Potted Potter the Unauthorised Harry Experience. A Parody by Dan and Jeff.

“Blissfully funny.. A winner in every way.”

The Guardian

The international smash hit Harry Potter parody has played to sold-out houses all over the world, including an ongoing Las Vegas residency. The Best Entertainment and Family Show Olivier Award Nominee takes on the ultimate challenge of condensing all seven Harry Potter books into seventy hilarious minutes. The show even includes a real-life game of Quidditch!

Even if you don’t know the difference between a horcrux and a Hufflepuff, this brilliant comedy will make you roar with laughter. Created by two-time Olivier Award-nominated actors Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, Potted Potter is perfect for ages six to Dumbledore (who is very old indeed).

Tour Dates

All aboard the Hogwarts Express!
Potted Potter will be making the following stops, and you don’t want to miss it!

30 Jan - 05 Apr

Theatre Du Gymnase Marie Bell

Paris, France

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20 - 29 Mar

Studebaker Theatre

Chicago, IL, USA

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Returning Soon!

Venue TBA

Las Vegas, NV, USA

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CAST

Daniel Clarkson

Writer and Co-creator

According to Wikipedia, Daniel is a “British comedy actor, playwright and director with two Olivier nominations and a Blue Peter Badge.” Graduating from Bretton Hall, Daniel is probably best known for being one half of the comedy double act “Dan and Jeff”, renowned across the globe for their “Potted” stage shows as well as an 18-month residence in the CBBC office as their in-house presenters.

With four “Potted” shows now under his belt (Potted Potter, Potted Pirates, Potted Panto and Potted Sherlock), he has received both audience and critical acclaim, having had sell-out seasons in both London’s West End and New York, and completed several successful international tours including an on-going residency for Potted Potter in Las Vegas (in its fifth year) where it won the Best of Las Vegas award for “Best New Production”.

He co-wrote and co-directed acclaimed children’s show The Pirate, The Princess and The Platypus (Polka Theatre) in 2022. He also wrote (and latterly directed) The Crown Live - a comic parody of the Netflix series The Crown – which opened in London in 2019 and more recently toured the US.

Daniel has made regular appearances on BBC, ITV and Channel 4 - writing, performing and directing his unique brand of condensed comedy, and over lockdown he co-wrote and performed ‘Judge Smudge’ in Monster Court (BBC) filming the entire series in his dining room!

Jefferson Turner

Writer and Co-creator

Jefferson has been messing about with Dan both on stage and screen since 2005. He has appeared on TV with the tall one on such shows as Blue Peter (BBC), Richard & Judy (Channel 4), The Slammer (BBC) and Big Brother’s Little Brother (Channel 4), amongst others, as well as residing in the CBBC Office for all of 2009 and a little of 2010. On stage he has co-written and starred in Potted Potter, Potted Pirates, and Potted Panto with Dan. This has led to multiple US, UK & Global tours, critical acclaim, Olivier nominations, ‘Best of Las Vegas’ Awards, and sell-out West End runs. He also thoroughly enjoyed training with Second City, when they ventured across the pond to his City, here in London. Jeff thinks he did other work before he met Dan, but Dan says anything Jeff did without him doesn’t matter anymore.

Anaël Alexandre

Paris Performer

Anaël started acting very young, at the age of 8. For Anaël, it was love at first sight and a passion that wouldn’t leave him; he knew that he had found his calling. With a Theatre Bac under his belt, Anaël attended the Cours Florent in Paris from which he graduated 3 years later. Between 2015 and 2020, he was part of the Improv troupes Quartier Libre and then Les Décâblés (Les Blancs Manteaux and Avignon Festival 2019). In 2017, he joined the family show Au Pays du Père Noël by Olivier Solivérès, which he performed at the Théâtre des Mathurins until 2022.

In 2018, he joined the team behind Piezz’e Core, une part de mon cœur, a Franco-Neapolitan musical piece performed at the Avignon Festival in 2019, on tour and in Reunion in 2022. He returned to the Avignon Festival in 2023 in the role of Oscar in Oscar et la Dame Rose by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. In 2024, he played the Cricket in Pinocchio, the musical tale directed by Guillaume Bouchède on tour throughout French-speaking countries. The same year, as a playwright and director, he won the national final of the Apprentiscène competition at the Théâtre Libre with the EPMT team and their production La passion nous transporte.

Anaël is also active in the world of dubbing where he lends his voice to various fictional characters. He will be seen in the animated feature film "The Girl in the Clouds" by Philippe Riche in cinemas in 2026.

Lottie Bell

Performer

Lottie trained at Rose Bruford College, recently appearing in Quiet Rebels (UK tour), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Acorn Music) and Anarkja (Hightide). For screen, Lottie’s credits include Just William (BBC), Entrance No Exit (Aston), Night Moves (RCS) and Tea and Cake (Kirsty Robinson). After previously joining the Potter Potter gang in Dublin and Toronto, she is looking forward to making more mischievous magic!

James Edward-Kelly

Las Vegas Performer

Originally from the UK, James trained at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). James’ theatre credits include Grease (Americana Theatre Company) and the world premiere of Jane Austen’s: Northanger Abbey (Sacramento Theatre Company). James’ television credits include CBGB (Netflix). When not on stage, James is behind the piano and previously taught as a Musical Director at The Second City LA before it’s closing.

Scott Hoatson

Performer

Scott trained as an actor at QMC in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott’s recent theatre credits include: Henry V, The Tempest (Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre), Potted Potter (US, Canada and Asia), Out Of This World (DTP), The Man Who Followed His Legs (Wee Stories), Woman In Mind (Birmingham/Dundee Rep), The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe (Royal Lyceum), The Wall, The Chooky Brae (Borderline Theatre), Recovery Position, Self Contained, Oedipus (National Theatre Scotland), Kidnapped, A Christmas Carol (Cumbernauld Theatre), Aladdin (Brunton Theatre). Recent screen and radio: Outlander (Starz), Bluestone42, Case Histories, The Leaving of Barra, Secrets and Lattes, The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (BBC), Taggart (ITV), The Wicker Tree (Tressrock Films), MacMillan’s Marvellous Motion Machine, Idle Hands (BBC Radio 4), Sybil Law (BBC Radio Scotland). Scott can also be heard as the voice of BBC TV in the UK. He is delighted to be appearing in Potted Potter again!

Toby Holloway

Las Vegas Performer

Toby grew up in the Scottish Highlands and developed a love for performing at an early age. He moved to Edinburgh in 2018 to develop his acting skills at university level, graduating with honours from both Napier and Queen Margaret University. Toby made his professional debut on tour in Trainspotting Live in 2022 and returned to the company for Edinburgh Fringe in 2023 and 2024. His other credits include The Way Old Friends Do at the Criterion Theatre in the West End, Birmingham Rep and on tour.

Jacob Jackson

Performer

Jacob is a comic actor and writer who regularly contributes to the UK's largest satirical news site The Daily Mash and its associated TV shows The Mash Report and Late Night Mash. His most recent theatre credits include: Potted Potter (International tours), The Traitors: Live Experience (Immersive Everywhere), The Lost Dimensions (Bearded Kitten), Humbug (Speakeasy Project), Potted Panto (Garrick/Wilton's Music Hall), Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Soho (UK tour), Doctor Who: Time Fracture (BBC/Immersive Everywhere), The Murdér Express (Funicular), Little Miss Sunshine (UK tour), The Crystal Maze (LLE), NewsRevue (Ed Fringe), The Tiger Who Came To Tea (International tour), Feel More (Proforça), In Soft Wings (Seven Dials Playhouse), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Unicorn), The Kissing Dance (Rose & Crown) and Absent (DreamThinkSpeak). TV credits include: ‘Celeb Ex in the City’ (MTV) and ‘Formula E’ (Mahindra Racing).

Liam Jeavons

Performer

Originally from Birmingham, Liam trained at The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA), where he graduated in 2012. Since then Liam has worked across Theatre, TV, and Film, as well as performing on the stand-up comedy circuit. Theatre credits: Beginning (Vienna’s English Theatre), Park Bench Plays (Birmingham Rep), Loveplay (Minack), The Comedy About A Bank Robbery (West End & UK Tour), Where Yow Frum (Birmingham Rep), Potted Panto (Garrick), The 39 Steps (Lyric Belfast), Accidental Brummie (Birmingham Rep), Primetime (Royal Court), Around The World in 80 Days (Vienna’s English Theatre). Film and Television: Heads of State (Amazon Studios), Ruby Speaking (ITV), Casualty, Sherwood, My Name is Leon, Goodnight Sweetheart, Doctors, Father Brown, and WPC 56 (all BBC), The Library and A Stolen Moment (both Independent Films).

Martin Magli

Paris Performer

Martin Magli has been a comedian for over 20 years. After having cut his teeth on the classical repertoire, Martin wrote a piece of theatre that would go on to play a whole season in Paris. In 2010, he discovered the Avignon Festival - since then, he has gone every year. In the same year, Martin decided to set up his own production company; today, it produces 250 shows a year that are performed throughout France with a focus on children's shows and comedies.

Martin continues to perform and has starred in about twenty comedies including Les Colocs, Petits mensonges entre amis, Le plus beau jour de ma vie. Martin is delighted to join the cast of Potted Potter. After having read the books, seen the movies and visited the amusement park, he cannot wait to perform this play.

Joseph Maudsley

Performer

Joseph is an acclaimed writer and performer who’s been delighting audiences around the world. After a sellout season at the Edinburgh Fringe, he’s now touring the UK, Ireland and Australia with his award-winning show Biff To The Future. Before time-travel took over his life, Joseph toured the UK in the one-man hit Friend (The One With Gunther), enjoying sold-out Edinburgh Fringe runs, five-star reviews and an Offie nomination. Proof that years of watching sitcoms really can pay off. Joseph has spent more than a decade performing Potted Potter, travelling everywhere from Australia to Canada, via the UAE and the Philippines to New Zealand and the USA, with extended seasons in Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco and Las Vegas, where the show picked up “Best New Show” in the Best of Las Vegas Awards. Other adventures include performing with The Reduced Shakespeare Company in William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (Abridged) and multiple tours with Oddsocks Theatre Productions. He also popped up on TV in 'Grantchester' (ITV), proving he can act without a wand, a wig or shouting “Pivot”.

Brendan Murphy

Performer

Brendan is an actor, writer and voice-over artist. He has written and performed two critically acclaimed shows: FRIEND (The One With Gunther) which won Best Play at the World Wide Comedy Awards and has played in North America and Adelaide Fringe and toured the UK. Buffy Revamped won multiple awards at Edinburgh Fringe before visiting Adelaide Fringe and playing a Christmas season in Toronto alongside multiple UK tours.

An experienced improviser, Brendan is a member of BBC Radio One’s BattleActs! and a guest player for Second City and Monkey Toast. Regularly performing in Potted Potter, he has toured extensively across the US and Canada including a residency at Bally’s, Las Vegas, which won Best New Show in the Best Of Las Vegas Awards. He is co-creator of the ARIA award-nominated satirical comedy podcast NonCensored with Rosie Holt. Other writing credits include The Mawaan & Emily Show (BBC Asian Network), SO! Beano (Sky Kids) and Comedians In Quarantine (Comedy Central) with co-writer Kiell Smith-Bynoe.

Yanis Nouidé

Paris Performer

After ten years of amateur theatre, as well as studying the arts of clowning and mime, Yanis Nouide joined the Conservatoire d'Art dramatique du Mans for three years. He went on to study at the Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique de Nantes for two years. Whilst studying, Yanis participated in various workshops for acting, puppetry and dance, singing. He also had the opportunity to assist Madame Serra (a student of the mime Marceau) during an international internship in Belgium.

Once he graduated, Yanis became involved in theatre as an actor, director and co-creator in many productions spanning a broad range of genres. After several tours throughout France with these different projects, he took advantage of Covid to co-write the play 8m2. Since 2022, Yanis has been starring in this successful comedy play which has enjoyed three sell out seasons at the Avignon Festival. Yanis also recently joined the Disneyland Paris comedy network in the show La Gardienne du Temps.

Josephine Starte

Performer

Josephine Starte is a British-Australian actor, writer and improviser who trained at Cambridge and Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art. Winner of the NoBudge Best Actress award, her performances have been called ‘very cool’ (Transparent), ‘very funny’ and ‘deliciously random’ (Time Out). Recent credits include the romantic lead role in upcoming Australian comedy feature film, Moonrise Over Knight’s Hill, and Potted Potter (Olympia / Panasonic). Other theatre credits include work for Polka Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Southwark Playhouse and Camden People’s Theatre. As an improv comic, she regularly performs with various teams across London. Her writing has been supported by Arts Council England and long listed for the Bruntwood Prize for playwriting and the BAFTA Rocliffe Award. She is a BAFTA Connect member.

CREATIVES

Richard Hurst

Director

Recipient of the RSC’s Buzz Goodbody Director Award and short-listed for The Guardian Award, two Olivier Awards and RTS comedy writing award. Directing includes Potted Panto, Potted Pirates, Girl and Dean, Pegabovine, Moon the Loon, The Edinburgh Love Tour, Bill Hicks: Slight Return, The Art of Success, Hamlet, Women Beware Women, Phaedra’s Love, Twelfth Night, Ripley Bogle and The Tempest. As a writer: Potted Pirates and Potted Panto (with Dan and Jeff); The Edinburgh Love Tour and Bill Hicks: Slight Return (with Chas. Early); and Hard Times and Ripley Bogle (adapted). For television co-creator/writer of Bluestone 42 (BBC3), as co-writer Miranda (BBC1), The Rebel (Gold); as writer three episodes of Secret Diary of a Call Girl (ITV2 / Showtime).

Hanna Berrigan

Associate Director

Directing credits include Public Property (Trafalgar Studios), Slowly (Riverside Studios, The Wrestling School), The Lover (Gale Theatre, Barbados), Paradox (RSC), The Real Thing (Osip), God is a DJ (Theatre 503), One Minute (RADA), The Nature of Things (The Place), La Musica Deuxième (Gate), Teenager of the Year (Latitude) and The Bald Prima Donna (Etcetera). Hanna worked as Associate Director on The 39 Steps for three years, which involved directing West End casts, the regional tour and new productions in Israel, Italy, and Australia. She has worked as an assistant director at the RSC, the National Theatre and the Royal Court and for Howard Barker. Hanna is an associate of The Wrestling School.

Simon Scullion

Set Designer

Simon trained at Wimbledon School of Art and was Theatre Design Finalist for the Linbury Prize. Most recent credits: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo and National Tour), Showstoppers! (Apollo) and Out There on Fried Meat Ridge Road (Trafalgar Studios). Other theatre credits include: The Father (Belgrade Theatre Coventry), The Leisure Society (Trafalgar Studios), Potted Panto (Vaudeville), Murder on the Nile (UK tour), Alarms and Excursions (UK tour), Peppa Pig Live (tour), Lazytown Live (tour), Quartermaine’s Terms (UK tour), Quartet (UK tour), Larkrise (tour) and Elizabeth and Raleigh: Late but Live (Edinburgh Festival). www.simonscullion.co.uk

Tim Mascall

Lighting Designer

West End credits include: Why The Whales Came (Pinter), Well (Apollo), Ruby Wax: Losing It (Duchess), The Vagina Monologues (Wyndhams), Potted Panto (Garrick and Vaudeville), Eric And Little Ern (Vaudeville), Derren Brown: Enigma (Adelphi), Evening Of Wonder (Garrick), Infamous (Palace), Miracle (Palace) and Something Wicked This Way Comes (Old Vic). Other London credits include: Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson, Ruby Wax: Out Of Her Mind, Fully Committed, Without You (Menier Chocolate Factory), The Importance Of Being Earnest (Regents Park Open Air) and Invincible (St James). Further UK credits include: Lionboy (Complicite), Long Days Journey Into Night, A Taste Of Honey, Kill Jonny Glendenning, Faith Healer (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh) The Real Thing and Good Grief (Theatre Royal Bath). Opera credits include: The Cunning Little Vixen (Garsington), Aida (Opera Holland Park), The Gamblers and Peter Grimes (Royal Festival Hall). www.timmascall.co.uk

Phil Innes

Composer

Phil is a composer, sound-designer and sound-artist. Many of his projects combine these disciplines. Credits include The Ordinalia Cycle of Plays, The Alchemist, The Trench (Collective Arts), Barabas (Hall for Cornwall), Walk With Me (Kneehigh), The Magic Beanstalk (Light Theatre), Potted Pirates, Potted Panto (with Dan & Jeff), How Long Would You Wait?, The Cold Truth, I Am Not A Robot and Poison (Effervescent). www.philinnesmusic.co.uk

The 'Potted' History

2005

Dan and Jeff are commissioned to create a five-minute street show recapping the plot of the first five Harry Potter books, for performance to the queues waiting for the release of the sixth book.

2006

Potted Potter is born as the street show expands to an hour-long performance in which the first six books are parodied. The shows premieres on August 4 at Edinburgh’s Zoo Southside venue. Forging a partnership with producer James Seabright (under the new company Potted Productions) and director Dominic Knutton. Dan and Jeff premiere a new version of the show at Pleasance Islington in October.

2007

Under the guidance of director Richard Hurst, Potted Potter tours the U.K. including Pleasance Edinburgh, where the seventh book is incorporated just a few days after its release. The tour finished with a Christmas run at Trafalgar Studios in London.

2008

More U.K. touring, again playing the Edinburgh Fringe and London. Dan and Jeff also launch their second show, Potted Pirates.

2009

Owing to their commitments as Children’s BBC presentets, Dan and Jeff hand over Potted Potter to a new cast, David Ahmad and John Hellier, who take it on tour to Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival, and New Zealand Comedy Festival. Dan and Jeff wrestle the show back from them for a third and final Christmas run at Trafalgar Studios.

2010

The Potter show takes a well-earned rest while Dan and Jeff create their new show, Potted Panto, premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe and transferring to the West End’s Vaudeville Theatre for Christmas, where it is nominated in the Best Entertainment category at the 2011 Olivier Awards.

2011

Potted Potter returns for another tour, starting at Bury St. Edmunds Theatre Royal and including runs at Pleasance Grand as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and at London’s Garrick Theatre.

2012

Potted Potter is nominated for the Best Entertainment and Family Olivier Award and Potted Panto is nominated for Best New Comedy in the Whatsonstage Awards. Potted Potter makes its North American premiere in Toronto at the Panasonic Theatre. Following Toronto, Potted Potter opens off-Broadway at New York City’s Little Shubert Theatre, followed by eight weeks in Chicago. The show tours across Australasia and South Africa.

2013

Potted Potter continues touring in the US and Canada, including a second season off-Broadway and a return season at London’s Garrick Theatre. Potted Panto plays its third West End Christmas.

2014

Following its Mexican premiere, Potted Potter plays its first tour of Ireland, prior to dates on board cruise ships, in Dubai and across Australasia, followed by Christmas in Toronto. Dan and Jeff also premiere Potted Sherlock at the Edinburgh Fringe, its London transfer over the festive season..

2015

More US touring for Potter, concluding the year with Christmas season’s in San Francisco and Chicago.

2016

Potted Sherlock makes it US touring debut across the pond, and after a three year break Potted Panto returns to the West End for Christmas in a new venue – the Garrick Theatre.

2017

Potted Potter returns to Chicago for a third season at the Broadway Playhouse.

2018

Potted Potter plays an extensive world tour including USA, Australia and Hong Kong.

2019

Potted Potter continues its world tour, visiting Manila, New Zealand and Canada as well as opening at Bally’s Las Vegas in June for a season, and a fourth Chicago Christmas season. Alongside this Potted Panto played its fifth London season at Southwark Playhouse.

2020

After our triumphant 10th anniversary West End season was cut short by covid, Potted Panto went digital with a streamed season of shows on stream.theatre.

2021

Following over a year of covid shutdown, Potted Potter reopens in Las Vegas, reaching the milestone of 500 performances there as well as touring the USA, featuring a covid-safe new version of our beloved Quidditch game..

2022

Potted Potter returns to Australia, Ireland, Dubai as well as continuing its Las Vegas residency, with its host venue being renamed as the Horseshoe.

2023

Potted Panto opens in a new home, Wilton’s Music Hall.

2024

Potted Panto returns to Wilton’s Music Hall for second Christmas season.

2025

Potted Panto returns for a third season at Wilton’s Music Hall and Potted Potter opens in Brussels in a new French language version set to transfer to Paris in 2026.

“Blissfully funny.. A winner in every way.”

The Guardian

“Deliberately daft but utterly delightful”

Daily Express

“I guarantee you’ll go positively potty over Potted Potter”

Toronto Star

"Cleverly appeals to both ardent fans and parents."

The Times

“The duo casts the perfect spell over the audience”

The New York Times – Critics’ Pick

“Gloriously irreverent”

Time Out London – Critics’ Choice

"You could do no better than to see Potted Potter”

The Globe and Mail

“A stupendously silly night out.”

Time Out Sydney

"Keeping an audience in stitches for the entire time!"

Daily Mercury

“Comic and affectionate. A zany hoot!”

New York Post

"Terrific fun, slick performances"

New Zealand Herald

CONTACT

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