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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Edinburgh Live

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

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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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Manchester Evening News

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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Record

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

The Guardian - UK

Salford invented the weekend and now we’re getting a new festival to celebrate it

We Invented The Weekend: The Festival of Free Time will happen on September 10 and 11

Manchester Evening News

Gary Lineker hails Jake Daniels for bravely announcing he is gay in historic moment

Blackpool forward Jake Daniels is the UK's first active footballer to announce he is openly gay for over 30 years and the teenager has received support from former England striker Gary Lineker

Daily Mirror

Addams Family actor John Astin reveals he auditioned for Gandalf in Lord of The Rings

‘I didn’t want to spend about a year and a half on a horse,’ said the 92-year-old actor

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Simon Callow reflects on Ian McKellen confiding in him about his coming out fears in the Eighties

‘I used to say I was John the Baptist to his Jesus as far as coming out was concerned,’ quipped Callow

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Huw Edwards: it’s not fair to scrutinise my BBC pay

HUW EDWARDS, reportedly the BBC’s highest-paid news presenter, says it is unfair his salary is scrutinised, because colleagues are paid more on a freelance basis. “I happen to know one of the highest earners in news over the last 10 years has never featured on any list,” he said, adding…

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: ‘I’m hopeful that scourge of NDAs will end at last’

In today’s Diary: Weinstein assistant on NDAs / Truss on manoeuvres? / Keyes’s honest face / Blessed’s unusual dream / The PM and Fortuna / Bradley confusion

Daily Mirror

Corrie's Bill Roache was 'teary eyed' over video from Sir Ian McKellen for 90th birthday

Coronation Street veteran William Roache turns 90 next week, with the milestone occasion being celebrated in a new ITV documentary titled Happy Birthday Bill

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Edinburgh Live

Sir Ian McKellen to star in Edinburgh Fringe exclusive production of Hamlet

The Lord of the Rings star is set to reprise the role 50 years after first playing the Shakespearean prince as part of a special performance alongside the Edinburgh ballet company

The Guardian - UK

Ian McKellen to play Hamlet at the Edinburgh fringe

The actor will share the role with Danish dancer Johan Christensen in a new production this summer

The Independent UK

Sir Ian McKellen returning to stage as Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Fringe line-up

The 82-year-old will perform the speeches and soliloquies and will share the role with dancer Johan Christiansen.

Liverpool Echo

Sir Ian McKellen regrets not coming out as gay to his dad before he died

The Lord of the Rings star believes his dad would have accepted him

Wales Online

Sir Ian McKellen's 60-year acting career, coming out as gay at 48 and 'making up for lost time'

The 82-year-old is being interviewed by Amol Rajan on March 3 and he's on The Graham Norton Show on March 4

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Sir Ian McKellen reflects on gay kisses and X-Men’s origins

The celebrated actors opens up to the BBC’s Amol Rajan. Plus, Billy Connolly is searingly honest about fatherhood. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Patrick Stewart: ‘I’d go straight home and drink until I passed out’

As he beams aboard another Star Trek adventure, the 81-year-old actor talks about playing Picard as an intergalactic Prospero, hitting the bottle during an exhausting Macbeth – and reaching page 310 of his memoir

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