Read our Privacy noticeHarry Potter and the Cursed Child, the hit West End show based on JK Rowling’s wizarding world, is being shortened to a single production after a decade as two separate plays. Set 19 years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Cursed Child was originally conceived as a theatrical double bill where parts one and two could be seen consecutively over a single day or two evenings. Written by Jack Thorne in collaboration with Rowling and director John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was sold as the “eighth story” in the wizarding franchise. But the two-part production has made The Cursed Child an investment for audiences in terms of both time and cost. Ticket prices for the new London production of The Cursed Child are yet to be announced.