The Cursed Child becomes a one performance story
The critically acclaimed play that has been playing at the Palace Theatre in London being told in two parts over two consecutive performances is going to be cut down to a one performance experience from 2026.
The new play will now have a run time of 2 hours and 55 minutes, including one interval, and will deliver the entire story in a single performance.
The triumvirate of producers (Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions) announced that after ten triumphant, record-breaking years in the West End as a two-part theatrical event, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will evolve into its critically acclaimed, reimagined format, as a single performance, “making the production more accessible and allowing even more audiences to experience the story with one ticket and one visit to the theatre.”
You can still see the two-part production in London until 20 September 2026, but after a 2 week break the one-part production will reopen at the Palace Theatre on 6 October 2026.
The London production will move to the version of the show which has been playing around the globe. The Broadway production in New York City premiered the reimagined one-part production in 2021.