#hpcc hamburg

[the-luna-scamander]

The one part version of the show will be shortened again about 30 minutes. I think the tour version already is the shorter version. Can anyone tell what the changes are?

[mynotsospecialworldasafan]

public service announcement that you should all follow the german instagram for cursed child (hptheaterde) on instagram cause there is Hamburg Scorbus content (by Fabian Koller and Mattis Moll)

translation for the video:

Scorpius left - Albus right

S: Maybe we shouldn't travel back in time.

A: Whatever, let's do it.

S: But it could be dangerous.

A: Oh come on, we can do it!

S: Sold!

[xxxlebensfreudexx]

HPCC Hamburg

The following are some of the little things the actors incorporated that really stuck with me:

Albus was very teenagey, like the perfect depiction of this awkward teen phase of struggling with your own emotions about yourself, about your parents, about school. Just feeling such big emotions but not knowing how to properly process or constructively communicate them. Very relatable!

I personally also always liked how Harry is portrayed in hpcc because I really get losing some of your youthful sparks of rebellion and adventure, when you become an adult, need to follow all these rules. It isn't always easy to keep that spark inside you alive when (corporate) life, all these responsibilites etc. restrict you. Harry also (imo) still is a very traumatized man and hasn't processed and/or healed the plethora of trauma he has experienced.

The German Harry actor did a great job. I completely understood where he was coming from and that his actions were justified in his mind, even if I disagree. He perfectly "balanced" harsh, overbearing father but also just being a traumatised child himself.

Act 1 Scorbus was the depiction of a true and beautiful and close friendship with starting hints of "more" through lingering touches and soft gazes. E.g. the library scene where Albus hugs Scorpius after they say the "Friends?" "Always" line. (Fun fact: that line translates to "Friends?" "Always" but can also mean "for forever" in german, which adds a layer of emotion to it.) Cedric (German actor playing) Albus was always very soft with Scorpius in a physical touch way. Very small touches or soft gazes that were so meaningful and held so much emotion!

A fun mishap that also happened: at the start of the moaning myrtle scene where albus usually hexes the soap bigger. Today the soap was nowhere to be found. And albus asked scorpius for the soap two times while scorpius answered no soap two times. So albus dropped his wand, the albus actor stood there for like 2 seconds contemplating which lines to drop and where to start again with the dialogue. ;) live theater I don't think someone who has never seen the play would have noticed.

Act 2 Scorbus scenes had a lot more emotional weight to it but in a good sense. You could definitely tell their friendship now had a much deeper emotion behind it and that their relationship needed to change and grow with them and their own personal growth. It felt like a very natural evolution of realizing your deeper feelings. The actors beautifully toed the line of true, deep friendship that is on the cusp of developing into something more in a very slow and meaningful way! I love that what they have is so pure and sweet that it doesn't really need a label because they both know they love each other but are also just figuring themselves out and who they are, let alone, what they are to each other. (I swear to God puberty and growing up is already hard enough as a muggle. ;) )

Act 2 details: in the owlery where scorpius tells albus that he fought for him and albus answers "Oh? Good!". You could tell that albus knew what that implies and the way he responded "good" was like elated and relieved that scorpius has the same feelings towards him, almost like glad that his feelings are reciprocated. In the church in godrics hollow albus sits down on the bench next to scorpius while explaining sth about the plot but the coy gaze when he sat down next to him was so meaningful and held so much emotion! I also just wanna add of all the hpcc boots I have watched I feel like the Hamburg one, where I was today, was the one that was the most obvious about the blooming romantic connection between them! It's subtext in all the other ones too but the body language and gazes between them in Act 2 today?! It feels wrong even calling it subtext. It was so painfully clear!

The palace of harmony scene: on the stairs albus and scorpius were so physically close with each other that really exceeds platonic closeness. To me it seemed like Albus was very clear about his feelings and that he knows that he likes him in a romantic way. Like trying small steps to test out the waters to see how scorpius would respond. Like when asking if it's really rose he wants in his palace albus gazes into scorpius eyes, hand on shoulder, faces like 10 cm apart from each other, knowing how he feels but also knowing how scorpius feels about him. It was a really beautiful thing to see. Albus so secure in himself and the way he perceives their relationship and its developing nature. Very cathartic, as the entire play he is always confused how to behave with his father, at school, fixing the time lines, he is never in a comfortable headspace, it's always in chaos. But the play ends with such clarity and security and safety of this bond he has with Scorpius!!!!! At the bottom of the stairs when scorpius hugs albus the albus actor played and said the line like "why are YOU hugging me?" as in usually it's him hugging scorpius and he wants to hear scorpius say what has changed in their dynamic. The see you at dinner line was very flirty while still being very innocent. In this version of the play physical touch and soft, meaningful gazes really is their love language!

The ending dialogue between harry and albus is so healing and cathartic, resolving what was at the core of the entire play their struggling father-son-relationship. They both are so vulnerable with each other, talking about their deepest emotions and opening themselves up. I love how the lines about his relationship with scorpius read like a coming out talk, while it never explicitely is stated.

I think I got the most important parts and want to really recommend the play to everyone! Watch it for the superb emotional storytelling!!!

[souptastical]

am finally making an official repository of all my media, which will include some "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" performances once I get to uploading that 50 GB folder- pm me if you want it, as I don't like sitting on hard to find media like this & would love to make people as happy as the people that I connected with made me.

It's so funny to me bc I always hated HPCC, like I remember when i read the script and my first thought was "what the fuck"- but upon going through a surgery two days ago and being bedridden, I ended up becoming persistent in finding the recordings- it's been a two day adventure, and I now have the performances from Hamburg (Mehr! Theatre), Broadway (Lyric Theatre) and The West End (Palace Theatre). THE FUNNIEST PART IS I HAVENT BEEN INTO THE PERFORMING ARTS IN YEARS LMAOO

I would like to give a huge thanks to the two people who shared these with me, and that one youtuber that reviews disney dolls ??? who uploaded the Hamburg showing- you all have made my healing process so much better omg

[crystcllise]

fabian koller as scorpius malfoy for HPCC hamburg!

giving the sweetest scorpius energy ever !! <3

[archeronduarte]

'eine Rose ist ein ganz besondere Blume.' 🌹

Something I absolutely love about Madina's Rose Granger-Weasley is that she cares very deeply. You see it in the way she greets all of them on the platform. The way her and Felix always change up the way they greet each other. Last time it was Rose playfully punching and poking him, the time before that it was James doing finger guns at her. Her little wave to Albus and him smiling very sweetly at her when waving back. The love that she has for her mother and father is so evident in the way she teases Ron about his driving exam and his tricks and how she melts into Hermione's embrace when she joins them on the Platform. Madina's Rose is so excited when she gets sorted into Gryffindor and literally jumps up into James' arms. She looks incredibly nervous yet hopeful when Albus' name is called during the sorting because she's convinced he'll join her and his older brother as well.

I think @bluewanderings once mentioned this when talking about Madina's Rose on tumblr, but Rose doesn't look angry when Albus decides to stay with Scorpius during that first year, or when he gets sorted into Slytherin instead of with her in Gryffindor. Her 'Schön!' doesn't sound angry or meant in a malicious way. She sounds and looks hurt and she seems t feels betrayed. Like Albus and her had often fantasised about what would happen if the two of them would finally go to Hogwarts, how they'd go through it together but Albus decides to stay with Scorpius, someone he had only just met. Having a bit more of an understanding of her character this reaction makes sense for her.

But one thing I love most about her Rose Granger-Weasley is that during the Hogwarts Express scene in their 4th year, she goes to talk to Albus outside of hers and James' compartment. She eventually admits that Albus' mom has owled her father. But instead of it looking like she needs to talk to Albus because of their parents' interactions, it looks like she genuinely wants to talk to him - to have a new chance at the friendship that they used to have. So when he walks away from her, she chases him, into the compartment where Scorpius is as well.

She doesn't quite pay any attention to Scorpius yet in this scene - not out of disrespect or because she doesn't want to talk to Scorpius -but because she was talking to Albus. She's telling Albus that she's here for him when he needs her, she wants to be there for him. 'Albus, ich bin da, okay? Falls du mich brauchst.' She looks and sound so genuine, watching Albus with concern, worried about him. But she gets annoyed when Albus ignores her and what she says, he's just smiling and giggling at Scorpius' ramblings about her smelling like brot. Completely dismissing her and what she has to say to him.

It's then that she storms off and you can see that she's upset when she gets back to her compartment. James fixes her robes, looking concerned and they talk in low hushed voices, most probably about what had just happened with Albus. There's just so incredibly much to unpack when it comes to Rose Granger-Weasley as a character. There's so much more to her than some people might think. I truly like what Madina does with her character for the time and stage presence that she gets.

If anyone has any questions or any character or scene that they want to hear about when it comes to the Hamburg production, please don't hesitate to send me an ask! I'd love to talk more about them

[ellie1905]

Hi so for whenever someone gets a cc Hamburg bootleg you should send that to me please thank you

[mynotsospecialworldasafan]

imagine Scorpius sorted into Ravenclaw and Albus all alone in Slytherin lol