For the information of those folk living in the jungles of Borneo or perhaps pig-hunting in the Tararuas, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is a play in two showings. It's been called Harry Potter Book 8. It centres around Harry and Ginny's child, and Draco's child, both children attending Hogwarts School for Witches and Wizards. The play was written with the approval of J.K.Rowling. In both London and New York, ticket sales for the play have gone through the roof, with shows selling out sometimes a year in advance.
I sat hovered over my computer on the opening day of Melboune ticket sales. At one minute past 2 pm, I was number 3,034th in line to buy. It turned out that, within a few hours, there were 40,000 ticket-buyers behind me.
And I'm not very good on buying things on the computer. I usually take too long and the website leaves me behind, or I press the wrong button and lose everything, or I go forward when I should go back, or I forget something important and .... well, you get the idea?
But, whoopee, I got my tickets. I had to take pot-luck where I sat but, hey, that doesn't matter. I'm going to Part 1 on one night and part 2, the following night. I could have chosen to go to two sessions in the one day but thought that might be a bit much.
Harry .... here I come. Australia, stand by, I've already packed my wand!
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2 September : the cast has just been announced for Melbourne. I see kiwi actor George Henare is in the show.
And... within the first week of bookings opening, 200,000 tickets had been sold.
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