Overview
- Producers and Rupert Grint announced Wednesday that he will join the Lyric Theatre cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child for a 17‑week limited engagement from Feb. 2 through May 30, 2027.
- Fans can register for first-access to tickets through Aug. 31, with a presale beginning Sept. 1 and general on-sale scheduled for Sept. 2 at published times.
- Tom Felton’s scheduled exit on Jan. 3, 2027 means the two original-film cast members will not overlap onstage, and producers expect Grint’s appearance to drive additional box-office interest following Felton’s boost to grosses.
- The casting prompted mixed reactions online, with some fans welcoming the reunion and others renewing criticism linked to past disputes around J. K. Rowling and public comments by cast members.
- The Cursed Child, which follows the next generation 19 years after the books, has run in London and New York since 2016 and 2018 respectively, and producers frame Grint’s return as a way to connect the original films to the play’s themes of family and legacy.