play that continues Harry Potter’s story is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

The play is based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany, with Thorne writing the script and Tiffany directing the original production. It begins nineteen years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and focuses on Harry as an adult and his son, Albus Severus Potter.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child premiered in London’s West End in 2016. The production opened at the Palace Theatre, where it became a major theatrical event. Its plot examines family relationships, expectations, friendship, and the consequences of revisiting the past.

The published script is presented as a play rather than as an eighth novel in Rowling’s original seven-book series. This distinction matters because the story was created for the stage, using theatrical effects and live performance to depict the wizarding world.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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