Concrete Playground

If you thought the full possibilities of the sci-fi genre had been plumbed by that episode of Doctor Who the other week where the human space colony of the 29th century have to vote every five years to 'protest' or 'forget' the secret exploitation at the heart of their thriving space society ('cause I totally did) — think again.

This Session #3 of the Creative Sydney festival rips the sci-fi playbook out of the hands of its nerd guardians and tosses it back and forth between hi-tech jocks and lo-fi hipsters. Dorkbot, Even Books and the Australian Theatre for Young People guide the evening on its way, and that should assure you you're in good hands.

Toy Death &#151 not content with instruments they didn't invent themselves nor the frequencies of sound accepted by established science &#151 will be playing their repurposed toys, Beef Knuckles will be supplying Robot Love comics with space for you to fill in the blanks and Radar Synthesizer and Dubtable will be setting the mood with impressive installations. Your robot dance moves are, just this once, encouraged.

This session is presented by Concrete Playground. To guarantee your spot, register on the Creative Sydney website.