PLAN YOUR WEEKEND WITH OUR OUT AND ABOUT CALENDAR OF EVENTS
FAIRY PARK AFTER being closed for a month Anakie’s Fairy Park is reopening for families to enjoy. There’ll be a food van and open kiosk to celebrate the new season with snacks, ice creams and hot/cold drinks available. Open from 10am to 5pm, the Fairy Park is at 2388 Ballan Rd, Anakie.
BRYCE MORGAN AN exhibition of recent works by Bryce Morgan is on show at Little Creatures Brewery 221 Swanston St, Geelong. A range of paintings, prints and drawings inspired by coastal life are on show for a month.
POT-POURRI JOIN 360Q for a night of gourmet dining and entertainment tonight as they host the internationally-acclaimed operatic group, PotPourri, featuring Tania De Jong (soprano), Rebecca Bode (soprano), Jon Bode (tenor), Jonathan Morton (baritone) with pianist Anthony Barnhill. Tickets include a three-course dinner with matched wines. Doors open at 6pm.
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN BELLARINE Secondary College presents the musical favourite Singin’ In The Rain, featuring Hollywood standards, hilarious situations, snappy dialogue and fast paced tap numbers, for three nights only — Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7.30pm at the Potato Shed arts centre, Peninsula Dve, Drysdale. Bookings on 5251 1998.
ART FOR BOOKS TODAY is the last day to catch Art for Books: Adrian Lockhart and Jedda Robaard at the Metropolis Gallery. The artists share a love of books and the exhibition presents a wonderful selection of each artist’s works featured in a number of published books, which will also be available for purchase during the exhibition.
FLYING DISCS AT INVERLEIGH INVERLEIGH Golf Club is hosting its first ‘come & try’ family day tomorrow from 10.30am to 2.30pm. Combining with Geelong Disc (frisbee) Golf their will be a clinic and demonstration by Australian disc golf champion Patrick Robinson. There will be a special performance of amazing tricks by some of Australia’s best ‘flying disc dogs’. It’s free to enter, but a gold donation will get you a barbecue lunch. Details: 0409 106 559.
ABBASOLUTELY FABULOUS MUSICAL theatre stars Rhonda Burchmore and Lara Mulcahy, who starred in the original Australian stage production of Mamma Mia, will bring some of ABBA’s biggest hits to the GPAC stage for one night only tonight. Seats are almost sold out so get in quick at gpac.org.au
ARTHOUSE FILM FESTIVAL THE next film in the Bethany Arthouse Film Festival is the ingeniously crafted French comedy
Rosalie Blum. The enchanting film about a random encounter that has unexpected and lifechanging consequences, will screen at GPAC’s PLayhouse, LIttle Malop St, Geelong, on Tuesday at 8pm. Details: gpac.org.au