# ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Celebrates 10 Years as Longest-Running Two-Part Play in Modern West End History – Global Bulletin

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-celebrates-10-years-as-longest-running-two-part-play-in-modern-west-end-history-global-bulletin/
- Published: 2026-07-30T11:41:13+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-30T12:06:59+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/theater/news/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-10-years-west-end-1236824082/
- Topics: Art, Culture

## Key points

- “Cursed Child” marks a decade in the West End.
- The production has attracted 2.5 million London attendees.
- The bulletin also covers AI filmmaking and Sarawak television.

## Summary

Variety’s Global Bulletin reports several entertainment-industry developments, led by the 10th anniversary of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” in London’s West End.

- “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has become modern West End history’s longest-running two-part play, drawing more than 2.5 million people at the Palace Theatre since opening in 2016.
- The London production has staged 1,762 combined performances, involved 276 cast members and helped introduce more than 300,000 people to theatre for the first time; its original two-part format ends on 20 September before a one-part version opens on 9 October.
- Globally, the play has reached over 14 million people through five current productions and a North American tour, winning 60 major awards, including nine Olivier Awards and six Tonys.
- Yash Raj Films and Google will hold an AI filmmaking workshop in Mumbai on 4 August, focused on using Google’s Flow creative tools in established production workflows.
- KC Global Media Asia has announced “AXN Ultimate Challenge: Sarawak”, a four-episode adventure competition series featuring content creators undertaking challenges in Sarawak.

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