Which Harry Potter stage play did J.K. Rowling co-create with Jack Thorne and John Tiffany?

J.K. Rowling co-created the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child with writer Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany. The play is set nineteen years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and follows Harry as an adult and his son Albus Severus Potter.

The production opened in London’s West End at the Palace Theatre in 2016. Thorne wrote the script, while Tiffany directed the original production. Rowling’s role was as part of the story’s creative development, not as the sole scriptwriter. The published script was marketed as the eighth official story in the Harry Potter series, though it is a play rather than an eighth prose novel.

The narrative explores the relationship between Harry and Albus, as well as Albus’s friendship with Scorpius Malfoy. Its theatrical form relies on live performance, stage effects, and illusion, making it distinct from the seven original novels and their film adaptations.