Potter fans won't be getting much sleep tonight.
The script for
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child - the stage play currently slaying audiences in London's West End - is being released around the world at midnight tonight (or tomorrow, if you want to be pernickety about it). It will be released as an e-book and hard copy.
The timing is not accidental: tomorrow, July 31, is Harry Potter's birthday, as well as JK Rowling's.
https://twitter.com/Scholastic/status/759009338203615234
However, Rowling isn't the author of the work, though she did collaborate with its actual writers, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany.
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/759394330528321537
That's not dampening fans' excitement, however. As happened with the release of all the other Potter stories, there are book release parties planned all over the world.
https://twitter.com/amazin_grace88/status/759470315294498816
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https://twitter.com/neethuaz/status/759473526017581056
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And fans, naturally, are kinda losing their shit at the prospect of devouring another Hogwarts tale.
https://twitter.com/frances_turpin/status/759472389025562624
https://twitter.com/gill_louise/status/759475855479476224
https://twitter.com/angelikadalba/status/759472897362685953
https://twitter.com/makaylaraewhite/status/759469620768059392
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Meanwhile, if you haven't been able to get your hands on some tickets for the London show - they're like hen's teeth, after all - you'll get another chance to nab some next week.
https://twitter.com/HPPlayLDN/status/758581192648171520
A further 250,000 tickets will be released for sale this coming Thursday (August 4) at 11am, booking through to December 10, 2017. Tickets are priced from £15 per part (there are two parts to the play), and for every performance there will be 300 tickets at £20 or less per part.
The full ticket details are
here.
