Sir Ian McKellen at the Yard Theatre, Hackney, crikey!
Ian McKellen has performed in King Lear over a thousand times. Never like this.
McKellen: I've organised my life, for good or bad, so that acting is the main thing I do.
Lear: My wits begin to turn.
McKellen: So if I'm not acting, what's the point?
A man who has given his life to playing; a king at the end of everything.
Shakespeare's King Lear, reimagined by Jay Miller and Simon Stephens, with Ian McKellen.
| date | my gigs |
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| 2 | Pea Green Boat by Stewart Lee 1 |
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| 5 | King Lear |
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I attended this one, more from this year in my gigography for 2026. Part of every gig I was at from '87 to 2026. A natural step from my Best gigs of all time blog post. Yeah I know very nerdy, let's let that go though, I'm enjoying remembering this stuff.
Sat Dec 5 2026
Other gigs at I attended are QI telly recording (2007), and Wedding ('99).
Other gigs at include Fort Rockhurst, Gosport ('95), (), (), and ().
⬅️ Pea Green Boat by Stewart Lee :: Panto ➡️
🏷 theatre 🏷 ian mckellen 🏷 hackney 🏷 london 🏷 shakespeare 🏷 2026
Yep, deliberately unstyled.