--- title: J.K. Rowling Reveals Harry Potter Play Wands description: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child premieres in London on July 30 canonical: https://time.com/4297525/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-play-wands/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-18T15:16:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:39.075Z og:title: J.K. Rowling Just Unveiled the Wand Designs for the Harry Potter Play og:description: 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' premieres in London on July 30 og:url: https://time.com/4297525/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-play-wands/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9572c9a3c623df77/698872f2bc6cfc2dc73da91d/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-ii_60608ccf.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Harry-Potter-and-the-Deathly-Hallows-Part-2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. Rowling Just Unveiled the Wand Designs for the Harry Potter Play twitter:description: 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' premieres in London on July 30 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9572c9a3c623df77/698872f2bc6cfc2dc73da91d/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-ii_60608ccf.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # J.K. Rowling Just Unveiled the Wand Designs for the Harry Potter Play by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 18, 2016 3:16 PM UTC  Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Arthur Bowen as Albus Severus Potter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Arthur Bowen as Albus Severus Potter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2Warner Bros. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 18, 2016 3:16 PM UTC [J.K. Rowling](http://time.com/4110623/j-k-rowlings-biggest-harry-potter-revelations/) just unveiled the wands that Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger will be using to cast spells in the forthcoming play, [_Harry Potter and the Cursed Child_](http://time.com/4215336/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-book/)_._ The author sent out a photo on Twitter to reveal the wands they will use to cast Avifors, Ridikulus, and Lumos spells, along with those of Ginny Weasley and Draco Malfoy. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/722026226144174080) According to [Pottermore](https://www.pottermore.com/news/ww-publishing-cursed-child-script-book-announcement), Rowling’s digital publishing platform, the story of _The Cursed Child_ finds Potter and his friends 19 years after the end of the original series. Potter is now working at the Ministry of Magic, and married to Ginny Weasley, with whom he has three children. As Pottermore describes, “While 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.” The play, which so far is only planned for a London run, is based on a story by J.K. Rowling and was written by Jack Thorne. For anyone who can’t use Floo powder to travel to England to see the play, the [script will be also be published](http://time.com/4215336/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-book/) as an eBook on Pottermore, and will be available in hardcover by Scholastic in the U.S. The play premieres on July 30, and the book will be released July 31, better known as Harry Potter’s birthday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4297525/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-play-wands/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4297525/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-play-wands/"},"headline":"J.K. 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