Harry Melling has been cast as the lead the West End transfer of the Broadway hit Hand to God. The production opens at the Vaudeville Theatre on 5 February 2016 and also stars Neil Pearson, Jemima Rooper and Kevin Mains.

Harry Melling, best known to Potter fans as Dudley Dursley, will be playing the character Jason. A synopsis of the play may be read below:

Shy, inquisitive student Jason finds an outlet for his burgeoning creativity at the Christian Puppet Ministry in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas, until his hand puppet Tyrone — once soft-spoken — takes on a shocking and dangerously irreverent personality all its own. As Tyrone’s influence over Jason steadily grows, Hand to God explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us.”

The play’s last performance on Broadway is on January 3rd.