Ian McKellen, veteran of the stage and icon of the performed Tudor verse, is swapping the West End for the East End, taking ...

The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick announced its first season in a new RIBA award-winning building, featuring six productions including Ian McKellen in LEAR and a 50th-anniversary revival of FOR COLORED ...

It will mark his first major theatrical endeavour since he lost his footing whilst performing in Player Kings in June 2024 at ...

Lord of the Rings and Marvel star will appear in an adaptation of King Lear at a small theatre in Hackney Wick ...

Almost exactly a year ago, London’s hippest theatre the Yard closed its doors and moved into an unknown future, as years of cult success and critical acclaim allowed the punky powerhouse – which had ...

The Yard Theatre has announced the opening season for its new permanent venue in Hackney Wick, with six productions scheduled between July 2026 and April 2027, including a revival of for colored girls ...

Ian McKellen will return to the stage in a new reimagining of King Lear at t he Yard Theatre as part of the venue’s inaugural season in its rebuilt Hackney Wick home.

The Christophers, a new Ian McKellan-starring film includes 16 ‘fake’ artworks by painter Barnaby Gorton. Our culture columnist Gary Grimes argues that this body of work isn’t so different from the ...

Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomons provide a vision of haughty Englishness up there with Gosford Park and Phantom Thread ...

The veteran actor plays a cruel, bitter painter who torments his children (played by James Corden and Jessica Gunning) and ...