Producers have revealed artwork from the upcoming Harry Potter play, The Cursed Child.
Published on Pottermore, JK Rowling's Harry Potter website, the images show a young boy in a nest with wings.
The play, split over two parts, is designed to be seen either on the same night, or over consecutive evenings.
Producers have announced it is going to be a sequel to Rowling's books, focusing on Harry's son Albus Severus.
"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," a synopsis reads.
"As past and present fuse
ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes,
darkness comes from unexpected places."
Previews will start in June 2016, at the Palace Theatre in London.
Early performances will have some cheap tickets on sale for just £10 per part, rising to £15 for the official run.
Pictures of artwork with the tagline, "The eighth story. Nineteen years later," have also appeared online.
Harry
Potter fans have suggested the nest and wings in the picture are
reminiscent of a Golden Snitch, the smallest ball used in a game of
Quidditch.
The final Harry Potter book ends with an epilogue - set 19 years
after the main plot concludes - featuring Harry and his now-wife Ginny
seeing their son off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Previously Rowling has refused to give away
many details about the plot of the play, saying she did not "want to
say too much more, because I don't want to spoil what I know will be a
real treat for fans".
She added: "To answer one inevitable (and reasonable!) question - why isn't Cursed Child a new novel?
"I am confident that when audiences see the play they will agree that it was the only proper medium for the story."
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