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‘This isn’t a clickbait story of a white family with a black kid’: Jimmy Akingbola on growing up in foster care

The Bel-Air star spent 14 years with foster parents after his mother and father divorced. As he revisits his childhood for a documentary, he talks about the family he lost and regained – and the loving home he found along the way

The Guardian - UK

From dog creches to secret Coldplay gigs: a 50-year timeline of Crisis at Christmas

Since being established in 1972, one of the largest volunteer-led events in Europe has staged radio appeals, hosted Christmas dinner at Sir Ian McKellen’s pub, and offered guests samba lessons and more

The Guardian - UK

Panto now more popular than Shakespeare, says Sir Ian McKellen

Veteran thespian insists they are a great way of getting kids to go to the theatre

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John Bishop jokes upcoming panto has better economic policy than Liz Truss

The comedian, who is to star in Mother Goose, joked that the PM had been in touch about a golden egg that would sort out her ‘financial problems’.

The Independent UK

‘I’ve got a feeling I won’t be on stage again’: Derek Jacobi on age, ego, Igglepiggle and unrequited love

Sixty-five years after his first rave reviews, the star of I, Claudius and Last Tango in Halifax is still drowning in work – and self-doubt. Can a man who won Ian McKellen’s heart really see himself as ‘bland and uninteresting’?

The Guardian - UK

Celeb agent CLEARED after activist cyclist claimed he was bulldozed by Range Rover

Paul Lyon-Maris, who represented Alan Rickman and Warwick Davis, was said to lose his temper when Michael Van Erp tried to stop him driving on the wrong side of the road

Daily Mirror

Sir Ian McKellen’s agent claims YouTube activist jumped on to his bonnet in ‘Gandalf Corner’ confrontation

YouTuber Mike ‘CyclingMikey’ van Erp said he was likened to Gandalf shouting ‘you shall not pass’ in Lord of the Rings with his activism

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Mother Goose: How to see Sir Ian McKellen in panto in London this Christmas

The pantomime will open in Brighton before heading to London over the Christmas period

Evening Standard

He is the egg-man: why Ian McKellen has restored my will to live

The 83-year-old Lord of the Rings and X-Men star emerged from a giant golden egg to publicise his role in the Mother Goose panto – and given us just what we need in these troubling times

The Guardian - UK

‘If you can get it right it is magical’: Sir Ian McKellen to star in touring panto production of Mother Goose

Show has been written by ‘Coronation Street’’s Jonathan Harvey and is directed by Cal McCrystal

The Independent UK

Stars host memorial evening for Harry Potter star Alan Rickman

Stanley Tucci, Daniel Radcliffe and Sir Ian McKellen recalled fond memories of the actor

Evening Standard

Sir Ian McKellen to star in touring panto production of Mother Goose

The show has been written by Coronation Street’s Jonathan Harvey and is directed by Cal McCrystal.

The Independent UK

Snobs don’t understand what panto’s about, says new Mother Goose star Ian McKellen

Sir Ian McKellen will appear in panto alongside John Bishop and Mel Giedroyc in the West End

Evening Standard

The best theatre to stream this month: Billie Holiday’s blues, McKellen’s Lear and Newsies

Our roundup of stage shows to watch at home includes a Tony award-winning musical, international dance and a radical dramatisation of the crucifixion story

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Scottish theatre named in honour of Sir Ian McKellen following sold-out Hamlet shows

Sir Ian MacKellen is set to have a theatre in Scotland named in his honour.

The Independent UK

New Edinburgh theatre to be named in honour of Sir Ian McKellen

The actor performed an acclaimed season of Hamlet at the 2022 Fringe festival.

Evening Standard

Labour MPs sing karaoke for Sir Keir Starmer at Liverpool conference

LABOUR sang from the same hymn sheet at a karaoke party at their Liverpool conference last night. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting sang Robbie Williams’ Angels with new words: “Keir won’t forsake me / I’m loving Starmer instead”. Deputy Angela Rayner did Don’t Stop Believing while Lisa Nandy led Living…

The Guardian - UK

Gwyneth Powell obituary

Actor best known for her role as the no-nonsense headteacher Mrs McClusky in Grange Hill

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The Guardian - UK

Timothy Spall: ‘Cockroaches in your mouth and a bucket of leeches – that’s when you know you’re in a Ken Russell movie’

The actor answers your questions, from his memorable impersonation of a sloth at Rada to what it was like having to execute one of his son’s best friends

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh fringe 2022 week one roundup: from care home tales to a Berlin fetish night

Sex, social commentary and shows with no actors: where else but the first full fringe since 2019, with standout moments from Sheeps, Bilal Zafar and ‘a show without actors’

Daily Mirror

Sam Smith builds whacky pub with 5ft Ewok at country home and calls it The Fat Fairy

The James Bond singer isn't the only celebrity to have their own pub, joining Sir Ian McKellen, David Beckham and Guy Ritchie and Ed Sheeran in the pub club

Daily Mirror

Rings of Power: Everything you need to know about Amazon's £1bn Lord of the Rings prequel

Fans of epic fantasy tale Lord of the Rings, written by a First World War soldier, are already clamouring for details of The Rings of Power, will be a prequel to the book the author started writing in 1937

The Guardian - UK

‘Like The Ring, but in Bolton’: the BBC horror bringing terror to the north

Twins Paul and Michael Clarkson have dreamed of making a creepy drama in their home town for decades. Now, they’ve done it … with a little help from Ian McKellen

Space

X-Men movies in order: Chronological & release

Don your yellow spandex because it’s time to watch all the X-Men movies in chronological order.

Evening Standard

Hamlet at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe review: Very much the Ian McKellen show

The acting legend is the main attraction in this 75-minute mix of dance and drama

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