Hilarious!
by Megan on 10/8/25Imagine Showroom at Horseshoe Las Vegas - Las VegasRating: 5 out of 5My son and I LOVED this show! We were laughing out loud the entire show. Very fun! And we loved meeting the actors afterwards. Highly recommend!

Talk about magic!
British comedy actors Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner have distilled all 4,200 pages of J. K. Rowling's seven Harry Potter novels into one brilliantly hilarious 70-minute show. Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience is a lovably loopy two-person performance in which a Potter know-it-all teams up with a rebellious Harry newbie to create a show about -- you guessed it -- Harry Potter.
Clarkson and Turner conceived the show in 2005 as a five-minute sidewalk synopsis to amuse customers queued up for Rowling's sixth Harry novel. They expanded it to an hour the following year and opened at Edinburgh's Zoo Southside. European tours ensued, and in 2012 Potted Potter was nominated for two Olivier Awards, the highest honor in British theater. The show made its off-Broadway debut the same year and has since toured all over the United States and the world. After opening in 2018, the family-friendly Las Vegas production won Best of Last Vegas Awards for Best New Production and Best Value Show.
One actor channels a bookish Harry in Potted Potter while another plays every other character -- including Ron and Hermione, Draco Malfoy, Snape, the Weasleys, Sirius Black, Mad-Eye Moody, Dumbledore and, of course, He Who Must Not Be Named -- with wild abandon. Loads of wigs and other goofy props are employed in a nonstop laugh fest that also features a fire-breathing dragon, countless costume changes, brilliant songs, a plethora of props and even a Quidditch match encouraging audience participation (but no brooms, alas).
Accessible to Potter freaks and newbies alike, Potted Potter blends slapstick in the Laurel & Hardy vaudeville tradition with the wildly witty dialogue associated with Monty Python's Flying Circus. "Potting" is a British term for "the art of summarizing something into a digestible form," and, like all the best parodies, Clarkson and Turner's Harry experience is both splendid spoof and heartfelt homage.
My son and I LOVED this show! We were laughing out loud the entire show. Very fun! And we loved meeting the actors afterwards. Highly recommend!
I loved it. The actors did a great job and I laughed the entire time. It was my daughter 17th birthday and she was thrilled!
Was a bit expensive for a 70 minute show with two people in it.
Potter die hards will love this show. Knowing nothing about Potter I still loved this show. Hysterical laughs from start to finish…
Admittedly, I am not a huge Harry Potter fan. I haven't seen all the movies, and i haven't read any of the books, but I do know the story line and have seen a few of the films. This was mostly for the rest of my family. Needless to say I was very entertained. It was funny, creative, and kept my attention the entire time. I would definitely recommend it.
I haven’t laughed this long and this hard in forever.
Was a great show! So very funny and interactive!!! Had an extremely fun and enjoyable time! Specialty drinks were great, by a very talented bar tender. Highly recommend “The common room” drink!
Absolutely fantastic show. Couldn't tell where the script ended and where the improv began. James and Toby whisked us along on a whirlwind tour of the HP library with aplomb and really got the audience involved in the madness. Keep it up gentlemen! With love, definitely NOT Dave Grohl
A two man comedy show with few props isn’t what I expected! Very disappointing!!!
I wasn’t sure what to expect going into the show. Went into the show with a 15-year-old son that could be hard to please. The first few minutes we were wondering, but as a guy going, it was really a great show. The two performers were really good, great comedy, and great connections to the Harry Potter stories And beyond. This worked really well also since it was an afternoon show giving us something different during the hot days. I would definitely recommend this show to any Harry Potter fan.