SR: Birdman, 10:04 by Ben Lerner; Golem at The Young Vic; Crisis TV drama; Kentucky Route Zero computer game 3 Jan 15

Summary: Birdman starring Michael Keaton is director Alejandro G Inarritu's first comedy and hotly tipped for Academy Awards: does it live up to the hype? 10:04 by Ben Lerner is the poet and novelist’s 2nd work of fiction which probes the reality of his own life and so raises questions about the nature of fiction itself. Golem - on at the Young Vic and staged by the 1927 theatre company. It combines performance and live music with handcrafted animation and film. Inspired by Meyrink's The Golem published in 1915 - the play challenges our current obsession with technological gadgets. Crisis is a new drama on UKTV Watch channel starring Gillian Anderson and revolves around a mass kidnapping of teenagers on a school bus – the children of America's rich and powerful elite. And Kentucky Route Zero, an innovative point and click computer game in 5 acts which employs storytelling and graphics to involve the player in the character's choices - how entertaining and different is it?