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Sir Ian McKellen<\/a>\u00a0is updating fans on his condition after taking a <\/span>fall onstage in London last month<\/a>\u00a0during a performance of <\/span>Player Kings<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n On Tuesday, the 85-year-old actor took to X (formerly Twitter) to detail his recovery from the incident, which happened on June 17 as he was starring as\u00a0John Falstaff in the\u00a0adaptation of\u00a0parts 1 and 2 of\u00a0<\/span>Henry IV. <\/span><\/em>According to the\u00a0<\/span>BBC,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>he fell off the front of the stage and <\/span>cried out for help<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Just two weeks after my accident onstage I want to assure my many well-wishers that the injuries (to wrist and neck) are on the mend,” McKellen wrote in his social media update. “My doctors promise a complete recovery -but only if I avoid work over the next few weeks.”<\/span><\/p>\n Doctor’s order mean the <\/span>Lord of the Rings<\/span><\/em> star will not be able to take the show on the road — literally. On Monday,\u00a0producers of <\/span>Player Kings<\/span><\/em> confirmed that <\/span>McKellen would not be back for the national tour of the show<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Continuing his post, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning actor addressed his absence from the tour, advising fans to still go see the production as they tour England. The expedition kicks off in Bristol on July 3 and wraps in Newcastle, England, on July 27.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Meanwhile the show goes on and the Player Kings company start their four weeks’ tour without me. My understudy David Semark, who with panache took over for the final performances at the No\u00ebl Coward Theatre in the West End of London, will play Falstaff again in Bristol, Birmingham, Norwich and Newcastle,” McKellen shared.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n