Harry Potter fans have given a new play about JK Rowling's famous wizard an ecstatic reception. Hundreds of fans stood and cheered as the first part of Harry Potter and the cursed Child came to a dramatic close at London's Palace Theatre Throughout the show there had been gasps at the various plot revelations and stage illusions. As the 1.500 audience members left the show they were given badges asking them to"keep the secrets' Earlier they had queued around the block many dressed as witches and wizards as they waited to clear the strict security in place at the theatre. The Cursed Child plot digs deep into the world presented in the Polter novels and involves an artefact from Harry's past. One minor glitch during the first preview involved an owl flying around the auditorium after it failed to return to its handler