Harry Potter and the Cursed Child's director and playwright John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, respectively, continued to discuss their work in the eighth installment in the series, including how they brought the plot to life with author J.K. Rowling.
Tiffany and Thorne commented specifically on bringing the 'darkness' of Harry Potter back for the eighth story, which will follow Harry and his son Albus, and the new jeopardy the Potter family face. More on that can be read here.
Writer Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany give the Pottermore Correspondent the scoop on the creative collaboration with J.K. Rowling on ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’.
Posted by Pottermore on Tuesday, October 27, 2015
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‘No prequels!’ says John, echoing J.K. Rowling’s Twitter account. ‘But also, I knew from seeing the excitement in the kids I’d shared the books with that we had to bring darkness back. There had to be new jeopardy.’
‘We talked a lot, which was really helpful,’ says Jack, when I ask him about the task of writing dialogue for Harry Potter. ‘I read the books over and over and then tried to write things down on paper...’ He sighs. ‘Ah, it’s awesome, I mean, it’s so much fun.’
‘It chose us, I think,’ says John. I mean, it’s exciting to imagine anyone going to see Harry Potter there. It’s a Gothic theatre, there’s a majesty there and it has this Hogwarts feel to it.’
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child's two parts will open in London's Palace Theatre beginning June 7, 2016 -
tickets will be available for order starting Wednesday.
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child plays' team talk 'darkness', 'jeopardy' in story 
