BREAKING: J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter play to open in the West End next year!

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter play Harry Potter And The Cursed Child will receive its world premiere at the West End's Palace Theatre in summer 2016. 

Rowling has written the play with Jack Thorne and John Tiffany.

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child will delve into the lives of Harry’s parents before they were murdered by Lord Voldemort. Tickets will go on sale this autumn, with many predicting that box office records will be smashed.

Writing about the play on Twitter, Rowling said: "I don't want to say too much more, because I don't want to spoil what I know will be a real treat for fans. However, I can say that it is not a prequel! 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.

GOSSIP: J.K. Rowling approaches John Tiffany & Jack Thorne for Harry Potter play

According to the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye, J.K. Rowling has settled on a director and writer to collaborate with her on a West End play which will explore Harry Potter's early years and the story of his parents.

Bamigboye has claimed John Tiffany is in negotiations to direct the production. Tiffany's current West End shows include Once and Let The Right One In.

Theatre Gossip: J.K. Rowling, Sonia Friedman & Colin Callender to produce stage adaptation of Harry Potter

The Daily Mail has reported that a play based on J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter will open in the West End within two years.

Rowling (pictured right) will not write the stage piece but will co-produce the production and collaborate with a playwright. Rowling’s seven-volume Harry Potter series began with The Philosopher’s Stone, published in 1997.

West End producer Sonia Friedman and Broadway producer Colin Callender are behind the project. The play is said to tell the "previously untold story of Harry Potter’s early years as an orphan and outcast." 

Harry Potter’s theatrical adaptation will seek to "offer a unique insight into the heart and mind of the now legendary young wizard. A seemingly ordinary boy, but one for whom destiny has plans..."