Are the rich getting away with low taxes? Warren
Buffett heads the club of very rich men who are now saying they would be willing to pay more. He might well not have been so generous when he was still making his wealth: extreme net-worthers can afford to be a bit more relaxed about these things.... more
Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's feistiest heroines. And in a new production, Catherine Tate even dons the dungarees of a feminist to prove it... more
There's much ado in London theatre at the moment but it must be about something. Why else would this Elizabethan rom-com, Much Ado About Nothing, boast two openings in the same week? ... more
The lives of glamour model Katie "Jordan" Price and the late reality TV star Jade Goody have inspired a new play to be staged at the home of Shakespeare, the Globe... more
Stephen Wight fell into acting by accident - now his poker-playing waiter in Dealer's Choice, has put him in the running for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more
Old Vic supremo Kevin Spacey will return in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. And he will not be taking a break from the theatre to do films, Spacey says.... more
British artists achieved success across the board in the nominations for the 61st annual Tony awards. British playwright Tom Stoppard received 10 nominations, including Best Play.
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An Evening Standard investigation into the state of West End theatre shows musicals in danger of finishing off straight plays. But what are the figures?... more
Guests including Elle Macpherson, Jeremy Irons and Robert Lindsay will pay £2,500 each for lobster and roast beef at a charity meal for the cash-strapped Old Vic.... more
The rarely revived A Moon for the Misbegotten tugs pliable heart-strings, but I doubt that Eugene O'Neill's work will be much of a crowd-puller, says Nicholas de Jongh, despite the presence of Kevin Spacey.... 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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