Are you a diehard Harry fan? Harry Potter, that is — not Harry Styles.
There’s good news for lovers of the book and movie series, and those who wouldn’t know a magic-yielding wand if it smacked them square in the forehead. Global theatre show Potted Potter, the unauthorised Harry Potter parody that’s running between September 17-21 at Ductac’s Centrepoint Theatre at Mall of the Emirates, is for everyone — aficionados and disinterested parties alike.
James Percy and Benjamin Stratton are the two comedian-actors tasked with condensing all seven Harry Potter books into just 70 minutes each night and pleasing everyone in the process.
“A lot of the comedy comes from watching these two guys struggle to do the impossible task — or what seems to be impossible — and Harry Potter just happens to be the background to what they’re doing,” Percy told tabloid!.
“If you’re a real big Harry Potter fan, you might get certain little references a little bit more, but no, we always have full different crowds of people coming who go from knowing everything to knowing absolutely nothing, and everybody always seems to have a great time — which is good.”
Keep an eye out for our full interview with Percy and our Potted Potter review in Friday’s paper.
