The son of news anchor and journalistRobert MacNeil, he became interested in design at an early age, playing with toy theaters and creating puppet shows with his sister in their yard. "I still remember the pleasure I took in creating those little worlds - complete environments with characters I could manipulate", he recalled in a 1995 interview.[1]
In 1999, MacNeil staged the international tour of the Pet Shop Boys promoting the release of their album Nightlife.[2]
Personal lifeedit
Ian MacNeil is openly gay. In 1993, Robert MacNeil spoke publicly about his son's homosexuality at the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association convention, and in a 1994 episode of The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, the two discussed their relationship. "It's terribly important that a public figure say I love my gay son," the younger MacNeil has said. "It needs to be within the sphere of what's everyday and ordinary, and not be gothic."[3]
MacNeil and director Stephen Daldry were involved in a relationship for 13 years.[6] They met at an outdoor production of Alice in Wonderland in Lancaster in 1988 and, after seeing each other sporadically, Daldry decided he wanted to make a commitment. MacNeil was more reticent, but eventually the two settled in a bedsit in Camberwell and began collaborating on theatrical productions.[7][8]
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^Wood, Gaby (June 14, 2009). "Stephen Daldry, the award-winning musical's director, to talk about this theatrical renaissance, juggling stage and film projects - and his complex love life". The Observer.
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