First cast revealed for reimagined one-part 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' in the West End

The new cast includes Ethan Rouse as Albus Potter, Zoë Rainey as Ginny Potter, and Hasia Akwaboah as Rose Granger-Weasley.

Summary

• The new cast has been revealed for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the West End
• The cast begins performances on 9 October
• David Ricardo-Pearce, Thomas Aldridge, and Naana Agyei Ampadu remain in the cast as Harry, Ron and Hermione

The first cast taking over the reimagined one-part production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the West End has been announced. They will begin performances on 9 October at the Palace Theatre.

The new cast includes Ethan Rouse as Albus Potter, Zoë Rainey as Ginny Potter, Hasia Akwaboah as Rose Granger-Weasley, Adam Jackson-Smith as Draco Malfoy, and Bill Stanley as Scorpius Malfoy. They will perform alongside continuing cast members from the two-part production David Ricardo-Pearce as Harry Potter, Thomas Aldridge as Ron Weasley, and Naana Agyei Ampadu as Hermione Granger.

They are joined by Dewayne Jameson Adams, David Annen, Jacqueline Beaumont, Jensen Bedford, Angeline Bell, Tatum Confrey, Robert Curtis, Nick Dennington, Shakhai Estwick, Miah Hasselbaink, Tim Hibberd, Becky Hoyle, Max Hutchinson, Danny Ivy, Emma Louise Jones, Laura June Ness, Louise Ludgate, Shreya Lallu, Nathan Muwowo, Jocelyn Prah, Claire Redcliffe, Ewan Rutherford, Joshua Talbot, Nathaniel Tan, Callum Tempest, Alex Tomkins, Jake Tuesley, and Aidan Garrett Wilkins.

As previously announced, the two-part production will play its final performance on 20 September.

The show is set 19 years after the final book concludes, with a new generation of wizards joining Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy — sons of Harry and Draco.

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play by Jack Thorne, directed by John Tiffany with movement by Steven Hoggett, set 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, and music supervision and arrangements by Martin Lowe.

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Photo credit: new Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast. (Photo by Matt Crockett)