Former Chiswick School student to make West End debut

Image above: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child poster

Adam Wadsworth takes over one of the lead roles in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Adam Wadsworth, a former pupil from Chiswick School, is joining the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the new cast line-up taking over on 13 October.

Adam plays one of the two joint lead roles – Scorpius Malfoy.

“It is a dream come true. Absolutely amazing to be part of such a wonderful story and to work with such talented, wonderful people” he said in a video for production’s social media.

Image above: Adam Wadsworth at the first rehearsal, from the production’s social media 

Multiple award winning production

The two-part play picks up the story of the Harry Potter books and films 19 years later with the next generation, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy’s sons. It has been a smash hit, running in London since 2016 and on Broadway since 2018, picking up nine Olivier awards in 2017and six Tonys in 2018.

Currently playing at the Palace theatre, the special effects especially, with dementors floating out into the audience, are spectacular.

As they met for the first time for rehearsal, Adam was asked what he was most excited about:

“I think I’m most excited to explore such a complicated, wonderful character like Scorpio” he said.

Scorpio (son of Draco and Astoria) and Albus (son of Harry and Ginny) meet on the train on their first trip to Hogwarts and become friends. Both bullied at school, because of their parents’ fame, they bond and using a time-turner they go back into the past events from the Harry Potter stories.

Thomas Grant, who is taking over the role of Albus Potter said:

“My-11 year-old self would be absolutely screaming right now, [it’s] like going to Hogwarts.”

Image above: Adam in My Phone Genie

Acting professionally since he was at school

Adam, 28, was at Chiswick Community School from 2005-2012, growing up with the Harry Potter books and films. He studied politics at Manchester University, then acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

He was already acting professionally while he was at Chiswick school, playing the lead role in My Phone Genie, a children’s TV series produced for ITV.

He has since had parts in Marple (2004), Inspector Lewis (2006), Billy the Kid (2015) and short film Budapest, Closed City (2021). His theatre credits include Patterns at Leicester Curve.

Image above: publicity still from the production with the current cast

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