--- description: 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' will debut in London's West End next year title: J.K. Rowling Confirms 'Harry Potter' Play Will Be Considered 'Canon' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8271d6b7510b8ee/698858ea8e06017487461341/jk-rowling1.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # J.K. Rowling Confirms _Harry Potter_ Play Will Be Considered 'Canon' by [Andrea Towers / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Andrea Towers / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 29, 2015 6:47 PM CUT  J.K. Rowling at the U.S. launch of her non-profit organization Lumos at The Empire State Building in New York City on April 9, 2015. J.K. Rowling at the U.S. launch of her non-profit organization Lumos at The Empire State Building in New York City on April 9, 2015.Cindy Ord—Getty Images by [Andrea Towers / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Andrea Towers / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 29, 2015 6:47 PM CUT Earlier this week, _Harry Potter_ author J.K. Rowling made news [when she announced](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/25/harry-potter-and-cursed-child-play "undefined") that a play based on the boy wizard—_Harry Potter and the Cursed Child_—was coming to the London stage. While rumors swirled about what the title could mean and what Rowling meant when she wrote she was excited for the world to see the “untold part of Harry’s story,” details have been scarce about the project. One thing that Rowling has been clear on: the fact that even though this is a _Potter_ story, [it won’t be considered a prequel](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/28/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-not-prequel "undefined") to the series. That doesn’t mean that the play won’t be a part of the universe in a legitimate way, however, and Rowling wrote on Twitter to confirm that even though she is not writing the play herself, _Harry Potter and the Cursed Child_ will be considered part of the _Potter_verse. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/615498601809211393) Tickets for _Harry Potter and the Cursed Child_, which will make its debut at the palace Theatre in London’s West End next year, go on sale this fall. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/29/jk-rowling-confirms-potter-play-canon "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3940287/harry-potter-play-canon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3940287/harry-potter-play-canon/"},"headline":"J.K. 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