New LGBTQ+ festival included McKellen in a fiery monologue and Norton in conversation, as well as a queer ceilidh and 'kilted yoga' Sir Ian McKellen is on stage blowing up a red balloon. For a man of 86, he has impressive lung capacity. He lets it go and watches it take a satisfyingly theatrical trajectory, rising to a height, then plummeting. "Free the spirit," he says, in character as Ed, an elderly gay man searchi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM on January 19, 2026