Harry Potter and the Cursed Child announced that for those who missed out on purchasing tickets for the two-part plays (which is sold out until the new year), fans can sign up for a weekly lottery for the chance to get affordable tickets for great seats at the production, starting June 7 at the Palace Theatre in London.
Called 'The Friday Forty', 40 tickets will go on sale every Friday at 1pm GMT/8am EST/5am PST, for the shows the following week. So, for instance, if fans purchase tickets on Friday, June 3, those tickets will be for sometime the following week, and so forth.
More details on how to keep tabs on when, where and how tickets can go on sale can be read below. For fans eager to get those lucky tickets, make sure to
bookmark this page, as 'The Friday Forty' will only be sold online.
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Every Friday at 1pm we will release 40 tickets for every performance the following week, for some of the very best seats in the theatre, at an amazingly low price. These tickets will be known as ‘The Friday Forty’.
Tickets will be located in great seats throughout the theatre and will be priced at £30 during previews (£15 per part from 7 June until 30 July) and £40 (£20 per part from 3 August after the Official Opening) and will secure a seat for both Part One and Part Two in consecutive performances. You will be able to purchase a maximum of two tickets for both Part One and Part Two in one transaction. To ensure that as many people as possible have the chance to access these great value tickets, they will only be available to buy online. It will not be possible to purchase these tickets in person at the Palace Theatre or anywhere else.
To purchase these tickets, you need to visit
THIS webpage just as the countdown clock turns to zero. At 1pm every Friday, the countdown will change into a ‘book tickets’ button. Click the button and you will be taken through to an online virtual queue. Customers will then be selected at random for the opportunity to buy tickets online. The first release of The Friday Forty will be on Friday 3 June for reduced price preview performances commencing 7 June. Subsequent ticket releases will take place each Friday for performances taking place the following week.
Returned and other late-release tickets may also become available at short notice. These are not guaranteed, but any tickets that do become available will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis, online or in person at the Palace Theatre box office at full price.
Additionally, the plays released a new background and wallpaper that will be displayed around the Palace Theatre, inside and out. Note the H for 'Hogwarts', as well as logos for the Sword of Gryffindor, and Quill of Acceptance, embroidered on the sheet, which was made by Christine Jones, Set Designer.
Pre-order the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child script book hardcover on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and WBShop now.