Sir Ian McKellen will launch William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" UK show, featuring trans and non-binary performers this summer.
Transgender theatre group will soon be held globally, and they will be rehearsing on July 25 at the Shakespeare comedy "Twelfth Night" at the London Space Theatre.
As announced in their cast call, the cast will include “12-14 trans and non-binary performers,” noting: “We are particularly interested in hearing from those marginalized because we want a broad representation of the trans community.”
The theater team announced on its official Instagram page: "Iconic actor and LGBTQ+ activist Sir Ian McKellen will introduce our show!"
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Sir Ian McKellen took the stage at Trafalgar Square in London in 2019. (Mike Marsland/Wireimage via Getty)
The post features a famous film actor who declared: "'Twelfth Night' is perhaps the most interesting and moving of Shakespeare's drama. This is achieved through the complexity of gender and sexual behavior from the first to the last. I'm really looking forward to the impact of this script in the play.
Director Phoebe Kemp told Attitude Magazine: "The Twelfth Night already has gender and performance toys that feel like Shakespeare wrote for us. It's about joy, unity, and showing trans and non-binary artists at the center of the story."
Twelve Nights, transgender representatives have long provided similar statements, claiming that “Identity errors, cross-identity and love statements have long explored the complexity of identity in the ever-changing gender roles. This production makes this weird representation manifest this weird representation and takes back the story through the life experiences of trans and non-literary artists.”
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Sir Ian McKellen is known for characters such as Gandalf the Wizard in the Lord of the Rings movie. (Isabel baby/pa image via Getty image)
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According to its crowdfunding campaign, profits will be sent to trans charities instead of stages.
No stage describes itself on its website as a “transnational-led national charity committed to enhancing and improving the lives of Trans+ adults through awareness campaigns, social programs and funding the Trans+ Lead program.”