Picture caption, Sir Ian, pictured within the Radio 2 studios every week earlier than his fall, stated he had reluctantly accepted medical recommendation to restArticle informationAuthor, Steven McIntoshRole, Leisure reporter1 July 2024Sir Ian McKellen won’t seem on the UK tour of his newest theatre manufacturing, after he was injured whereas performing in London. The veteran actor fell off stage final month throughout a efficiency of Participant Kings on the Noël Coward theatre in London.In a press release, Sir Ian stated he had accepted “with the best reluctance” not to participate within the UK tour on medical recommendation.The actor’s understudy David Semark will take his place as Sir John Falstaff on the nationwide tour, which runs from 3-27 July.”It is with the best reluctance that I’ve accepted the medical recommendation to guard my full restoration by not working within the meantime.”He continued: “I had been so trying ahead to bringing Participant Kings to theatre-goers in Bristol, Birmingham, Norwich and Newcastle. “However I can guarantee them that, with David Semark now taking part in Falstaff, Robert Icke’s manufacturing and his performing firm stay as dazzling as ever.”The manufacturing firm stated not participating within the tour would enable Sir Ian to “totally recuperate”.”Ian continues to recuperate very nicely, however he wants the time to relaxation and guarantee an entire restoration,” the assertion stated. “We proceed to ship him our greatest needs.”Participant Kings is a manufacturing which merges and condenses Shakespeare’s Henry IV elements one and two.At a efficiency on 17 June, Sir Ian appeared to lose his footing after performing a battle scene. He was taken to hospital and the play was cancelled that night time, with Semark taking on the function on the subsequent London reveals.A theatre spokesperson later stated Sir Ian had undergone a scan and medics stated he would “make a speedy and full restoration”, including that he was in “good spirits”.