What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2016 stage play set in the Harry Potter universe?

J.K. Rowling’s 2016 stage play set in the Harry Potter universe is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

The play was written by Jack Thorne and directed by John Tiffany, based on an original story by Thorne, Tiffany, and Rowling. It premiered in London’s West End in 2016. The published script is presented as the eighth story in the Harry Potter series, although it is a play rather than an eighth novel.

The plot is set nineteen years after the epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Harry is an adult working at the Ministry of Magic, while his son Albus Severus Potter begins at Hogwarts. Albus’s friendship with Scorpius Malfoy drives much of the story.

The work is often described simply as “the eighth Harry Potter story,” but that phrase should not be mistaken for a new Rowling prose novel. Rowling contributed to the story’s creation; Thorne wrote the stage script, and the production was designed specifically for live theatre.