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just can't replicate that anywhere else. What is it like to be adapting to a new cast each year?

  just can't replicate that anywhere else. What is it like to be adapting to a new cast each year?  Thomas Aldridge, Susie Trayling,James Howard, MIchelle Gayle, Jamie BallardPhoto Credit: Manuel Harlan Every year has been different, and that's what's so lovely, because everyone, every company , and every cast member has brought something different and unique to the show. And even within each individual year, because we have so many people playing so many roles, on different days, you can perform with different actors than you performed with the night before. So it's always fresh. Of course, there are things that have to stay the same. There are lighting effects, and steam effects, and costumes that have to look the same . But within that, everyone brings their own perspective and experience of the character to it, whether it's Draco, Harry, Albus, or Scorpius . I've seen now so many people playing all of those roles, bringing something ever so slightly differen...

We've got people who come from around the world.

We've got people who come from around the world.  We've got people who've been to see it once, we've got people who come to see it hundreds of times. And whenever we speak to people at the stage door, there is just so much love and desire to find out about not just how the magic is done, but about the characters and the relationships between those characters . And it's really special. Have you seen the show yourself, having been in it for so long? Yeah, I love it! I take any opportunity I can to go front of house and see how things look and how it works, with an audience in as well. And quite often, if there are understudy runs or performances that I'm not a part of. It refreshes me all the time, that I can see how those reactions play out in front of an audience. And it just makes the whole thing alive again.  I also got to see one of the parts on Broadway in 2018. And to watch our show being done in America was even more special because an American audience re...