The Hendricks’ Lecture Season
Lectures, as The School of Life has proven with its impossible-to-book talks, are not always boring. Hendricks’ evening of education has landed on three topics for discourse tonight; swearing, bondage, and time travel. So, whether its foul language and four letter words, fetish photography and bound up babes, or a weird Italian community of ‘time-travellers’ and an underground temple that floats your boat, we guarantee there won’t be any dozing off in the corner this evening, though there might be a little wrist slapping with the ruler – if you’re lucky.

Playgrounds
Forget boo-boos on the swing set and the childhood pain of trying to solo see-saw; tonight’s V&A Late has hooked up with Hide & Seek to bring the best of the playground to your sticky fingertips. There’ll be Victorian parlour games, a massive game of Pass the Parcel that’ll take more than one person to unwrap it, an illuminated balloon race where you’ll fight for pieces of string, puzzling treasure hunts and an Avatar machine to name a few. You’ll be dragging your heels when Mummy comes to take you home.

The Fluid Piano
You know where you are with a piano. You know how all those neat little black and white keys look and, more importantly, how they sound. They are safe, predictable, certain. But just for a moment imagine a piano that turns its nose up at such petty conventions. Instead it touts bespoke tuning layouts, microtonally adjustable single notes, and thus the ability to be entirely flexible. Tonight sees the world premieres of several exclusive compositions for this ‘multi-cultural piano’, including inventor Geoff Smith himself and several leading guest composers. The revolution may not be televised – but it plays a mean round of chopsticks.

Medium Rare
There’s never been a better time to be in the dog house – no matter what your crimes – as the Maison du Chien (see what they did there?) goes into the final week of its pop-up members club residency at Bumpkin. Taking over the attic space, £20 gets you and three friends into the snug for hearty comfort food, a cracking cocktail happy hour between 6 and 8pm, and a night of Modern Variety ranging from Ursula Martinez’ comic striptease (last seen at La Clique) to Bendy Ladies, Men in Coats and even Scottee. Your ‘membership’ lasts until 1st April, so if you like what you see you’ve got a carte blanche to get in again and again – just keep the leash loose.

Enchanted Palace
Whilst some of us are still waiting for our Prince to come, others can hot foot it to Kensington Palace’s new exhibition and find him for themselves. Various designers have created installations in its state apartments, taking inspiration from a line-up of princesses, transforming the royal residence into a living fairy tale. Vivienne Westwood, William Tempest, Stephen Jones and Boudicca have all taken part, with interactive theatre, storytelling, soundscapes, film projections and clues scattered throughout making this a Disney-esque outing for even the most cynical of souls.

Chocolate Festival
With Easter just around the corner, a visit to this weekend’s Chocolate Festival could technically be termed as ‘research’, or if you will, a warm-up. Put your elasticated pants on and work your way through stalls selling everything from truffles and bars to bon-bons and melted concoctions, pastries and hot chocolates to cakes and even raw cocoa. Take part in tastings, check out the sculptures and even learn how to make your own Easter Egg, effectively putting the Bunny entirely out of business in one day. Nice work.