She won an Olivier award in 2006 for her role in the play A Raisin In The Sun, is an associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company and has appeared in Doctor Who.īest in show: Director Tiffany said he had simply cast the best possible actors, noting that they ‘will be an incredible and estimable triumvirate’.
In the eight films Harry, Hermione and Ron were played by Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, ending with The Deathly Hallows Part 2 in 2011.ĭumezweni, who lives with her young daughter in London, took over the title role in the play Linda, now running at the Royal Court, with only four days notice after Sex And The City star Kim Cattrall dropped out. They acted out scenes for the director to see how they would look. Tiffany worked with Dumezweni and Thornley while he and producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender were developing the piece. The play is expected to be the biggest theatrical event in London next year. Audiences can see both on the same day – at a matinee and evening performance – or on two consecutive evenings each week. Thorne turned the piece into a magical drama that will play in two parts. The show was devised by Harry Potter author JK Rowling, playwright Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, who will also direct the cast of 30. Some 175,000 seats were sold in just 24 hours, a West End record. Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, which doesn't begin performances at London’s Palace Theatre until late May, has already sold more than a quarter of a million tickets. Harry will be played by 36-year-old Jamie, an original member of Alan Bennett’s History Boys cast at the National Theatre, while Paul Thornley has been cast as Ron. Proving popular: Harry Potter And The Cursed Child sold just 175,000 seats were sold in just 24 hours, a West End record
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