JK Rowling arrives at the opening gala (Picture: PA)

JK Rowling has always left the door open about the future of the Harry Potter book series but it looks like she’s finally ready to close it.

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child book has finally arrived and fans couldn’t be more excited

The author revealed that the story of the boy wizard was ‘done’ now after Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.

Speaking at the official opening gala of the play, she told press: ‘He goes on a very big journey during these two plays and then, yeah, I think we’re done.

‘This is the next generation, you know. So, I’m thrilled to see it realised so beautifully but, no, Harry is done now.’




Fans have been able to watch the show in previews at the Palace Theatre, London.

The script for Harry Potter And The Cursed Child was also released in book form at midnight last night with queues of muggles dressed in costume waiting outside stores to get their hands on the eighth instalment of the franchise.

Rowling said that the decision to bring the story to the stage rather than another novel was an easy one for her.

She said: ‘[It] chimed perfectly with the material I had about the next generation and I could see it would work perfectly.

Jamie Parker (left) stars as Harry Potter and Sam Clemmett as Albus Potter in the play (Picture: PA)

‘So, I never wanted to write another novel, but this will give the fans something special.’

In the play, Potter as an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic and father of three children who is struggling with his past.

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