Sir Ian McKellen has signed up to star alongside Jeremy Corbyn in a drag-heavy Christmas pantomime in Islington.

From writer-director Bill Condon ( Kiss Of The Spider Woman ), the film is an adaptation of Christopher Bram’s 1995 novel ...

London’s O2 arena erupted in "absolute mayhem" on Friday night as Sir Ian McKellen made an unexpected and show-stopping appearance during the Scissor Sisters' highly anticipated comeback concert. The ...

A former teacher from Wigan delighted internationally-acclaimed actor and local lad Sir Ian McKellen with a reminder of what ...

Sir Ian McKellen will be introducing a UK performance of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” featuring a cast entirely of transgender and non-binary performers this summer. The Trans What You Will ...

Dame Helen Mirren has expressed her profound excitement over a new Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) curriculum, designed to ...

While promoting his new cocktail book The Cocktail Diaries, Heughan, 45, spoke with PEOPLE about his next role: playing ...

Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen is set to open Trans What You Will’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, starring an all-trans and nonbinary cast. “Twelfth Night is perhaps the ...

Sir Ian McKellen has some words of wisdom for his fellow actors. The “Lord of the Rings” star, who famously came out of the closet in 1988, encouraged other LGBTQ+ members of the acting community to ...

Ian McKellen as Gandalf and Elijah Wood as Frodo in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.’ (New Line/WireImage via Getty Images) Some familiar faces may just be headed back to ...

Sir Ian McKellen will be introducing a UK performance of William Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night" featuring a cast entirely of transgender and non-binary performers this summer. The Trans What You Will ...