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Hollywood actor and Limehouse resident Sir Ian McKellen has long harboured an ambition to open a little tea shop.

This month, in partnership with his old friend the theatre director Sean Mathias and Evening Standard chairman and one-time owner of Sake No Hana Evgeny Lebedev, he took over historic pub The Grapes in Narrow Street instead.

A zombie film starring Sir Ian McKellen has being selected for the Cannes Film Festival, leaving one Canary Wharf worker ecstatic.

Matthew Butler, who works at Charbonnel et Walker in Cabot Place East, directed and co-wrote the 22-minute comedy E'gad, Zombies, which was released in January.

It's your classic 18th century theatrical romp - with extra zombies.

Stage and screen actor Matthew Butler has gathered together a host of actors including Limehouse legend Sir Ian McKellen for E' gad! Zombies, a short period film about love and the undead.

A year after its launch, Waitrose's Community Matters initiative has raised £12,000 for 36 different good causes around Canary Wharf.

The scheme, which allows customers the chance to vote on which of three charities get the biggest slice of £1,000 each month, celebrated its first birthday last Thursday.

Legendary actor Sir Ian McKellen believes Canary Wharf companies have a responsibility to the area around them.

The Narrow Street-based stage and screen star visited the nearby Limehouse Youth Centre to view an art competition run by charity City Gateway.

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Waiting For Godot, Theatre Royal Haymarket
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IN A NUTSHELL
Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart wait. Nothing happens. Then they wait again. Nothing happens again.

Former DJ Josh Silverman is pushing for a fresh start at Reebok Gym after enduring tragedy and injury in the last few years.

The 21-year-old became a fitness coach at the Canada Square gym last month through an apprenticeship with Limehouse charity City Gateway.

Click here for Ben Broomfield's photo gallery of this year's Narrow Street Fete

THE RIPPED regulars of The Grapes flexed their muscles in the Narrow Street Fete's battle of the bars on Bank Holiday Monday.

The Narrow Street pub put down their pints to pull their way to victory for the second year running in the annual tug of war with neighbouring bar Booty's. The win gives The Grapes a 2-1 lead in the series, which is a highlight of the yearly community-run fete.

What brings stage and screen legend Sir Ian McKellen to a recording session for garage music?

See next Thursday's Wharf (August 14) for Sir Ian's thoughts on Shakespeare's sense of rhythm and his 30-year love affair with Limehouse.