{"id":802211,"date":"2026-10-14T10:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802211\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:14:12","slug":"ian-mckellen-to-perform-as-a-hologram-in-new-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802211\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McKellen to perform as a hologram in new play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">McKellen said the actors involved had &#8220;relished the chance to explore a new way of acting&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;New York has already been impressed with the result. Now it&#8217;s Manchester&#8217;s turn,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">West End star Arinze Kene, and Rosie Sheehy, best known for her starring role in Guess How Much I Love You, complete the cast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sheehy described the making of the production as &#8220;a true adventure&#8221;, adding: &#8220;Experimenting with what theatre can be is always a thrill \u2013 when the boundaries are being stretched this far it can feel terrifying at times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;However, being surrounded by such an extraordinary group of people took away that fear and replaced it with excitement and reward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It felt very good to be part of it all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">McKellen moved to Wigan as a child, but remained faithful to his Burnley roots, and performed at Burnley Youth Theatre in 2019 as part of his 80th birthday tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The production will run from 27 March to 10 April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McKellen said the actors involved had &#8220;relished the chance to explore a new way of acting&#8221;. &#8220;New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-802211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}