![Sir Ian McKellen says he 'likes a surprise' as he bemoans theatres mollycoddling audiences with warning signs | Ents & Arts News | Sky News Sir Ian McKellen says he 'likes a surprise' as he bemoans theatres mollycoddling audiences with warning signs | Ents & Arts News | Sky News](https://e3.365dm.com/23/09/2048x1152/skynews-ian-mckellen-roger_6299334.jpg)
Sir Ian McKellen says he 'likes a surprise' as he bemoans theatres mollycoddling audiences with warning signs | Ents & Arts News | Sky News
![Ian McKellen on X: "What colour is this dress? (Widow Twankey in "Aladdin" 2004) http://t.co/NiDqEcTWaG http://t.co/7BT6zEPEKS" / X Ian McKellen on X: "What colour is this dress? (Widow Twankey in "Aladdin" 2004) http://t.co/NiDqEcTWaG http://t.co/7BT6zEPEKS" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-3jycTVEAAWyfs.jpg)
Ian McKellen on X: "What colour is this dress? (Widow Twankey in "Aladdin" 2004) http://t.co/NiDqEcTWaG http://t.co/7BT6zEPEKS" / X
![From Ian McKellen's Mother Goose to Dawn French's Jack and the Beanstalk, can pantomime save Britain's theatres? From Ian McKellen's Mother Goose to Dawn French's Jack and the Beanstalk, can pantomime save Britain's theatres?](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/theatre/2022/12/13/TELEMMGLPICT000319100310_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwWPw2b5__oFarkj5WlWIJuI.jpeg?imwidth=480)
From Ian McKellen's Mother Goose to Dawn French's Jack and the Beanstalk, can pantomime save Britain's theatres?
![Ian McKellen on X: "#TBT #OTD 7 December 2005, "Aladdin" opened its reprise run at The Old Vic in London, with me as Widow Twankey and Roger Allam as Abbanazar https://t.co/r65wF3sOlI https://t.co/3UrnsowqLo" / Ian McKellen on X: "#TBT #OTD 7 December 2005, "Aladdin" opened its reprise run at The Old Vic in London, with me as Widow Twankey and Roger Allam as Abbanazar https://t.co/r65wF3sOlI https://t.co/3UrnsowqLo" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQddPqsUEAEV--F.jpg:large)
Ian McKellen on X: "#TBT #OTD 7 December 2005, "Aladdin" opened its reprise run at The Old Vic in London, with me as Widow Twankey and Roger Allam as Abbanazar https://t.co/r65wF3sOlI https://t.co/3UrnsowqLo" /
![Roger Allam (als Abbanazar) mit Ian McKellen (als Widow Twankey) in ALADDIN unter der Regie von Sean Mathias im Old Vic, London im Jahr 2005. Sir Ian Murray McKellen, geboren 1939, Burnley, Roger Allam (als Abbanazar) mit Ian McKellen (als Widow Twankey) in ALADDIN unter der Regie von Sean Mathias im Old Vic, London im Jahr 2005. Sir Ian Murray McKellen, geboren 1939, Burnley,](https://l450v.alamy.com/450vde/2atxw0h/roger-allam-als-abbanazar-mit-ian-mckellen-als-widow-twankey-in-aladdin-unter-der-regie-von-sean-mathias-im-old-vic-london-im-jahr-2005-sir-ian-murray-mckellen-geboren-1939-burnley-england-englischer-buhnen-und-filmschauspieler-mitbegrunder-von-stonewall-der-1990-zum-ritter-geschlagen-wurde-machte-2007-eine-companion-of-honor-2atxw0h.jpg)
Roger Allam (als Abbanazar) mit Ian McKellen (als Widow Twankey) in ALADDIN unter der Regie von Sean Mathias im Old Vic, London im Jahr 2005. Sir Ian Murray McKellen, geboren 1939, Burnley,
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