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There are good tunes and good performances in Here Lies Love.  And while the story may lack depth, this version of the life of Imelda Marcus is entertaining and engaging.   But in trying to create an “experience” David Byrne and Alex Timbers have created a staging which distracts rather than enthrals.  The gallery of the double decked audience spends the fast paced ninety minutes staring down at…

God. What a deeply disappointing affair this is. Four talking heads look up their own backsides (or in the case of James Richards someone else’s backside). First year art school stuff. Avoid. Go instead to see the some real Turners, also on at the Tate B.

Exceptional investigation of why people lie and how this affects individuals, families and larger bodies such as organisations and states. We lie because we can, because it is easier than being humiliated and because we are vain, but also because it is easier than destroying what we think of as our essential self. Truth on the other hand is not as easy as a lie, or as consistent and we are frequently unable to see the truth that is there. Dorothy Rowe explores how we decide what is true and whether we are willing to give up lying. Published by Fourth Estate, London (2011)

Set in the not too distant future when the fate of humankind rests on a dubious mission to outer space; to find a wormhole leading to a planet that can sustain life, because the Earth is fast running out of fundamental resources. Director Christopher Nolan takes the notion of time travel from 'Inception', stunning visual effects via 'Gravity' and throws in the dimension of a compelling human drama.…

The fabulous dark meaty paintings of Rembrandt's triumphant middle and old age. Confrontational and authoratative; the marriage of intellect and heart. No fading gently into any goodnight here.