The Concrete Playground Hot List

So the blissful four-day weekend recently sparkling ahead of us has gone, and we sit at our desks with few keepsakes of the experience besides a dramatic sugar crash. My sympathies, friends. It's a particular downer of a week here at Concrete Playground, where we're saying goodbye to long-serving editor-in-chief Anna Harrison, who's been our beacon of how to live in Sydney with unshakable style. She's now off playing correspondent from the capital of cool (New York, obviously), so while you'll still be hearing from her, you'll also be hearing more from the team of editors who paddle furiously together to keep this ship afloat.

This week we bring you stacks of handpicked stories and happenings. You can watch football that floats in Darling Harbour, an opera based on Kafka and not a hint of romance, the premiere of Never Not Funny indie comedy night at the Standard, art after dark at both the MCA and MLC Centre, a film where Sean Penn is an adorable ageing goth-punk, and an artist with a niquab that can fit a whole crowd beneath it. My personal gold star goes to STC's smart and solid Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Go forth and snap us those last few tickets.

Trampoline

The details: Sunday, April 15 @ Oxford Street Design Store

This self-organising event aims to address things that are appealing across a range of disciplines, with past topics ranging from intergenerational learning to wine tasting, 3D printers and, incidentally, the 1000-year-old human.

Nothing is locked in on Trampoline and nothing is given priority, with the only requirement being that each session is 20 minutes long and focuses on sharing something that the presenter finds amazing. It also takes place out the back of the Oxford Street Design Store, so if you’re stuck for ideas you can pick up something fascinating for less than $20 on your way in. Find out more

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

The details: Thursday, April 5 - Saturday, June 9 @ Wharf 1, Wharf Theatre

Hugo Weaving and Pamela Rabe shine in a play that has the ability to grip and shock in a way Gossip Girl could only dream of. Find out more

American Pie: Reunion

The details: Thursday, April 5 - Wednesday, May 2 @ Various cinemas

The entire original cast return in a very, very unlikely triumph. Find out more

Christian Marclay: The Clock

The details: Thursday, March 29 - Sunday, June 3 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

We visit the MCA at 2am for an extraordinary spot of clock-watching. Find out more

Lyrebird

The details: Wednesday, March 28 - Saturday, April 21 @ Old Fitzroy Theatre

Inspired by the Black Saturday bushfires, this play brings five displaced, haunted lives into a burned-out Old Fitz. Find out more

Cabinet

The details: Saturday, April 14 @ Red Rattler

The lovely people from Underbelly Arts and Red Rattler bring you things to treat your eyes, ears and dancing shoes. Find out more

The George Melies Project

The details: Sunday, April 15 @ Riverside Theatres

The 'HG Wells of the jazz world' meets the magician behind early cinema. Find out more

An Evening with Richard Dawkins

Monday, April 16 @ Sydney Opera House

The militant atheist tries to tread lightly on his favourite topic: evolution. Find out more