In 2020, British actor Sam Crane was poised to take the next step in his career when he was cast as Harry Potter in the hugely successful Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on London’s West End. Just a week of rehearsals was underway when the COVID pandemic took over in March 2020—and the job was gone before he appeared on stage.

The film captures two players staging the classic within an online video game, raising fascinating questions about community and connection.

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