Nearly eight weeks of previews and months more of fans' excitement will finally culminate in the official debut of J.K. Rowling's now grown-up boy wizard at the opening gala of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child today. Taking place on the eve of the joint birthday of Harry and his creator Rowling, the doors to London's Palace Theatre will – like Platform 9 3/4 of Kings Cross Station before them – provide the gateway for fans to return to the magical world of Harry, Ron, Hermione and their beloved Hogwarts on Saturday. The two-part play, which stretches over five hours, is set 19 years after the events of the seventh and final book, with Ministry of Magic employee Harry and his wife Ginny waving off their youngest son Albus Severus to school. But at Hogwarts, Albus struggles with the weight of his family legacy and goes to extreme and dangerous lengths to right the wrongs of the past. Co-devised by Rowling, written by Jack Thorne and directed by John Tiffany, it appears an Obliviate charm worthy of Gilderoy Lockhart would be required for critics to forget the "spell-binding" and "out of this world" experience. Daily Telegraph critic Dominic Cavendish said that "British theatre...
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