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Sir Ian McKellen, 85, shocks revellers as he dances the night away at famous gay club after shaking off his horrific stage injury

Sir Ian McKellen appeared to brush off his recent stage injury woes as he enjoyed a night partying at a famous gay night club on the weekend.

While most partygoers wore very few items of clothing, the Lord of The Rings actor flaunted his slender figure in a vintage floral red shirt. The Electrowerkz venue (pictured), where the event takes place, is just a 30-minute taxi ride from the Shakespearan actor's riverside apartment in Limehouse, east London The actor, who was playing Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeare's Henry IV, was hospitalised and suffered a chipped vertebra and fractured wrist forcing him to pull out of the rest of the run.

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