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‘It feels like a healing process’: Breach Theatre on making a musical about Section 28

Two decades on from the repeal of the law that banned the ‘intentional promotion’ of homosexuality in schools, risk-taking theatre company Breach are making a musical about Section 28. They tell Isobel Lewis about the present day parallels

The Independent UK

John Bishop bringing 'most joyful' show he's worked on to Liverpool Empire this week

John will be starring in Mother Goose at Liverpool's Empire Theatre this week

Liverpool Echo

The Lord of the Rings star who 'feels at home' in Manchester

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Manchester Evening News

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Sir Ian McKellen is star of the SS Daley catwalk at London Fashion Week

The actor made Anna Wintour smile with his dramatic rendition of ‘The Coming of Arthur’

Evening Standard

LGBT+ History Month: Top photographs from The Independent archive

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The Independent UK

My friends had to sell their homes after mini-Budget says Emma Thompson

The Oscar-winning actress said her friends couldn’t afford their mortgages

Evening Standard

LGBT+ History Month: Top photographs from The Independent archive

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Harry and Meghan make their stage debuts as gruesome puppets for Spitting Image

A new show has opened at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre featuring the Duke and Duchess and a host of other famous faces pictured below

Wales Online

Sir Ian McKellen says intimacy coordinators can ruin ‘purity’ of theatre

The stage veteran discussed the theatre industry’s many changes, some of which were ‘not always for the better’

The Independent UK

Pub owned by Lord of the Rings actor Sir Ian McKellen loses two stars for poor hygiene

The Grapes in Limehouse, east London, which is part-owned by Sir Ian McKellen, was criticised in a food hygiene report for having out-of-date food, a dodgy fridge and dirty shelving

Daily Mirror

Why I live in Poplar: designer Lola Lely on life in her ‘diverse, community-focused’ corner of east London

After moving three times in a year, the artist and maker had all but given up on feeling settled. Here’s why Poplar proved to be the answer

Evening Standard

Marvel, Netflix and Hollywood stars that are actually from Greater Manchester

Many famous faces hail from the region

Manchester Evening News

Mother Goose starring Ian McKellen and John Bishop coming to Bristol Hippodrome

The show has already been awarded five stars by the critics

Bristol Post

Sir Ian McKellen and John Bishop bring hit panto Mother Goose to Salford for Easter

The starry panto has wowed audiences in London this Christmas - it will head to The Lowry for an Easter treat

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Wales Online

John Bishop and Sir Ian McKellen are heading to Cardiff with Mother Goose

Stand-up comic John Bishop and veteran actor Sir Ian McKellen will be in Cardiff this spring in Mother Goose

Asharq Al-Awsat

Film Stars Call for Release of Jailed Iranian Actor Alidoosti

Hundreds of high-profile figures from the global cinema industry called Wednesday for Iran to release actor Taraneh Alidoosti, who was jailed over her support for the country's three-month-old protest movement. Actors Emma Thompson, Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet and Ian McKellen and directors Ken Loach and Mike Leigh were among a…

Daily Mirror

Biggest celebrities starring in pantos across UK this year - with some surprising names

Oh yes we did! As Christmas draws closer and Pantomime season is in full swing, we have put together a long list of the shows starring some of the nations favourite celebrities, from West End regulars to Strictly stars, find them all here!

Evening Standard

Look who’s here! Sir Ian McKellen and John Bishop’s panto gets star support

Sir Ian McKellen and John Bishop star in Mother Goose at Duke Of York’s Theatre

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Mother Goose at Duke of York’s Theatre review: Ian McKellen makes a triumphant return to panto

This gleeful, willfully slapdash affair moves to the West End this Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Mother Goose review – zany Ian McKellen rules over a fluffy affair

Panto finds dame and co-star John Bishop in need of a boost and better jokes, though song and dance performers give it unruly energy

The Guardian - UK

¡Showmanism! review – astonishing lip-sync solo raises spirits

Dickie Beau offers a merry miscellany, featuring stories from Ian McKellen and Fiona Shaw, in a meditation on theatre that is closer to possession than parody

The Guardian - UK

Watch out for snowball-firing robots! 25 of the best UK stage shows this Christmas

Ian McKellen in Mother Goose, Robin Hood as a rock’n’roll panto, a circus spin on The Little Prince and glitter galore … it’s our selection box of festive theatre

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Wales Online

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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