Effects-stuffed stage sequel explores the past and future of The Boy Who Lived
Why is everybody staring at us?
asks young Albus Potter nervously.
Better get used to it, kid.
Credit: Manuel Harlan
The plot, kept under an invisibility cloak of secrecy until now, has a very grabby premise.
(Spoiler alert: The following three paragraphs will discuss what happens during the first half of Part One.
Thankfully, its far more difficult to deliver what the play does well than to improve upon its stutters.
You talk too much, one character declares, but the same could be said for nearly everybody.
Yet theres something comfortably familiar about the excess too.
In that respect,Cursed Childfeels more like loyal adaption of Rowlings writing than the films.
Theres slight-of-hand, trap doors, wire flight, quick change, and smoke and mirrors galore.
The performances are naturally the most work-in-progress aspect.
Best of the trio is Thornley, whose dad-joke-ready Ron seems spot-on.
As Draco surprises us by saying at one point: People say parenting is the hardest job.
Its those developing years that leaves everyone feeling like theyre on stage, in the spotlight, and cursed.
More: Check out22 photos from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
