Overview

• The one-night-only rehearsed reading opens on July 25 at The Space Theatre in London, one day before London Trans + Pride
• Trans What You Will debuts its inaugural production with an all-trans and non-binary cast to highlight the play’s themes of gender fluidity
• Director Phoebe Kemp (they/them) frames the staging as a “joyful act of protest and pleasure activism” that centers threatened trans representation
• Sir Ian McKellen will deliver opening remarks underscoring Twelfth Night’s exploration of gender and sexuality through Shakespeare’s comedy
• Some critics have questioned the exclusive casting under the UK’s Equality Act, while supporters praise the reading as a landmark for trans visibility in classical theatre