In the meantime, the National Post brings is the following story about the creators of the show:

For diehard fans, the Harry Potter phenomenon consists of seven books (3,000 pages plus), eight movies (1,178 minutes) and countless hours spent standing in midnight madness lines awaiting the release of each new instalment in J.K. Rowling’s fantasy series. Now imagine trying to cram all that material — from Hogwarts to Horcruxes — into a 70-minute live performance. Surely there must be some wizardry involved.

“I think 400, 500 pages of plot are chucked aside to make room for a silly hat and a funny voice,” says Daniel Clarkson, one of the two magic-mad minds behindPotted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience, a theatrical parody that recaps the entire Potter saga in the time it takes to read a few chapters. “We are able to drop things and sort of do our own interpretation of things. We do try and keep to the story as much as we can.”

Together with Jeff Turner, Clarkson re-appropriates the Hogwarts universe with the help of just a handful of wigs and props. The Potted boys, who have miraculously survived Rowling’s legal inquisition on parodies and adaptations, have travelled from London’s West End to Toronto’s Panasonic Theatre for the show’s North American debut, which kicked off this past week.

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The site also bears a message telling us that it is currently being refreshed for a relaunch this Spring, and allows you to sign up for updates. Jo’s new agents, The Blair Partnership, have also updated their site with a similar notice.

LONDON – Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, Sienna Miller and Hugh Grant will be among 46 “core participants” who will have the right to give evidence in person at the Judicial inquiry into phone-hacking and media intrusion, Lord Justice Leveson’s inquiry said Wednesday.

Rowling, Miller and Grant will be one of a group of celebrities, politicans, sportsmen and members of the public who have been selected to give evidence about their experience of press intrusion, many of whom have been victims of phone-hacking by The News of the World and potentially other newspapers.

The Leveson Inquiry was set up by British Prime Minister David Cameronin the wake of the phone-hacking crisis at Rupert Murdoch’s News International. Its remit is to look at the broader issues of media ethics and practices, including the relationships between newspapers, the police and politicians that have been central in the News International criminal investigation.

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Says Curmudgeon– pardon me, Jeanes:

She is the mistress of writing to get rich by expanding some pretty thin ideas into very thick books.

Rowling is doomed to be shallow by her own lack of mental furnishings.

I’m not going to dwell on how rude and ignorant Charlie appears to be, but I will say a couple of things in Jo’s defence (though I’m somewhat inclined to just ignore the article altogether):

Charlie Jeanes

First off, Jo had no way of knowing how popular both she and her books would become when she started to write Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone which apparently was a great source of comfort and inspiration for her at the time. Let’s also not forget that she has and continues to donate millions to various charities and founded Lumos (formerly the Children’s High Level Group) which she continues to chair. I’d also say that Jo is very modest and conservative with her money and lifestyle for a person accused of writing to be rich. There’s also the question of why a person with millions of fans devoted to her series would stop the flow of books at seven if she was in it for the cash.

It sounds to me like Charlie’s just bitter and a little sad. And for someone who feels like he’s smart and perfect enough to judge others like this, I’m wondering why he doesn’t own the Nelson Star yet?

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When a movie passes some monetary milestone, it usually provokes two equal and opposite reactions: Film industry executives are typically ecstatic, reassured as they are that the industry remains alive and well.

However, literary types are typically morose, fearing that this offers yet more proof that reading is a dying art.

The former reaction was much in evidence as the latest Harry Potter instalment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2, surpassed the $1-billion mark recently, yet the latter reaction was all but nonexistent. In fact, some people in the literary community have greeted the movie series’ success with enthusiasm, certain that it will help, rather than hinder, literacy efforts.

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As, I’m sure, we all know by now, the newest, and final, installment of the Harry Potter series has hit the big screen.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 has already grossed well over $1 billion worldwide. Harry Potter has already tied Avatar for the fastest to reach the $1-billion mark and, despite its two-week head start, Harry Potter has already beat the Transformers movie in the race to make $1 billion.

For most, the moment they walked out of the theatre after watching Deathly Hallows Part 2, it was the end. I would say that at least 80 per cent of the audience walked away with tears streaming down their faces.

So, how do I feel about the Harry Potter series coming to an end?

Well, for me, it isn’t the end. Like I mentioned several months back, I’m trying my hardest to finally read the Harry Potter series. It’s difficult for me to get through because I’ve already seen all of the movies so it’s kind of dull to be reading a scene that I’ve already seen in the movie. I did, however, managed to finish the Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban and I am currently about a third of the way through Goblet of Fire.

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Your best bet is to to try for one of those advance spots or to wait for October when the site opens up to the masses.