Sir Ian McKellan

We’ve written here before about our enjoyment of Sir Ian McKellen. Here’s a photo of his participation in the recent protest against the Pope. (To quote a gay friend of mine, “Just say nope.”) By the way, posting this image earlier a little bit ago on my Facebook page resulted in the following dialogue with a Facebook friend (whom I actually know but haven’t seen in… 10 years?). This little exchange really shows how issues of sexuality, politics, and Sir Ian McKellen, all intersect over...Read Full Story

Sean Mathias' successful production of Samuel Beckett's play to be performed in Khayelitsha, South Africa Ian McKellen and Roger Rees in Waiting for Godot. Source . After a successful run in London's West End, Sean Matthias took a production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot to Australia and New Zealand. Now, the director leads a cast of actors, including Sir Ian McKellen, to South Africa. David Smith, writing from Johannesburg, has the details: He failed to appear in Paris, London, New Orleans...Read Full Story

The Library and The Prisoner I have been focusing on just booktales news lately but you will start to see a lot more on the other pages ..The government in the uk are thinking of playing around with booklovers heaven that is your local library in the uk , some places or things never need bringing up to the 21st century i can just imagine a costa coffee shop in the library or TVs advertising the latest books ,  library’s should be a place of  peace and quiet and relaxing yes they should have...Read Full Story

As the successful West End production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot relocates to Melbourne, Sir Ian McKellen has been mistaken for a homeless man outside the theatre. The Metro newspaper has featured the story: The 70-year-old thespian had been rehearsing the Samuel Beckett play Waiting For Godot in Melbourne, Australia. During a break, a passer-by approached him as he sat in his tramp costume and put an Australian dollar in his hat. "During the dress rehearsal of Godot , I crouched...Read Full Story

We want to believe you, Ian McKellan ! But with all of the pre-production dramz, we just don’t know! Despite all this shiz that has stopped the production of The Hobbit from moving forward, Gandalf the Grey himself took to Twitter to assure fans that The Hobbit is still happening, despite losing its director, Guillermo del Toro ! He wrote : “ Hobbit ” sets are ready, script ready and movie is casting this month. Fans are not to worry. The films will get made. I suspect we’ll start...Read Full Story