It's a huge day for Cursed Child fans, as the hit play continues its worldwide takeover with new plans to open in two more countries.

Next year, Cursed Child will open in Brazil, and will be performed in Portuguese.

The following year, in 2026, the play launches in the Netherlands, performed in Dutch, with the venue to be announced soon.

These productions will be the ninth and tenth versions of Cursed Child respectively, with the play already having cast its spell in San Francisco, Toronto and Melbourne – while productions continue to play in London, New York, Hamburg and Tokyo as we speak. The play is also on a North American tour, currently stationed in Chicago.

Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender spoke of their excitement bringing the eighth Harry Potter story to these new audiences.

‘We are thrilled to be launching two new productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,’ they said in a joint statement.

‘The story and themes of Harry Potter - friendship, self-discovery, courage, sacrifice, love and forgiveness, and of course growing up and the challenges of parenting - resonates with so many people around the world, and we are excited to be able to share our play with new audiences in Brazil and the Netherlands. We look forward to collaborating with our producing partners VME and Stage Entertainment to bring the magic of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to two new countries.’

The two new productions will be performed as the reimagined, one-part version of the play (which are also performed this way in New York and Tokyo) and will be the first time Cursed Child has been performed in Portuguese and Dutch.

Now, our language skills aren’t that fantastic, but, ahem, we are excited for our Dutch and Portuguese-speaking fans to be able to see this beautiful story of heks, tovenaars, bruxas and bruxos! (That’s ‘witches and wizards’ in Dutch and Portuguese, we hope.)

Stay tuned for more international Cursed Child news as we have it. You can always sign up for the official newsletter for the most recent announcements or check the Netherlands and Brazil Cursed Child websites.