Results tagged “Ian McKellen”

Chocolate shop worker Matthew Butler is leading a double life.

When the Charbonnel et Walker, Canary Wharf sales assistant is not boxing chocs, he is making million pound decisions on his feature film which stars Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Judi Dench and Gillian Anderson.

Sir Ian McKellen was guest of honour at an awards ceremony with a difference in Canary Wharf.

The venerable actor, who lives in Limehouse, attended the ceremony at Credit Suisse's Cabot Square headquarters honouring supporters of the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT), a charity for homeless lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

HE’S been seen in Shakespeare, The Simpsons and the Shire – but now Sir Ian McKellen is branching out into garage music.

The venerable actor recorded a Shakespearean sonnet onto a beat created by members of the Limehouse Youth Club.

After a year-long intermission while he was touring the world as King Lear, Limehouse resident Sir Ian McKellen has returned to his blog, the popular “E-POST� at www.mckellen.com.