Sir Ian McKellen will headline a unique production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night featuring only trans and non-binary performers. The one-night-only event, directed by Phoebe Kemp, will take place on July 25, 2025, at The Space Theatre in London, with a global livestream. Profits from the performance will benefit the UK charity Not A Phase. This reinterpretation aims to emphasize the gender-fluid themes inherent in the original play, focusing on joy and solidarity within the trans community amid a backdrop of ongoing challenges to trans representation.
With mistaken identities, cross-dressing, and declarations of love across shifting gender roles, Twelfth Night has long explored the complexity of identity.
This reading is about joy, solidarity and showing what's possible when trans and nonbinary artists are at the centre of the story.
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