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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

The Guardian - UK

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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 National (Scotland)

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.

The Independent UK

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…

Evening Standard

Gwyneth Powell obituary

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

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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’

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

‘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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Space

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

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Hamlet review – Ian McKellen holds court in a dumb-ballet take on the Bard

McKellen is the only speaker in Peter Schaufuss’s eccentric but witless adaptation of Hamlet as narrative ballet

Edinburgh Live

The big name acts coming to Edinburgh Fringe this year

Ian McKellen, Josie Long, and Nish Kumar are just a few of the famous faces performing this year.

The Guardian - UK

I can only stand in baffled awe as my husband’s novel is brought to life on film

Just as he couldn’t explain to me what inspired his characters, I can’t divine what he thinks of this adaptation

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Ian McKellen’s cultural highlights

The actor on the radical joy of the Proms, a fun gay club night and the theatre he treasures most of all

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The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see

Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival’s comedy, theatre and dance

Manchester Evening News

Throwback photos of 'baby-faced' Greater Manchester celebs who made it big on the small screen and in Hollywood

Youthful pics of some of the region's most famous faces

The Independent UK

Crowds expected to flock to Wimbledon for Brit Cameron Norrie in quarter-finals

The new home favourite, who revealed his nickname is ‘Nozza’, will face Belgium’s David Goffin on No.1 Court on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride review – a messy, invigorating reminder to be vigilant

The dry wit, righteous anger and boundless energy that made UK Pride such a force is powerfully captured in a documentary featuring Ian McKellen and Olly Alexander

Daily Record

Local film star and activist Alan Cumming announced as 2022 Perthshire Pride special headliner

The Tony Award winning actor and LGBT champion will lead the march and deliver an opening speech at the equality and diversity celebration on August 13

The Guardian - UK

Crowdfunder launched for UK’s first community-run LGBTQI+ venue

Proposed bar is ‘fightback’ against number of queer venues lost to property development

The Guardian - UK

Hamlet Within: why are we so obsessed with Shakespeare’s dithering prince?

A provocative new film at Cannes featuring Ian McKellen attempts to de-romanticise the Dane but lags behind what theatre productions have been telling us for decades

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