London's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child welcomes new cast members this autumn

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London's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to welcome new cast members this fall

The successful production continues at the Palace Theatre in the West End.

The London production of the original two-part version of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will welcome a host of new performers to the Palace Theatre this autumn.

Starting October 15, Claire Lams will join the cast as Ginny Potter, alongside David Ricardo-Pearce and Ellis Rae, who continue to play Harry Potter and Albus Potter respectively. Eve De Leon Allen will take on the role of Rose Granger-Weasley, the daughter of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, played by fellow cast members Thomas Aldridge and Jade Ogugua respectively. Steve John Shepherd will continue to play Draco Malfoy, alongside Harry Acklowe as his son Scorpius Malfoy.

They are joined by Ishmail Aaron, David Annen, Nicole-Lily Baisden, Sabina Cameron, Rob Curtis, Zijuan Elsol, Gabriel Fleary, Rory Fraser, Tim Hibberd, Sally Jayne Hind, Max Hunter, Dewayne Jameson Adams, Emma Louise Jones, Julia Kass , Debra Lawrance, Tasha Lim, Matty Loane, Sophie Matthew, Jaden Oshenye, Helen Power, Jocelyn Prah, Conor Quinn, Ian Redford, Catherine Russell, Martin de los Santos, Adam Slynn, Benjamin Stratton, Alex Tomkins, Jake Tuesley, Sam Varley and Katie Wimpenny.

Oliver Dawson, Layla Duke, Aubrey Hayes, Rhiannon Parry, Aljosa Radosavljevic, Sienna Sibley and Ethan Webster will alternate in the two child roles.

Tickets for the successful production are currently being sold until June 29, 2025.

Based on a new original story by JK Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is an original play by Thorne and directed by John Tiffany.

The production, which celebrated its eighth anniversary at the Palace last month, also features movement by Steven Hoggett, set design by Christine Jones, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, music and arrangements by Imogen Heap, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Gareth Fry, illusions and magic by Jamie Harrison, music supervision and arrangements by Martin Lowe and casting by Julia Horan and Lotte Hines.

Harry Potter and the Cursed child is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions.

Four productions are currently running worldwide: in London, New York (the one-part Broadway production at the Lyric), Hamburg and Tokyo, with a North American tour beginning on September 10 at the James M. Nederlander Theatre in Chicago.