George Osborne envisages a "Britain carried aloft by the march of the maker." And to that end he's shrunk corporation tax, raised research and development tax credits, cut red tape for small businesses, thrown start-up investors an income tax break and offered entrepreneurs relief on capital gains of up to £10 million... more
As breathtaking and mesmerising as it was OTT and schmaltzy, Jai Ho — named after the Oscar-winning track on Rahman’s Slumdog Millionaire score — crammed 37 songs into a 160-minute set.... more
The world's hottest choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, is to make a full-length ballet for Covent Garden out of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland... more
Tennessee Williams wrote The Rose Tattoo when he was happy and, creatively speaking, happiness did not suit him. Nicholas de Jongh could see why the play has only been revived twice in 49 years.... more
Simon Russell Beale makes the perfect King Arthur in deliriously daft musical Spamalot and he's having a killer rabbit of a time following in the coconut-shells-for-horses'-hooves of Tim Curry. ... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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