One thing I’ve learn as I grow older is try not to commit yourself to something many, many months from now. It’s rather easy to throw away your time like that because whatever the thing you’ve just committed to seem so far away in the future. Surely you have time for it, right? If anything, you’re being responsible for actually planning it out in advance!
This past weekend’s showing of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Curran Theatre snuck up on me unsuspectingly because the tickets for it was bought nearly a year ago. It was quite surprising then to find out that one, the tickets had cost me $210 (I could use that money now for something else, honestly), and two, the production is two shows, and our group is watching both parts back to back, with a two and a half hour break in between. The thought of sitting for seven hours seemed dreadful; had the tickets been purchased more recently, I don’t think I would have opted for such an arrangement.
So that was my whole Saturday, dedicated to watching a play about wizards and magic.
And I’m happy I did. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a fantastic play, replete with a story that’s deserving of following up the main books and movies. The acting is superb, and the practical effects used to show the various magic and spells are done really well. About halfway into part one, I was already glad we chose to watch both parts on the same day, because the story is that grippingly good. It would be slightly unbearable to have to wait another day to find out the conclusion, never mind that getting to San Francisco downtown where the theatre is isn’t the easier of tasks.
Anyways, I highly recommend the play to anyone who is a fan of the Harry Potter books and movies. I would bet good money they’ll make a movie out of this story with original movie cast some time in the future. That is when I shall see The Cursed Child again, because I’m too old to sit for another seven hours to watch the play a second time, no matter how great and entertaining it is.
Spoiler alert.