Ian McKellen
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Player Kings – Noël Coward Theatre, London
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Robert Icke With a title that alludes to a character in Hamlet, Robert Icke’s production of…
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Hamlet
Director: Sean Mathias In 2021 Ian McKellen provoked a degree of controversy by playing Hamlet onstage despite being more than…
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Frank and Percy – The Other Palace, London
Written by Ben Weatherill Directed by Sean Mathias The two-hander park-bench show, where drama and comedy belay a more personal…
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Re-Member Me – Hampstead Theatre, London
Creator: Dickie Beau Director: Jan Van Den Bosch A lip-synched Hamlet may not sound like a thrilling night at the…
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Mother Goose – The Lowry, Salford
Writer: Jonathan Harvey Director: Cal McCrystal You know when you go to a panto in mid-December and you suddenly get…
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Mother Goose – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Writer: Jonathan Harvey Director: Cal McCrystal Mother Goose is quite a rarely performed pantomime, primarily because the story isn’t well known.…
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Mother Goose – Theatre Royal, Brighton
Writer: Jonathan Harvey Director: Cal McCrystal Reviewer: Simon Topping A sublime Ian McKellen leads a stellar cast in this all…
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