--- title: Ticket Prices for the Harry Potter Play May Even Be Crazier Than 'Hamilton' description: Fans are paying as much as $10,000 to see just half of the new play, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," in London. authors: - name: Martha C. White role: Writer url: https://money.com/author/martha-c-white/ education: BA, English, Princeton University at_money_since: 2015 articles: 350 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Federal Reserve Rate Cuts - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology published: '2016-08-24T19:23:26.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T11:36:13.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Harry Potter - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - pubdesk - Scalping - Theater - ticket sales - tickets word_count: 234 canonical: https://money.com/harry-potter-play-ticket-prices/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). !["Harry Potter & The Cursed Child" - Press Preview - Arrivals](https://img.money.com/2016/08/potter-play.jpeg) Now here's a level of fandom that's hard for most people to fathom: Harry Potter fans in the U.K. are forking over as much as $10,000 for scalped tickets to the new "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" play — and the craziest part is, that five-figure ticket only gets you into see *half the play*. Because seats to "Cursed Child" sold out so quickly, leaving many fans of the boy wizard disappointed, ticket resale sites and scalpers have been having a field day, [CNBC reported](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/24/10000-ticket-to-see-just-half-of-the-harry-potter-show.html). One site sold a ticket for £6,173, then tacked on a booking fee of £1,912 *and* a £16 fee to ship the ticket to the lucky(?) recipient, bringing the grand total to £8,102.55, or about 10 grand. But wait, there's more — or maybe we should say less. Since "Cursed Child" is presented as two separate performances, "which are intended to be seen in order on the same day (matinee and evening) or on two consecutive evenings," according to the show's [website](http://www.harrypottertheplay.com/), that hefty sum would only get the ticketholder into see the second half of the play. ***Read Next:* 10 Crazy Facts About ‘Hamilton’ and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Final Performance** That is, even they even managed to get admittance in the first place. 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