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Ian McKellen pictured recently at a Pride event in London

McKellen in surprise appearance at Scissor Sisters gig

Ian McKellen delighted fans by making a surprise appearance at the Scissor Sisters reunion gig at London's O2 on Friday evening.

Music • 25 May

Ian McKellen (pictured in London in April) - "We all trip all our lives. It's just when you get to my age you can't always get up again"

Ian McKellen plans to take rest of year off after fall

Ian McKellen has said he is looking to "take the rest of the year off" from acting following a fall on stage.

Movies • 01 Sep 24

Ian McKellen says fat suit saved him in West End fall

Ian McKellen has revealed that a fat suit was what preserved his "ribs and other joints" during his recent fall from a West End stage.

Ian Mckellen • 20 Aug 24

Ian McKellen had been playing John Falstaff in Player Kings before his fall from the stage

McKellen says injuries 'on the mend' after theatre fall

Ian McKellen has revealed he injured his wrist and neck when he fell from a West End stage last month, causing him to withdraw from the remainder of the show's national tour.

Theatre • 03 Jul 24

Ian McKellen withdrawing from national tour of Players Kings after fall from West End stage

Ian McKellen withdrawing from play after West End fall

Ian McKellen said it is with "the greatest reluctance" he is taking medical advice to "protect my recovery" and withdraw from the national tour of Player Kings, following his fall from a West End stage.

Theatre • 01 Jul 24

Ian McKellen is having physiotherapy while he takes a break from performing following the fall

McKellen doing 'very well' after West End stage fall

Ian McKellen is doing "very, very well" following a fall from a West End stage on Monday, according to his understudy.

Theatre • 21 Jun 24

Ian McKellen - Will be back starring in Player Kings in July

Ian McKellen due back on stage in July after fall

Ian McKellen's understudy will perform in the play Player Kings for its final London dates while he recuperates following a fall from the stage on Monday.

Theatre • 20 Jun 24

Ian McKellen - The 85-year-old has been playing John Falstaff in Player Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre in London

Ian McKellen expected back on London stage after fall

Ian McKellen is expected to be back performing in London this week after falling from the stage during a show on Monday.

Movies • 18 Jun 24

Ian McKellen 'taken to hospital after falling off stage

Ian McKellen has been taken to hospital after he fell from the stage during a West End performance.

Movies • 17 Jun 24

Ian McKellen pays tribute to Bill Kenwright: "Our business will be dimmer now he has gone"

Ian McKellen leads tributes to Bill Kenwright

Ian McKellen has led the tributes to theatre and film producer Bill Kenwright, saying that showbusiness "will be dimmer now he has gone."

Bill Kenwright • 24 Oct 23

Dara O Briain: 'Can I get into nightclubs now?'

Celebrities and owners of high-profile Twitter accounts have insisted they will not pay for the blue verified check marks that have reappeared on their profiles.

Twitter • 23 Apr 23

Anna-Jane Casey and Ian McKellen both star in Mother Goose

West End's Anna Jane Casey on '40 years of dressing up'

West End star Anna-Jane Casey is among the cast of Mother Goose. John Byrne chats with her ahead of the show's arrival in Dublin.

Theatre • 13 Mar 23

The puppets of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex performing at the world premiere of Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image Saves the World, at the Birmingham Rep Theatre. Picture: PA

Harry and Meghan make debut as Spitting Image puppets

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made their stage debut as puppets in new theatrical production Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image Saves the World.

Harry and Meghan • 08 Feb 23

(L-R) Ian McKellen and director Frank Mannion in a scene from Quintessentially British

Irish director's film asks what it means to be British

Carlow filmmaker Frank Mannion has told RTÉ Entertainment that he decided to make his new feature-length documentary Quintessentially British, as he wanted to bring "an outsider's perspective" to the fact-finding on the big screen.

Movies • 04 Dec 22

The award-winning actors exercised their right to herd sheep along Stratford-upon-Avon's Sheep Street after they were bestowed with the title

Branagh and Dench herd sheep in Stratford-upon-Avon

Belfast director Kenneth Branagh and star Judi Dench have received the honour of 'freemen' of the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Britain's West Midlands.

Movies • 22 Apr 22

Johnny Depp to receive a lifetime achievement award

Johnny Depp is set to receive a lifetime achievement award from a major film festival.

Movie • 10 Aug 21

Ian McKellen says coming out helped his work

British actor Ian McKellen has said his work improved after he came out as gay.

Movies • 07 May 21

Jabs for the boys - Ant and Dec get vaccinated

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are the latest UK celebs to reveal that they have been given the coronavirus jab.

Television • 24 Apr 21

Ian McKellen gets vaccine at Queen Mary's University Hospital London

Ian McKellen feels 'euphoric' after Covid-19 vaccine

Lord of the Rings star Ian McKellen has said he feels "euphoric" after being vaccinated against Covid-19 at Queen Mary's University Hospital London.

Movies • 17 Dec 20

Dench as Old Deuteronomy in the ill-fated Cats

Meow! Now Judi Dench gets her claws out for Cats

It's a truth universally acknowledged that Cats was the worst movie of 2019 and now even Judi Dench, who had a pivotal role in the film, has got her claws out for the misguided adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical.

Movies • 05 May 20

Cats is a twee and irksome furrago of a movie

This is so bad it may not even make the grade as a future camp classic

Movie Review • 01 Jan 20

Jason Derulo as Rum Tug Tigger in Cats: "We always had to be aware that we had ears at the top our heads and we have a tail behind us."

Watch: Jason Derulo has a wild old time in Cats

R`n'B star Jason Derulo, who plays "perverse, preening, and independent" feline Rum Tum Tugger in the new Cats movie says working on the film was a very physical experience..

Movies • 19 Dec 19

Meow! Ian McKellen slams critics of new Cats movie

Veteran actor Ian McKellen, who plays washed-up but lovable theatre cat Gus in the new musical fantasy Cats, has reacted angrily to the backlash to the first trailer for the movie.

Movies • 17 Dec 19

Judi Dench reveals that she had 17 cats during the war

Judi Dench, who plays wise, elder Old Deuteronomy in the new musical fantasy adaptation of Cats, has revealed that her family had 17 cats when she was growing up in London during the Second World War.

Movies • 16 Dec 19

The Good Liar director on that Mirren-McKellen magic

We hoped that it would happen someday - Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen in the same film. Well, Bill Condon is the director who has finally got them together for The Good Liar - a thriller where nothing is as it seems.

Movies • 09 Nov 19