#*twelfth

[dduane]

"Director Phoebe Kemp said in a statement: “Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance – it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us. This reading is about joy, solidarity and showing what’s possible when trans and nonbinary artists are at the centre of the story.”"

[pers-books]

Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and non-binary production of Shakespeare classic

Sir Ian McKellen (Getty)

Sir Ian McKellen will open a brand new production of the Shakespeare classic Twelfth Night featuring all trans and non-binary performers.

The Lord of the Rings star, 86, will join in on the one-night only rehearsed reading by the theatre group Trans What You Will in July.

Staged at London’s The Space Theatre, the reading will be broadcast globally via a livestream. All profits are going to the UK-based trans charity, Not A Phase.

The performance will take one of Shakespeare’s most well known and gender-fluid works and reimagine it through a trans lens.

“With mistaken identities, cross-dressing, and declarations of love across shifting gender roles, Twelfth Night has long explored the complexity of identity,” a press release reads.

“This production makes that queerness explicit, reclaiming the story through the lived experiences of trans and nonbinary artists.”

Sir Ian McKellen (Getty)

Phoebe Kemp, who is directing, has said: “Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance, it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us. This reading is about joy, solidarity and showing what’s possible when trans and nonbinary artists are at the centre of the story.”

The performance, which will take place ahead of London Trans+ Pride, has also been billed as “a joyful act of protest and pleasure activism, celebrating gender diversity at a time when trans representation remains under threat.:

Twelfth Night – A Rehearsed Reading by Trans What You Will is set to take place on 25 July 2025 at The Space Theatre. Tickets to attend in person are available here. Tickets for the livestream are available here. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available.

-- Pay-what-you-can livestream?! I love you, Sir Ian!

[annabelle--cane]

to me the appeal of pathetic vampires is similar to the appeal of stupid cats. you have the teeth and claws to rip through flesh to your heart's content, but here you are. paw stuck to a quilt. staring woefully with eyes the size of saucers to get someone to help. same goes for a vampire failing miserably to use a touchscreen because his fingers are too cold.

[notyoujamie]

Feeling so incredibly validated that my head canon of the past Doctors still “living” in the current Doctor’s subconscious, being catty bitches who bicker 24/7 and are probably backseat driving, has been canonized @atalanta133

[stevenrogered]

First & Last Words: Doctors 9-15

[nipuni]

Doctor and companions in regency attire 🥰

[glitterypin]

The Doctor, in a nutshell.

[dandelionjack]

oh and. by the way.

[claraoswalds]

Oh, is that who I am now? Well, it was never that far from the surface, mate.

[cas-is-queer]

Do you have any idea how much psychic damage I got when the Twelfth Doctor said, "The day you lose someone isn't the worst. It's all the days they stay dead." Do you have any idea. I need to be fucking sedated.

[ghostvat]

being a doctor who fan means knowing that somewhere out there, there is a 60 year old man that knows more than you

[lonelyzarquon]

DOCTOR WHO | Dark Water

[natequarter]

He's completely fine, thanks for asking

[notyoujamie]

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

Clara's great because before her every companion since Rose was like "Being with the Doctor made me a better person", but Clara is like "Nah, it made me so much worse" while the Doctor stares at her affectionately.

[profiad]

Kiss me goodbye, I’m defying gravity