Hello! My name is Chie. I am likely to be the girl you'll see whose eyes would bulge out of their sockets at the sight of a book store and be seized by waves of epileptic shock whenever there is a book bargain. I'll probably be the one pushing you out of my way to get through the book bargain bins and tediously combing through the pile. (I forget my manners when it comes to books). I am tone deaf and have two left feet. But I would endure the embarrassment of a performance in exchange for books (terms and conditions apply). I have created this blog in order to find kindred souls. Those who would gladly share the same passion for books and reading because although reading is solitary task most of the time, it's no fun having no one to ramble to after..
Upcoming Show: Harry Potter and The Cursed Child (Stage Play) Cast: Jamie Parker (Harry Potter), Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger), Paul Thornley (Ron Weasley) Directed by: John Tiffany Date Premiered: July 30, 2016 Place Premiered: Palace Theatre, London, United Kingdom Based on: Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling) Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Synopsis: Harry Potter and The Cursed Child is an upcoming two-part West End stage play, written by Jack Thorns and based on a story by author J.K. Rowling, Thorns and director John Tiffany. The play is scheduled to open in July 2016, at the Palace Theatre, London, England, and will feature Rowling collaborating with an experienced team to bring the production to the stage. The play is set nineteen years after the conclusion of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows and follows Harry Potter, now a Ministry of Magic employee, and his youngest son Albus Severus Potter.
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.
Whilst Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes darkness comes from unexpected places.
Thoughts: So if you have been following this blog for awhile, you would know that I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan. The story line was something perfect. Even though multiple of the books were out when I first started reading them, I still grew up on the books. I would not be where I am today if Harry Potter wasn't a part of my life, and I don't think lot of us would be. Harry Potter shaped my childhood, and shaped who I am today. This is why when it was announced that there was going to be a Harry Potter play, called the Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, I was ecstatic. I had absolutely no idea what it was going to be about, but just knowing there was going to be an extension of the Harry Potter world in some form, it was amazing.
Jamie Parker, Paul Thornley and Noma Dumezweni
The plot was announced, and the entire Potter fandom freaked. We are getting an eighth story. They are continuing the story from where it left off. The tagline for the play is "The Eighth Story, Nineteen Years Later".
I was completely fangirling for many, many hours after this was announced. I still am freaking out and fangirling about this play. However, it sort of died down, and turned into a little bit of disappointment and confusion, when I realised that this was a play. It was a play, which at least for now was only premiering in London. How was I, living in the Philippines, going to be able to watch a play that was only showing in London?
This doesn't just apply to me. Potterheads from all over the world started to wonder the exact same thing. How were they going to be able to experience this amazing story, the continuation of a story that we have all loved and grown up with, if they didn't live in London? Harry Potter and The Cursed Child is still in the early stages, and you never know. There could be a professionally filmed version of the play for people to see all over the world, the play could tour the world for others to see, or they may even be a book written for the play.
However, those things, if they were to even happen are very far down the road. The play itself premieres in July 2016, which means that for people that have no way to see the play in London, it could be years before we find out more about what happened nineteen years later.
Don't get me wrong, I am sooper excited to eventually see what happens in this play. If J.K. Rowling thought that the best way to get across her new story, would be showing it up on stage, then I trust her. Though by having thousands and millions of Harry Potter fans around the world, and then making the eighth story available not even a tenth of those fans, just don't feel like a very smart idea.
J.K. Rowling herself said:
"I am confident that when audiences see Harry Potter and The Cursed Child they will understand why we chose to tell this story in this way."
Do I wish that our long awaited eighth story, sequel, to the Harry Potter series would have been released in a different format? Yes. Do I wish that the format had been in a book? Absolutely. I just hope that they somehow find a way to get this story to all Potterheads around the world.
I would absolutely hate to miss out on this amazing sequel to my favourite series of all time, just because I didn't live in the right place.
Harry Potter will always be a huge part of my life. I re-read the books all the time, and have multiple movie marathons every month. My dream place to go would be the Harry Potter studio in London, or the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida. I am a huge Potterhead, and I always will be. I hope that I will be able to see this continuation of the Wizarding World in some way, and that I will be able to experience the continuation of the magic that J.K. Rowling has created.
If you would like to hear more about the play and some official information on it, you can check it out here and here.
I am sorry about this rant, I just felt sad about the subject, and it's all that I have been able to think about for the last 24 hours or so when I found out.
I hope that some of you share my same feelings on this topic. I am still sooper excited for this play, and I can't wait to see how it plays out. I just hope that I get to see this for myself, and not through somebody else's eyes.
Upcoming Show: Harry Potter and The Cursed Child (Stage Play) Cast: Jamie Parker (Harry Potter), Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger), Paul Thornley (Ron Weasley) Directed by: John Tiffany Date Premiered: July 30, 2016 Place Premiered: Palace Theatre, London, United Kingdom Based on: Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling) Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Synopsis: Harry Potter and The Cursed Child is an upcoming two-part West End stage play, written by Jack Thorns and based on a story by author J.K. Rowling, Thorns and director John Tiffany. The play is scheduled to open in July 2016, at the Palace Theatre, London, England, and will feature Rowling collaborating with an experienced team to bring the production to the stage. The play is set nineteen years after the conclusion of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows and follows Harry Potter, now a Ministry of Magic employee, and his youngest son Albus Severus Potter.
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.
Whilst Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes darkness comes from unexpected places.
Thoughts: So if you have been following this blog for awhile, you would know that I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan. The story line was something perfect. Even though multiple of the books were out when I first started reading them, I still grew up on the books. I would not be where I am today if Harry Potter wasn't a part of my life, and I don't think lot of us would be. Harry Potter shaped my childhood, and shaped who I am today. This is why when it was announced that there was going to be a Harry Potter play, called the Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, I was ecstatic. I had absolutely no idea what it was going to be about, but just knowing there was going to be an extension of the Harry Potter world in some form, it was amazing.
Jamie Parker, Paul Thornley and Noma Dumezweni
The plot was announced, and the entire Potter fandom freaked. We are getting an eighth story. They are continuing the story from where it left off. The tagline for the play is "The Eighth Story, Nineteen Years Later".
I was completely fangirling for many, many hours after this was announced. I still am freaking out and fangirling about this play. However, it sort of died down, and turned into a little bit of disappointment and confusion, when I realised that this was a play. It was a play, which at least for now was only premiering in London. How was I, living in the Philippines, going to be able to watch a play that was only showing in London?
This doesn't just apply to me. Potterheads from all over the world started to wonder the exact same thing. How were they going to be able to experience this amazing story, the continuation of a story that we have all loved and grown up with, if they didn't live in London? Harry Potter and The Cursed Child is still in the early stages, and you never know. There could be a professionally filmed version of the play for people to see all over the world, the play could tour the world for others to see, or they may even be a book written for the play.
However, those things, if they were to even happen are very far down the road. The play itself premieres in July 2016, which means that for people that have no way to see the play in London, it could be years before we find out more about what happened nineteen years later.
Don't get me wrong, I am sooper excited to eventually see what happens in this play. If J.K. Rowling thought that the best way to get across her new story, would be showing it up on stage, then I trust her. Though by having thousands and millions of Harry Potter fans around the world, and then making the eighth story available not even a tenth of those fans, just don't feel like a very smart idea.
J.K. Rowling herself said:
"I am confident that when audiences see Harry Potter and The Cursed Child they will understand why we chose to tell this story in this way."
Do I wish that our long awaited eighth story, sequel, to the Harry Potter series would have been released in a different format? Yes. Do I wish that the format had been in a book? Absolutely. I just hope that they somehow find a way to get this story to all Potterheads around the world.
I would absolutely hate to miss out on this amazing sequel to my favourite series of all time, just because I didn't live in the right place.
Harry Potter will always be a huge part of my life. I re-read the books all the time, and have multiple movie marathons every month. My dream place to go would be the Harry Potter studio in London, or the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida. I am a huge Potterhead, and I always will be. I hope that I will be able to see this continuation of the Wizarding World in some way, and that I will be able to experience the continuation of the magic that J.K. Rowling has created.
If you would like to hear more about the play and some official information on it, you can check it out here and here.
I am sorry about this rant, I just felt sad about the subject, and it's all that I have been able to think about for the last 24 hours or so when I found out.
I hope that some of you share my same feelings on this topic. I am still sooper excited for this play, and I can't wait to see how it plays out. I just hope that I get to see this for myself, and not through somebody else's eyes.
