Harry Potter

THEATRE REVIEW: Second Best starring Asa Butterfield at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: **** RUNTIME: 90 minutes (without interval)

WHEN?: Saturday 1 February (matinee), runs through 22 February 2025 Update: now extended through 1 March 2025

It’s not difficult to imagine what might have attracted former child star Asa Butterfield, now best known for Netflix’s Sex Education, to make his stage debut in this tale of the actor who was second choice to Daniel Radcliffe (Endgame, Old Vic) to play Harry Potter (Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Palace Theatre).

  • Read on for reasons including how this is a story that is both hugely relatable and dramatically satisfying
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Q&A: Daniel Radcliffe and film review Swiss Army Man

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WORTH A LOOK?: *****

WHERE: Picturehouse Central

WHEN: 26/9

FILM OUT: 28/9

‘It’s been described as an olive branch from the weirdos to the closet weirdos,’ says Daniel Radcliffe, talking about his new film Swiss Army Man which we’ve just seen.

  • Read on for all the gossip and pictures from the Q&A with the Harry Potter star

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