Eyes of the India

  The awards are a celebration of British theatre An intimate, sold-out production of Cabaret was the big winner at Sunday’s Olivier Awards , taking seven prizes including acting trophies for its high-voltage stars, Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley. Literary adaptation Life of Pi took five awards, including Best New Play. Cabaret was named Best Musical Revival at the ceremony, which saw the Oliviers — Britain’s equivalent of Broadway’s Tony Awards — return to live collective prize-giving after a three-year break imposed by the coronavirus pandemic . Redmayne and Buckley won lead acting prizes for their roles as the Emcee and Sally Bowles in a production of Cabaret that transformed London’s Playhouse Theatre into the Kit Kat Club in 1930s Berlin. Liza Sadovy and Elliot Levey won supporting performer awards for the same production, which continues its London run with new leads — and is rumoured to be Broadway-bound. Buckley, who was praised by Redmayne as “one of the greats”,...

  City of London office assets a key target despite Britain’s stuttering back-to-work drive Middle East appetite for UK commercial real estate is ramping up with wealthy investors expected to spend $1.5 billion this year, with office buildings — particularly in the City of London — the top target as easing Covid-19 restrictions unleash pent-up demand. The region’s accelerated investment in Britain’s commercial property landscape is set to be 33 per cent higher in 2022 than last year, according to Knight Frank, with office assets taking centre stage despite Britain’s employees making a slow return to city centres following the pandemic-induced work-from-home trend. The investment figure could be even higher, according to Alex James, head of private client commercial advisory at Knight Frank, with the consultancy tracking £4.17bn of active central London office requirements from Middle East investors this year — up 6 per cent on 2021 — with premium green office buildings that comply ...