The evening show, inspired by the dark and twisted fairytales of the brothers Grimm, is a 45-minute, adrenaline-raising performance with a lot of knife throwing, motorcycle stunts and daredevil high-wire feats to keep you on the edge of your seat.

BBC: London��s winter wonderland

He played the publicity game with aplomb, convincing interviewers that he had been in rather more fistfights than he had, and that his hobby was knife-throwing. (It was painting.) He bought a horse farm in Vermont and a mansion in Bel-Air.

ECONOMIST: Charles Bronson