“And so it’s goodbye, Ripponlea, as we remember decades of great TV. The cameras here have captured a million scenes. It’s true, it really was the Factory of Dreams.” Craig sang a tribute like no other for “The Dream Factory”. Ripponlea Studio 31 closed down after 60 years of making great and iconic television for […]
CRAIG McLachlan and I have a few things in common. We like to laugh, we like a bit of a chat, we like to entertain and we like to wear lipstick — red, even, if the occasion allows. And we do like a good pair of heels. I’m a high heel queen, I’m renowned for […]
IT SEEMS Craig McLachlan was always destined to play transvestite Dr Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with the cult classic’s creator Richard O’Brien anointing him the perfect successor back in the ‘80s. Meeting the legend for the first time after a last minute call up for a performance – and it was […]
It was all mullets and Kylie and Jason… and of course, Craig! But was it as big as Beatlemania? Why was it so huge in the UK? Craig speaks to Chrissie, Sam & Browny on Nova 100.
Singer-songwriter Rebecca Barnard is Jon Faine’s co-host. She was the frontwoman of Rebecca’s Empire, and her new solo album is Music for Listening and Relaxation. Rebecca is inviting you to the 10th Anniversary HEART OF ST KILDA CONCERT featuring MC Brian Nankervis and performers including Rebecca Barnard with Billy Miller & the Caravan Choir, Leo Sayer, Courtney Barnett, Jimeoin, […]
Craig and Richard O’Brien talking all things Rocky Horror on The Project
THE Rocky Horror Show creator has paid tribute to actor Craig McLachlan’s scene-stealing turn as transvestite Dr. Frank N Furter, but admits they occasionally have to rein him in. Richard O’Brien (pictured with McLachlan, inset) who wrote the popular musical more than 40 years ago, told Confidential: “Craig steps out far beyond what most […]
ROCKY HORROR SHOW RETURNS TO MELBOURNE! Producers Howard Panter, John Frost and GWB Entertainment today announced that the 2018 Australian tour Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show will play in Melbourne at Her Majesty’s Theatre from 13 July next year for a strictly limited season. This fresh new production of The Rocky Horror Show, which […]
The Rocky Horror Show is back with the one and only Craig McLachlan donning the fishnets as Dr Frank-N-Furter.
Craig McLachlan is the first to admit he is a close ally to the gay community. Many friends in his inner circle are gay. “I am the best ‘straight gay man’ they know! People say they’ve always been in touch with their feminine side, but clearly I’ve always been in touch with my gay side,” he […]
TV host Eric needs plenty of reassuring. The flamboyant behaviour of breakfast TV host Eric (Craig McLachlan) will keep you in stitches in new drama The Wrong Girl. The role is a huge departure from the stiff, three-piece-suit clad Dr Blake Craig portrays in the popular The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Rob Collins, Madeleine West and […]
Craig McLachlan has been on our TV screens one way or another for over 20 years. Anh Do paints the former Neighbours star, Gold Logie winner & musical theatre maestro while they chat about his meteoric rise to success.
One of the busiest men in showbiz, Craig McLachlan, is the subject on Anh’s Brush with Fame tonight. Currently filming The Doctor Blake Mysteries, he will also be seen soon in The Wrong Girl and Deep Water. On tonight’s episode of Anh’s Brush with Fame, Anh Do interviews and paints popular Australian actor Craig McLachlan. Craig’s been […]
Larrikin Craig McLachlan started in soaps in the ’80s and has been in demand since, writes Wendy Tuohy.
CRAIG McLachlan is supposed to be standing still(ish) for our cover photo shoot, but instead this Energizer Bunny of a guy is cracking up his small picture-studio audience with an impromptu skit about his “bitch hips”. Someone must have given him a compliment about how well he rocks a sharp blue suit, a la his […]
An old shed on Glebe Island wharf, littered with boat-building machinery and tools, sets the tone for one of the dramatic final scenes of SBS’s new four-part series, Deep Water, starring Noah Taylor and Yael Stone. Stone and Taylor play detectives investigating a brutal murder case which appears to be connected to the real-life gay […]
An indie sci-fi film starring Craig McLachlan has been picked up by Stan and Nine. Restoration is set in a future where people can have their memories downloaded for backup. Oliver Klein (Grant Cartwight) wakes up after a routine backup to find his memories have been restored into a new body. Craig plays Andrew Majury, […]
As reported by news.com.au….CRAIG McLachlan is finally taking control of his destiny. The Doctor Blake Mysteries has given the 49-year-old’s acting career a lease of life and he is determined to make the most of it. McLachlan is credited as co-executive producer, as well as star, for the third series of The Doctor Blake Mysteries. […]
Craig McLachlan, star of “The Doctor Blake Mysteries”, tells 936 ABC Hobart how they handle the unresolved sexual tension on set.
The Australian…FROM young hunk Henry Ramsay on Neighbours to middle-aged physician cum detective on The Doctor Blake Mysteries in a career of 29 years and counting. Was that the plan? I certainly hoped I’d still be performing at 50 and of course it was all I ever wanted to do. But I was aware of […]
February 8, 2015, The Sydney Morning Herald…The bum or the beard, the beard or the bum. For the past two years those body parts have been the poles of Craig McLachlan’s performing life as he’s bounced between two very different doctors: Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show on stage and Lucien Blake in […]
August 19, 2014…. The 14th Annual Helpmann Awards were presented live from Sydney’s Capitol Theatre and broadcast on Foxtel’s Arena. Host Jonathan Biggins was joined by some of Australia’s most talented performers and industry leaders to announce this year’s winners while recognising the distinguished artistic achievement and excellence across the major disciplines of Australia’s live performance industry.
The Herald Sun reports…Starring as Dr Lucien Blake in The Dr Blake Mysteries has given the 49-year-old a whole new level of popularity and respect. McLachlan has always been a favourite with Aussie TV audiences. In 1990, he won the Gold Logie for his work as Henry Ramsay in Neighbours. After more than 800 episodes […]
The Australian reviews episode 3 of The Doctor Blake Mysteries….STARRING Craig McLachlan as the enigmatic maverick country town doctor Lucien Blake, this quasi-period medical series was the most popular Aussie drama on ABC1 last year, attracting more than a million viewers every week – nearly topping two million at one stage with all the regional […]
Last night I sat down to enjoy The Craig McLachlan Sh… sorry, The Rocky Horror Show. He was so good in the role of Frank N Furter that they may as well just rename the show and be done with it. In the words of the lady behind me, “God he was good.”
Out In Perth reports…It has to be one of the best entrances that any actor can get to portray on stage. The moment when Frank N Furter takes to the stage in ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ to declare himself the Sweet Transvestite from Transylvania. It comes on the high of the iconic ‘The Time Warp’ […]
The West Australian reports…Nearly 18 years since it last time-warped into WA, The Rocky Horror Show returned to Perth last night in a flurry of fishnets, feather boas and stiletto heels. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Richard O’Brien’s cult musical, the production stars TV veteran Craig McLachlan as “sweet transvestite” Frank-N-Furter in a role he […]
TV Tonight reports…The Doctor Blake Mysteries, starring Craig McLachlan, has been nominated in the drama category at the New York Festival Awards 2014. It will compete against tough competition including Orphan Black (Canada), Black Mirror and Peaky Binders (UK), The Vikings (USA) and The Blue Rose (NZ).
The Weekly Review reports…Craig McLachlan shakes off his genial GP persona to reprise his most outrageous role as flirtatious Dr. Frank N Furter.
