By skyforbes 
When & Where
- Date: 26 October 2025
- Theatre: Palace Theatre, London (about 1,400 seats)
- Seat / Price: Stalls (1st level), Row D, Seat 25 — £91 × 2 parts = £181
- My runtimes: Part One 1:00–3:45pm / Part Two 6:00–8:30pm
- Official guidance: Part One ~2h40 (incl. interval), Part Two ~2h35 (incl. interval).
London remains the only production presented in two parts; other cities now perform a one-part adaptation.
Quick map of my day (minor spoilers)
- Part One
Act I ends at the Time-Turner discovery in Hermione’s office.
Act II runs through the boys’ Triwizard interference and the Umbridge encounter. - Part Two
Act I continues into the Diggory storyline (the wall of writing).
Good Points
👤 The adults get real space
Because London keeps the two-part structure, there’s time to let Harry, Hermione, Ron, Draco and Ginny breathe. A few highlights:
- Harry vs Draco when both sons are missing — rage tipping into magic, then Ginny forcing a stop so the men actually talk.
- An altered timeline where Ron and Hermione never marry: two colleagues circling each other with shy, funny, painful almost-admissions.
That patient attention to psychology is exactly what the long form buys you.
🎭 Not a film copy — a stage identity
At first I felt “That’s not how the film character would say it.” Then I reframed: the West End company isn’t reproducing the movies; they’re building a live interpretation from Jack Thorne’s script. Seen that way, choices that felt unfamiliar became valid and often richer — the point isn’t mimicry, it’s ownership.
🔸 Characters you only meet in the complete London version
London’s two-part edition features legacy characters absent from one-part stagings — Hagrid, Bane, Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, Dudley, Young Harry, Lily Potter Jr., etc. For fans, these sightings — and the larger ensemble in Ministry crowds and the Triwizard stands — add scale and heart.
Summary
This felt like a new Harry Potter, not a museum piece. The West End staging steps away from the film casts and says: the characters are bigger than any one performer. I left wanting to do the same in my own work — drop fixed ideas, interpret bravely, and serve the story first.
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Gabriel Fleary – Sorting Hat, Hagrid David Ricardo-Pearce – Harry Potter
Joshua Sullivan – Albus Potter
Claire Lams – Ginny Potter
Geffen Katz-Kaye – James Potter Jr, Cedric Diggory, James Potter Sr.
Thomas Aldridge – Ron Weasley
Tamia-Renee Alexandra – Rose Granger-Weasley, Young Hermione Granger
Naana Agyei-Ampadu – Hermione Granger
Claire Redcliffe – Trolley Witch Kai Spackman – Scorpius Malfoy Jocelyn Prah – Madam Hooch
Louise Ludgate – Professor McGonagall Nathan Muwowo – Craig Bowker Jr.
Mariam Pope – Polly Chapman Max Hunter – Yann Fredericks
Jake Tuesley – Karl Jenkins, Dudley Dursley, Viktor Krum
Oliver Boot – Draco Malfoy lan Redford – Amos Diggory, Albus Dumbledore
Sophie Matthew – Delphi Diggory
Cate Hamer – Aunt Petunia, Dolores Umbridge David Annen – Uncle Vernon, Severus Snape
Jacqueline Beaumont – Moaning Myrtle, Lily Potter Sr.
Dewayne Jameson Adams – Bane Robert Curtis – Station Master
Effie Linnen – Lily Potter Jr.
Theo Martin – Young Harry Potter
Other roles played by
Hollie Beastall, Angeline Bell, Ricardo Castro, Martin De Los Santos, Laveda Dione, Tim Hibberd, Emma-Louise Jones, David Nairne, Laura June Ness, Helen Power, Joshua Talbot, Adam Slynn, Callum Tempest, Alex Tomkins, Aidan Garrett Wilkins
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