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JK Rowling confirms Harry Potter play in the West End

By Charlotte Duck
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JK Rowling has confirmed that a Harry Potter play, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, is set to open on the West End in 2016.

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The author told fans the news on Twitter today, tweeting that the production would centre on "an untold part of Harry's story".

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The play will be a collaboration between Rowling, the playwright Jack Throne and director John Tiffany but is not a prequel to the books.

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The show will open at the Palace Theatre and tickets are set to be hot property once they go on sale. The official website will have details once they are released this autumn.