How much would you pay to party with JK Rowling? Cursed Child gala tickets going for £300 - and risingJK Rowling will make a rare public appearance in September
Telegraph Reporters
12 MAY 2016 • 9:30AM
Harry Potter fans hoping to get the chance to join JK Rowling for a gala showing of her upcoming West End play are expected to raid their bank accounts ahead of a charity auction that has launched this morning.
The author will introduce a performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on September 18, tickets for which will be auctioned to raise money for Rowling's charity, Lumos - with prices starting at £150 for two, including entry to the after-show party and a signed copy of the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play script book.
Organisers of the gala performance say every penny will go to the charity's Families Not Orphanages Fund and directly help children around the world to leave orphanages and return to a family life.
Georgette Mulheir, chief executive of Lumos, said: "This special gala performance is not only a wonderful opportunity for fans to see the play but it will help raise awareness of the vulnerable, voiceless children living in orphanages around the world and play its part in helping to get them home and back to a loving family, where they belong."
How can I get tickets?
As those who struggled to get Cursed Child tickets in October will know, this is one hot event. This time, fans will be expected to save up and stump up to gain entry to the gala performance, for which tickets will be auctioned.
So far, 800 tickets - in sets of two, three and four – have been made available on the auction website, with prices starting between £150 and £300.
Givergy, who are organising the auction, have said that there will be another release at a yet-to-be-confirmed point in the next 10 days. Sign up at wearelumos.org/ worldwide/#getinvolved to find out when the next sales begin.
At the time of writing, no bids have been made on the tickets, but with auction closing dates varying between four and 11 days away, prices could rise to thousands of pounds in coming days.
To make a bid, go to givergy.com/charity/lumos, enter your bid and payment details. The website encourages you to keep bidding as the auction goes on to be in with a chance of winning.
The official script book of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I & II will be published on July 31, 2016. To order from the Telegraph for £20 with free P&P, call 0844 871 1515 or visit books.telegraph.co.uk
What We Know
1. It’s the eighth Harry Potter story.
It's a brand new story and it picks up where the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows epilogue left off
2. It's all about Albus.
The play will focus on father-of three Harry and his youngest son, Albus Severus
3. It’s not a prequel.
Of this we can be absolutely sure. In June 2015 J.K. Rowling tweeted the fact three times in less than half an hour: "NOT a prequel. Not. A. Prequel."
4. It's at the Palace Theatre in London.
Fun fact: The theatre is right by Charing Cross Road – where you can find The Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter stories
5. It's a play in two parts.
As explained on Pottermore: "Part One will only be half of the story, so the experience would be incomplete without seeing Part 2". You can choose if you want to see both parts on the same day, or further apart
6. It will also be released as a book.
The script (not a novel) will become available to fans at midnight on July 31 - Harry Potter's birthday.
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