11 Fun Facts We Discovered While Reading Harry Potter And The Cursed Child

    • Chris Tilly | IGN
    • Publish Date: Aug 17 2016 3:13PM
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    • Updated Date: Aug 17 2016 3:13PM
11 Fun Facts We Discovered While Reading Harry Potter And The Cursed Child

Find out what the characters are thinking and doing today.

So the following are 11 of the most interesting facts we found. We’re avoiding spoilers for the show’s plot, feeling they should be experienced as you watch or read. But if you don’t want to know ANYTHING about what’s happened to Harry, Ron, Hermione and co. in the intervening years, maybe come back when you’ve checked out the Cursed Child.
Which, incidentally, is REALLY good.

1. Harry is an Even Bigger Celeb: Now 37, Harry is married to Ginny, has three kids, and is Head of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic, a job that he takes very seriously, sometimes to the detriment of his home life. But as the guy who defeated Voldemort at the end of Deathly Hallows, he’s even more famous now, even signing autographs at one point in the play. Though not everyone is a fan...

2. Draco Still Hates Harry: Two decade’s might have passed, but Draco still doesn’t trust Harry Potter, frequently arguing with him, and at one point calling Potter "a constant curse.”

3. Never Mess With the Trolley Witch: The Trolley Witch stalks the Hogwarts Express selling Pumpkin Pasties, Chocolate Frogs and the like. But don’t try to disrupt the journey or leave the train, as there’s another side to this lady. One that we won’t spoil here, but suggests that she isn’t to be trifled with.

4. Hermione and Ginny Aren't Stay-at-Home Mums: Hermione has now risen to the role of Minister for Magic at the Ministry of Magic, while Ginny works as Sports Editor for the Daily Prophet.

5. Draco Has a Ponytail: Yup, Draco has a long, blonde ponytail. One that the stage directions describe as being “precisely placed.” And which is briefly ridiculed during Cursed Child.

6. The Centaur's Rule: After the Battle of Hogwarts, the Forbidden Forest was deemed centaur land, meaning those in that vicinity without permission become enemies of the centaurs. Which is seriously inadvisable.

7. St Oswald's is Awesome: A home for elderly witches and wizards, St Oswald’s is described as a place where the old are allowed to simply do magic for fun; where “Zimmer frames are conjured into life, knitting wool is enchanted into chaos, and male nurses are made to dance the tango.” Sign us up!

8. You Can Weaponise Books! One of the main character’s in Cursed Child manages to turn their library into a weapon, with books and bookcases given a potentially deadly spin. Something that would make late returns a thing of the past in the Muggle world.

9. Albus is Slytherin: It was hinted at the end of Deathly Hallows, and in Cursed Child it becomes reality – Harry's middle son Albus Severin Potter is sorted into Slytherin.

10. Harry Has Some Strange Fears: Late in proceedings, Harry reveals his fears to be the dark, small spaces, fatherhood and… pigeons. 'Harry Potter and the Perfidious Pigeon'? Write it now J.K.!

11. A Time Turner Still Exists: The means by which Harry and Hermione travelled back in time during Prisoner of Azkaban, the Time Turners were thought to be lost in a time loop after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. But in Cursed Child we discover this isn’t the case...


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Om Badiyani Sandipani

Harry Potter is such a book that we do not know what is going to happen. Its mystery will obviously be such a thriller.

Ambuja Rani Ryan International School

I am currently reading goblet of fire but hearing of cursed child I am getting excited

Ambuja Rani Ryan International School

I''ve finished goblet a week ago it''s AWESOME.

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