Gandalf himself is performing in the panto in Dublin's BGETheatre this month
As this version of the story goes, Mother Goose and her husband Vic run a home for abandoned animals in the shell of a closed-down Debenhams megastore on Oxford Street. All living happily in tandem, two fairies place a bet amongst themselves, that fame and riches will corrupt the happy family, and so along comes an actual goose that is capable of laying golden eggs. Will it change the dynamic between Mother, Vic and the animals? Oh yes it will! Oh no it won't! Etc.
To be honest, the plot barely matters, and it isn't really why we're here anyways. We've come for McKellan, and the six-time Lawrence Olivier award-winner is clearly having the time of his life. Dolled up in fancy make-up and fancier gowns, he embodies the energy of an old-school drag queen, stomping the planks in a way only a master of the craft can.
Not above making fun of himself - there is a brilliant running gag about The Lord of the Rings - he also isn't afraid to remind us who he is and what he's capable of. The entire auditorium, young kids and all, fell dead silent as he performed a Shakespeare monologue, the power of his talent held aloft for all to admire.And then there are those naughty jokes.
If every panto is like this, then I'll be front row centre for them all from now on. Mother Goose is running at the
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