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I was Ian McKellen’s understudy – I know how he must feel after his accident

Sir Ian prides himself on never missing a performance. I too fell off stage in a version of Henry IV and was taken to hospital – I didn’t want to go in case my understudy was better than me

The Guardian - UK

Actor Ian Mckellen Recovering After Fall During London Performance

Renowned actor Ian McKellen is recovering after a fall during a performance in London. 'Player Kings' play canceled for his rest. NHS assures his swift rec...

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Sir Ian McKellen update issued after the actor's horror fall off stage

Sir Ian McKellen's spokesperson has issued a major update after the actor's on-stage fall during a London production of Player Kings.

The National (Scotland)

Actor Ian McKellen, 85, is hospitalized after toppling off stage in London

Veteran actor Ian McKellen has been hospitalized after toppling off a London stage during a fight scene in a play

The Independent UK

Ian McKellen, 85, in hospital after falling off stage in West End play Player Kings

McKellen is currently appearing as John Falstaff in ‘Player Kings’ at the Noel Coward theatre in London

The Independent UK

Ian McKellen expected to make ‘speedy recovery’ after falling off stage

Actor ‘in good spirits’ after falling off front of stage during battle scene, Noël Coward theatre spokesperson said

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Hunt for Gollum: are Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen being quietly dropped?

News of Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis’s eyebrow-raising return to Middle-earth seems to have passed the two stars by. Are Aragorn and Gandalf to be replaced?

The Guardian - UK

Ian McKellen has 'heard' Gandalf will appear in the next Lord of the Rings film, but isn't sure if he's playing him

There is "no script" and "no offer" just yet for Gandalf's return in The Hunt for Gollum

Total Film

Ian McKellen says he’ll play Gandalf in new Lord of the Rings movie – on one morbid condition

Actor addresses rumours he’ll appear in new Gollum film

The Independent UK

James Laurenson obituary

Authoritative stage actor who excelled at playing baddies, and took roles in TV shows such as The Crown and Coronation Street

The Guardian - UK

Romeo & Juliet at Duke of York’s Theatre review: Tom Holland is amazing in this buzzy Shakespeare reinvention

Holland and Francesca Amewuda-Rivers make the most spellbinding star-crossed lovers in years

Evening Standard

Ian Gelder obituary

Compelling actor who played Kevan Lannister in Game of Thrones, following a notable stage career with the RSC and in the West End

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Player Kings; Red Pitch; Underdog: The Other Other Brontë – review

Ian McKellen reigns supreme in Robert Icke’s Henry IV mashup; Tyrell Williams’s coming-of-age football drama is bang on target; and the Brontë sisters are let loose – up to a point – at the National

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Player Kings at Noel Coward Theatre review: Ian McKellen's Falstaff is a remarkable feat of skill and swagger

This rheumy, phlegmy performance by Britain’s greatest living classical actor is played with relish and superb comic timing

The Guardian - UK

Player Kings review – Ian McKellen’s richly complex Falstaff is magnetic

Mutating from head criminal in a gothic thriller to slippery music hall entertainer, showman McKellen has centripetal force in Robert Icke’s slick, modern dress production

The Guardian - UK

When an outgoing Tory minister like Robert Halfon channels Gandalf, the magic of Tolkien begins to pall

From hippies to death metal and MPs, one book seems to rule them all but, oh, how I wish it didn’t

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: celebrating the life of Paul O’Grady – and Lily Savage

An affecting documentary sees the likes of Graham Norton and Ian McKellen delve into the life of the famous drag queen. Plus: the tunes of Terry Hall. Here’s what to watch this evening

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The Guardian - UK

Ian McKellen’s Player Kings to tour England

The play, adapted by Robert Icke from both parts of Henry IV, stars McKellen as John Falstaff for the first time in his career and will take in Bristol, Birmingham and Newcastle after its West End run

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Bowen Yang Returns For Second Season Of Hot White Heist

Hot White Heist, a queer scripted action-comedy podcast, returns for a second season on Audible with an exciting storyline and star-studded cast.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the false alternatives of arts funding: we need bread but also roses

Editorial: As a decade of assaults on local democracy takes its toll, it is more important than ever to keep faith with the value of culture

Evening Standard

'I asked Sir Ian McKellen on the DLR if he was Michael Gambon's ghost after boozy bottomless birthday brunch'

The legendary actor had viewers of The Graham Norton Show in stitches with his anecdote of mistaken identity, but Aliyah Loughlan from Milton Keynes was ‘mortified’

The Guardian - UK

The film’s the thing: Ian McKellen’s new Hamlet shows the screen can outdo the stage

Sean Mathias has reimagined his 2021 production of Shakespeare’s tragedy as a movie, inventively using Windsor’s Theatre Royal and capturing McKellen’s subtle performance

The Guardian - UK

Scrap trigger warnings for theatre audiences, says Ralph Fiennes

Audiences should be ‘shocked and disturbed’ by the impact of theatre, says Schindler’s List and Harry Potter actor

Evening Standard

Ian McKellen claims he was mistaken for Michael Gambon's 'ghost'

Both actors famously portrayed white-haired wizards on screen, albeit in different franchises

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