Potted Potter: The Unauthorised Harry Experience

Overview

UPDATE, MARCH 1, 2022: Due to flooding in Brisbane, Potted Potter: The Unauthorised Harry Experience has been postponed until Friday, May 13–Sunday, May 15, 2022. This article has been updated to reflect that change.

UPDATE, AUGUST 23, 2021: Due to Brisbane's most recent lockdown, Potted Potter: The Unauthorised Harry Experience has been postponed until Tuesday, March 1–Sunday, March 6, 2022. This article has been updated to reflect that change.

Reading all seven Harry Potter books in 70 minutes? Not even Dumbledore himself could conjure up that kind of magic. Seeing the entire saga play out on stage in the same amount of time, with room for a quidditch match too? Well, thanks to Potted Potter: The Unauthorised Harry Experience, that's another matter entirely.

If you don't have the time to reread your favourite novels, are looking for a quick refresher before you dive into the Fantastic Beasts films or would just like a brief wander through the entire story for the fun of it, then this comedic production has you covered. As created by double Olivier Award Best Entertainment nominees Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, you'll watch two performers relive the wonder of the boy who lived and recreate the terror of he who must not be named — and whiz through it faster than you can say "accio books!" (or almost that fast).

And, if you somehow still have no idea what all the Harry Potter fuss is about, consider this the ultimate primer. Of course, Potted Potter: The Unauthorised Harry Experience is a parody, so it comes with plenty of laughs when it plays QPAC's Lyric Theatre from Friday, May 13–Sunday, May 15 — via a 7.30pm on the Friday; 12pm, 4pm and 8pm sessions on the Saturday; and 12pm and 4pm gigs on the Sunday.

Images: Scott Joe.