Harry Potter and the Cursed Child comes to Melbourne in 2019

HARRY Potter and the Cursed Child is flying into Melbourne in 2019 after its debut in London’s West End and Broadway. Get your Nimbus 2000 warmed up, it’ll be stiff competition for tickets.

MELBOURNE has won a magical coup with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child coming straight to our city from the West End and Broadway.

The record-breaking production is coming exclusively in early 2019 after its world premiere in London’s West End and debut on Broadway in April next year.

It is based on the eighth book in the Harry Potter series, set almost two decades after the wizards graduated from Hogwarts.

Author J.K. Rowling signing copies of her book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Picture: Timothy Clary

Fans will be thrilled to get their seats to the performance Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Melbourne. Photographer: Simon Bullard.

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The show has already won 22 major theatre awards in the United Kingdom including: an unprecedented nine Britain Olivier Awards including Best New Play and Best Director.

Harry Potter fans are expected to fly into the city just to see the theatre show at the Princess Theatre.

I have big news.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming exclusively to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in early 2019. @HPPlayAUS pic.twitter.com/7SA40xfikV

— Daniel Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) October 23, 2017

We are thrilled to announce that #CursedChild will be coming to Melbourne, Australia in 2019. https://t.co/aJNrBRaVw3 pic.twitter.com/oRQQzSy5ec

— Cursed Child AUS (@HPPlayAUS) October 23, 2017

Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender said they wanted to send the production to Australia as soon as possible.

“You can’t ever assume a new play is going to have a further life, but we knew that if Harry Potter and the Cursed Child did have a life beyond London and Broadway, that the next stop would be here,” they said.

Do you remember this? It’s the view of the track from the Hogwarts Express. Picture: istock

Fans are expected to flock to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Melbourne. Picture: Warner

It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the first book was published. Picture: Warner

Premier Daniel Andrews said the production was a huge boost for jobs, business and tourism in Victoria and affirmed “Melbourne truly is the cultural capital of the nation”.

He said it was a “competitive” process to outbid Sydney but declined to reveal how much the state government paid.

Harriet, 13, Will Martin, 10, and Nora, 12, are big fans of the Harry Potter series. Picture: Hamish Blair

While the performance dates, casting and ticket pricing are yet to be released, fans will need to get on the Hogwarts Express fast with a mailing list of details at HarryPotterThePlay.com

But Australian fans are already excited.

“HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD IS COMING TO MELBOURNE CAN YOU HEAR ME YELLING?,” one fan posted on Twitter.

Another said: “Best news you could have on a Tuesday morning.”

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will open in Australia, exclusively at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre, in 2019.