King Lear tickets at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London

Ian McKellen brings his Lear to the West End in Jonathan Munby's production of Shakespeare's great tragedy which transfers from Chichester Festival Theatre. At 79 years of age, the Tony, Golden Globe and Award-winningier Award winning actor shows no sign of slowing down with the production running for 100 performances at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. Joining McKellen on stage are Kirsty Bushell, Claire Price and Anita-Joy Uwajeh as his three daughters Regan, Goneril and Cordelia, Sinéad Cusack as Kent, Danny Webb as Gloucester, James Corrigan as Edmund and Luke Thompson as Edgar. The creative team includes design by Paul Wills, lighting by Oliver Fenwick, music and sound by Ben Ringham and Max Ringham, movement direction by Lucy Cullingford and fight direction by Kate Waters. The production will broadcast live to cinemas across the UK and internationally on Thursday 27th September with National Theatre Live.   [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="554" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser" ajax_pagination="1" template="default" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"]   Book tickets to King Lear King Lear is booking until 3 November 2018 at the Duke of York's Theatre, London.

The West End transfer of King Lear starring Ian McKellen has announced casting. McKellen returns to the Duke of York's Theatre where he made his West End debut in the 1964 production of A Scent of Flowers, to play King Lear. Reprising their roles from the Chichester produciton, will be Sinéad Cusack (Kent), Kirsty Bushell (Regan), Richard Clews (Gentleman Informer / Old Man), John Hastings (Curan / Doctor), Jake Mann (Burgundy / Lear’s Knight), Michael Matus (Oswald), Caleb Roberts (King of France), and Danny Webb (Gloucester). [caption id="attachment_57749" align="aligncenter" width="750"] James Corrigan (Edmund) & Luke Thompson (Edgar)[/caption] They will be joined in the West End by James Corrigan (Edmund), Luke Thompson (Edgar), Anthony Howell (Albany), Lloyd Hutchinson (Fool), Claire Price (Goneril), Daniel Rabin (Cornwall), Scott Sparrow (Albany’s Man), Anita-Joy Uwajeh (Cordelia), James Millard, Johanne Murdock, Jessica Murrain and John Vernon.   [caption id="attachment_57747" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Claire Price (Goneril), Anita-Joy Uwajeh (Cordelia) & Kirsty Bushell (Regan)[/caption] The highly anticipated West End production aims to replicate the intimate setting of Chichester, with the removal of a large section of the rear stalls at the Duke of York's Theatre. Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, Williams Shakespeare's King Lear is tender, brutal, moving and most of all epic. [caption id="attachment_57748" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Danny Webb (Gloucester), Sinéad Cusack (Kent) & Anthony Howell (Albany)[/caption] This production is directed by Jonathan Munby with design by Paul Wills, lighting by Oliver Fenwick, music and sound by Ben Ringham and Max Ringham, with movement direction by Lucy Cullingford and fight direction by Kate Waters. King Lear will be broadcast live to cinema's across the UK and internationally on 27 September 2018 with Natiopnal Theatre Live. Buy ticket to King Lear King Lear is booking from 11 July 2018 until 3 November 2018 at the Duke of York's Theatre, London.

Sir Ian McKellen is returning to London's West End as King Lear At 78, the Lord of The Rings star will lead the cast in Johnathan Munby's production of King Lear. The celebrated actor will star alongside Sinéad Cusack as Lear's loyal courtier Kent and Jonathan Bailey (Broadchurch, W1A,  American Psycho) as Edgar, who all reprise their roles from Munby's sell-out Chichester Festival Theatre production last year. McKellan, who was last in the West End in No Man's Land opposite Patrick Stewart, returns to his Shakespearean roots 66 years after his first Shakespearean role when he was just a school boy. His long and varied career includes numerous performances at the RSC and National Theatre, where he played several leading Shakespearean roles, including the title role in Macbeth and Iago in Trevor Nunn's award winning production of Othello. Notable film and television credits include And the Band Played On, a tv film about the discovery of aids, Six Degrees of Separation with Will Smith, Donald Sutherland and Stockard Channing, Gods and Monsters and more recently Vicious alongside Derek Jacobi. However, he received world-wide fame playing Magneto in the X-Men film franchise and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. King Lear is designed by Paul Wills, with lighting by Oliver Fenwick, music and sound by Ben and Max Ringham, movement by Lucy Cullingford and fight direction by Kate Waters. King Lear will play for a limited 16 week run from 12 July 2018 at the Duke of York's Theatre.

King Lear, Minerva Theatre, Chichester – Review Round-Up Tender, violent, moving and shocking, King Lear is considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written. Ian McKellen reigns supreme in Jonathan Mumby's triumphant retelling of Shakespeare’s epic masterpiece. Staged in the intimate setting of Chichester's Minerva Theatre, McKellen's Lear is intensely moving and perfectly pitched to the scale of the space. A strong supporting cast includes Sinéad Cusack aptly playing Kent, Dervla Kirwan as glacial Goneril, Jonathan Bailey’s transformative Edgar and Damien Molony as self-seeking resentful half-brother Edmund. Read our round-up of reviews below Find ticket to the West End transfer of King Lear King Lear runs until 28 October 2017 at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester