The boutique festival by the sea will host some of the best cabaret, comedy, theatre, circus and music events, as well as a stack of free outdoor performances for kids and families in a revamped Festival Hub.
The Festival kicks off with the FOPA Gala, offering snippets and tastes of the festival program. Tessa Waters and Phil Spencer will take emcee duties, with the night also featuring Elana Stone of All Our Exes Live in Texas and the junkyard theatrics of The Suitcase Royale – expect music, acrobatics and operatic solos.
For the first time ever the festival will also feature a FOPA Kids Gala, a family-friendly show bursting at the seams with circus tricks, theatrical wonder and giggles galore.
Another first will be the Drawing Room Series, taking audiences into the living room spaces of some of the Surf Coast’s most exquisite and historically significant homes. The music series will include a living room drama of operatic proportions: Chamber Made Opera’s Turbulence, a once in a lifetime concert at the newly restored Waverley House by Baroque masters Latitude 37, as well as the opportunity to be wooed and delighted by the most glorious alt-country pair, Miles & Simone in the spectacular contemporary surrounds of the Glasshouse.
Music throughout the festival will come from the likes of All Our Exes Live in Texas, Rowena Wise and Mojo Juju, with laughs at the hands of Denise Scott and WOMANz.
