More exciting Harry Potter instalment in store for Sydney muggles.
Tickets went on sale yesterday for Harry Potter: The Exhibition, the world's largest collection of unseen Potter paraphernalia which opens at the Powerhouse Museum on November 19.
Sydney will be the first city outside North America to interact first-hand with the costumes, props and artefacts from the magical world that JK Rowling created a decade ago.
Matthew Lewis, who made crooked teeth cool as bumbling-geek-turned-heartthrob Neville Longbottom, flew into Sydney especially to unveil a sneak peek of the exhibition.
As well as Neville's sticky-taped wand, also on display will be artefacts such as Hermione's Time-Turner, Lord Voldemort's robes, Harry's Nimbus 2000 and the Sorcerer's Stone, as well as interactive adventures and recreated sets from the last film.
If you're already a fan, then that is all to the good: if not, turn away now, the better to ignore the Powerhouse Museum's invitation to pull out a mandrake, get comfy in Hagrid's chair or toss a bright red Quidditch quaffle - all of which sound to the Diary's mind rather like euphemisms for something scandalous. But yes, the first and only Australian stop of Harry Potter: The Exhibition held a sneak preview yesterday and there to do the honours, as we previewed on Monday, was the actor Matthew Lewis.
He, you will recall, played Neville Longbottom, the bumbling boy wizard who became a hero by the end of the series, and yesterday he bewitched 120 young wand-waving fans with such quips as: ''You can pull the mandrakes out of the pot like Neville but I hope you don't faint like him.''
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The exhibition proper does not start until November 18, so what will you see? Well - a lot of props: the Triwizard Cup and the Marauder's Map will be showcased in ''immersive settings'', including the Gryffindor common room, Hagrid's hut and Hogwarts' Great Hall. Harry's original wand, school uniform and Nimbus 2000 broomstick will also be displayed. The Deputy Premier, Andrew Stoner, said he expects the exhibition to pull hundreds of thousands of visitors to Sydney. Bella, 11, from Elizabeth Bay is excited to see the Yule Ball section of the exhibition. ''I want to see the dresses,'' she said. ''I want to wear Hermione's dress because it's so beautiful.'' Meanwhile, 10-year-old Stella from Darlinghurst said she looked forward to throwing a quaffle through a Quidditch hoop. ''My favourite scenes are the Quidditch games.
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