Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart were staple figures from my childhood fascination with film and good stories. Home from school one day, sick with one thing or another, I binge watched all three Lord of the Rings movies featuring Ian McKellen as Gandalf. It was epic.
Patrick Stewart was first known to me for his role in Star Trek: The Next Generation and later as Professor X of the X-Men movies, where I was reintroduced to McKellen as the villain, Magneto. They are a dynamic actor duo, both actors who I greatly admire and whose impact reaches beyond just acting as both are activists in their own right.
Though my first introductions to these men came through their roles in film, they were both originally theatre actors- each spending a significant amount of time at the Royal Shakespeare Company. On Sunday, January 15th, Michigan Theater in partnership with National Theatre Live is broadcasting Ian McKellen’s and Patrick Stewart’s performance of Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land. The play follows an evening of drinking and storytelling between two writers, Hirst and Spooner, in this comedic classic about power.
Details:
When: Sunday, Jan. 15th
Time: 7pm
Where: Michigan Theater
Tickets: UMS
