Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne is a playwright best known for *Harry Potter and the Cursed Child*. He is newsworthy because the London production of the play, which has run as a two-part, five-hour performance for almost a decade, will be shortened to a single, 175-minute show. This change aligns the London production with other international versions of the play currently running in the US, Germany, the Netherlands, and Japan. The shift to a shorter format suggests an effort to streamline the production and potentially broaden its appeal or reduce production costs. While the articles focus on the play itself, Thorne's role as the writer makes him central to this development and its impact on the theatrical landscape.