Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016. It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

身为“大难不死的男孩”，哈利•波特一直生活得很艰难。如今他是一个超负荷工作的魔法部雇员，一个已婚男人，三个学龄孩子的父亲，日子过得并不轻松，与小儿子阿不思之间紧张的父子关系尤其令他头痛。 最近，魔法部查获了一个新的时间转换器，怪事自此接连不断，先是阿不思和好友一起失踪，接着哈利的伤疤又疼了起来……而这一切似乎都指向那阴魂不散的过去…… 哈利和他的朋友们再一次陷入危机，他们勇敢地直面挑战，找寻那个隐藏在黑暗之中的真相。 《哈利•波特与被诅咒的孩子》以J.K.罗琳、约翰•蒂法尼和杰克•索恩创作的全新故事为基础，是“哈利•波特”系列的第八个故事，是一部由杰克•索恩执笔的全新剧本，也是第一个被搬上舞台的“哈利•波特”官方故事。 舞台剧的全球首演于2016年7月30日在伦敦西区举行，紧随其后出版的“特别彩排版”剧本将把哈利•波特和朋友、家人们的新旅程带给世界各地的读者。 《哈利•波特与被诅咒的孩子》舞台剧由索尼亚•弗里德曼制作公司、科林•卡伦德和哈利•波特戏剧制作公司出品。

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.

To mark the release two weeks ago of the eighth and final movie in the series, Robbie Coltrane narrates a countdown of the movie franchise's best moments. From Harry's first meeting with Ron and Hermione aboard the Hogwarts Express through to magical mysteries.

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.