2. Under stage lights…Comedian Nikki Britton uses a quiet light storage alley to warm up before she is announced to go on stage.
3. Julia Wilson applies the final touches to her appearance, proving a women can be funny and pretty at the same time.
4. Meanwhile, Wilson’s partner, painter Greg Parker, prepares his easel and paints for their original comedy set. Parker, who paints paints Wilson’s funny words, was the only male to appear before the audience.
5. The theatre begins to fill up again after intermission. Audience members eagerly wait to see what will come of the blank canvas on the stage.
6. The mother of the Mother Of All Gala’s…MC Fiona O’Loughlin keeps the audience on their feet for her women-in-arms between acts.
7. Comedy duo Julia Wilson and Greg Parker backstage after their act that changes every show.Parker auctions his paintings at the end of each show they do together.
8. Fiona O’Loughlin talks about collapsing on stage in 2009 due to alcohol related problems. She now embraces the incident and regularly uses it to make her audiences laugh.
9. The Gala attracted not only women audience members, but also husbands, boyfriends, single men and women.
10. Julia Morris gives a cheeky grin while talking about her children and the endless supply of material they have given her. She says she uses her children because they are funny, not because she is a women.
11. Fiona O’Loughlin and LibbiGorr show the other ‘feathers in their hat’ at their book and DVD signing after the Gala.
