Meet the Stars: Ally Fowler

Ally is a double threat with great acting and music credits to her name Photo supplied

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Known for her acting as well as her music, multi-talented artist Ally Fowler will bring her extensive performance chops to the Airlie Beach Hotel.  

Ally is best known for her vocals as part of 1980s Australian Pop Group, ‘Chantoozies’ – known for hits ‘Witch Queen’, ‘Wanna Be Up’, ‘He’s Gonna Step On You Again’, ‘Kiss n Tell’ and ‘Love the One You’re With’.  

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She has had a prolific acting career appearing on shows The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters, Neighbours, The Flying Doctors, Frankie’s House and Wentworth.  

Like her co-performers, Ally Fowler became involved in Absolutely 80s during the Countdown Spectacular 2006 Tour.  

“There were a lot of 70s/80s acts doing a tour around Australia,” Ally said.  

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“The Chantoozies were one of the bands on the lineup, as were Scott Carne and Brian Mannix. Scott approached us about joining the group. We started the odd gig, and performed with them occasionally. As time moved on the other Chantoozies left and it was just me. I’ve been doing it on my own with them for quite some time and it’s been a lot of fun.”

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Ally has performed in Airlie Beach before and is excited to return.  

“I can’t wait. You have such beautiful weather. I’ve been to Airlie Beach a few times. I toured with a David Williamson play called Let the Sunshine which performed at Proserpine and we ended up staying in Airlie Beach. I was there for a few days and absolutely loved it.”  

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Ally has also performed with Chantoozies in the region.  

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“We were here about seven or eight years ago, opening for Leo Sayer. It was a big festival right by the beach. I have really happy memories of Airlie Beach and look forward to coming back.”  

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Despite different music backgrounds, Ally expresses a clear fondness when describing connection with her bandmates.  

“We really come together because we have a shared history with a lot of common threads. We know a lot of the same venues and runs. We also know a lot of the same people because the industry really comes together. We perform slightly differently but that’s part of the charm. If we were all the exact same, you wouldn’t feel like you were getting bang for your buck. That fact that each person offers something different is fun.”  

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Ally along with her performers are dedicated to putting on a good show.  

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“We take the job seriously. We want to put on the best show possible. That’s the motto of the show. We have a lot of fun but hopefully that irreverence flows over into the audience. It’s a fun night.”  

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