Ian Lassiter News

Acclaimed Brooklyn-based musical comedian Ian Lockwood will make his UK debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a laugh a minute, narrative concert experience about life, death, and friendship.

'I Don’t Smoke' is one of my favorite songs on this record,' shares Flanigan. 'Originally cut by Lee Brice and Warren Haynes, who are two of the greatest. I wanted to do my version of it on this record. I haven't had a drink in nine years now, and this is one of the only songs out there saying 'I don't drink' and 'I don't smoke,' while still sounding like a party!' Listen to the single now!

Following his award-winning Sydney Theatre Company directorial debut Constellations, STC Resident Director and Wilman Noongar man Ian Michael will helm a new production of Jane Harrison’s Stolen, playing the Wharf Theatre from 6 June.

The immensely versatile and internationally lauded pianist and conductor Ian Hobson, whose playing has been described by Gramophone as 'intensely alive to expressive nuance, textural clarity, and elastic shaping,' will continue his celebrated Robert Schumann Cycle with a solo piano recital on Friday evening, May 3, 2024, 7 p.m.

Bringing together Shakespeare's two great history plays, Player Kings is now open at the Noël Coward Theatre. Ian McKellen plays Falstaff in a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, adapted by the award-winning writer and director Robert Icke. A divided country, leadership crumbling, corruption in the air. 

Comedians Ian Smith and Amy Gledhill are set to embark on their first live tour of the Northern News Podcast and launch the second series.

Player Kings, led by Ian McKellen, has released all new artwork ahead of its first preview in the West End this Monday 1 April. Check out the photo here!

Ian McKellen-led Player Kings, adapted and directed by Robert Icke from William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 is to go on a UK tour following its West End run.

An all new photo has been released of Ian McKellen as Falstaff in Player Kings. Check out the photo here!

On March 27th, Ian Lockwood's Girlfriend Pageant comes to Littlefield NYC! Will Brooklyn's most unhinged beauty-pageant-comedy-show win the hearts of Gowanus? A bigger stage, more contestants, lots of love. Ian Lockwood is ready to find is hetero-life-partner this Leap Year!

Rehearsal photos have been released for Player Kings, adapted by Robert Icke from William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2.  Check out the photos here!

Check out the lineup for the 2024 edition of So What?!. Headliners include seminal rock acts such as Norma Jean, P.O.D., and Skillet, along with past headliners Asking Alexandria, Mayday Parade, The Devil Wears Prada, Attila, and Underoath, who will perform their acclaimed album ‘They're Only Chasing Safety.”

IAN MCKELLEN, TOHEEB JIMOH & RICHARD COYLE star in Robert Icke's production of PLAYER KINGS, adapted from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2.

The full cast has been revealed for Player Kings, adapted by Robert Icke from William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2.

Comedy Works will present Ian Bagg in January.

Ian McKellen is reprising the title role in William Shakespeare's Hamlet in a film adaptation of Sean Mathias' acclaimed 2021 production at Theatre Royal Windsor. Watch the trailer!

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ian Smith has added extra dates to his tour of Crushing, which was awarded 14 x 4 and 5-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe and was one of the top-rated shows there this year.

Bringing together Shakespeare's two great history plays (Henry IV, parts 1 and 2) into the theatrical event of the season, Player Kings will reign over London’s West End for twelve weeks only – playing at the Noël Coward Theatre from April 2024.

Ian McKellen’s return to New Wimbledon Theatre in 2024 feels like déjà vu and, that’s because it is. The 1964 pre-West End run of A Scent of Flowers previewed at Wimbledon Theatre, prior to a memorable run at the Duke of York’s Theatre that same year. The exact same trajectory that Robert Icke’s Player Kings will do.

Robert Icke will direct Ian McKellen as John Falstaff in Player Kings, adapted by Icke from William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2. Further casting to be announced.