Fiona O’Loughlin – The Divine Miss O

O’Loughlin’s show is full of surprises. For instance, did you know she could sing? Well she can and she’s pretty darn good at it too. Somehow she manages to belt out a tune, wriggle around the stage and keep the audience giggling all at the same time. Even with a few audio glitches, she rolls with the punches, like a true professional and her audience forgives her for it.
Known best for her hysterical stories of mothering five children in the outback town of Alice Springs, O’Loughlin laughs about the ridiculousness and the horror of being the mother of a bald person and the ‘joys’ of living with moody teenagers.
She muses about trying to juggle family life with the craziness that comes with being a celebrity (Even if her neighbours think she’s making it all up, because they don’t get Channel Ten.)
O’Loughlin is refreshingly open about her battle with the bottle and her highly publicized fall to rock bottom.  She had the audience in stitches with her stories about rehab and the awkwardness of trying to get rid the ‘friends’ you make on the inside.
Perhaps the secret to her talent lies in her knack for taking a microscope to everyday life and having a good old belly laugh at it. One thing is for sure, O’Loughlin shows no sign of slowing down and I hope, for all our sakes, that she never does.