The Rocky Horror Show review – Jason Donovan is a fresh and flirty Frank-N-Furter
Theatre Royal, Sydney Fifty years is a long time to be a rebel and this lovingly spoofy musical is a bit creaky these days – but this cast is fun enough to keep the audience cheering
February 2023
Other lives
Chris Peachment obituary
Other lives: Journalist and arts critic who started out in the RAF and also had a spell working backstage in the theatre
May 2022
Craig McLachlan drops defamation case against ABC, Fairfax and Christie Whelan Browne
Friend of Craig McLachlan tells court he feared harassment reports would destroy the actor
Colleague feared Craig McLachlan could take his own life after articles alleging harassment, court hears
Craig McLachlan denies he manipulated and insulted fellow actors during Rocky Horror Show, court hears
Craig McLachlan denies lying about ‘air kissing’ colleagues in Rocky Horror Show, court hears
Craig McLachlan says 2018 reports of his alleged misconduct made him feel ‘helpless’, court hears
Craig McLachlan defamation trial: 11 women expected to allege misconduct by actor, court hears
January 2022
Bikes, fights and debauchery: Meat Loaf at the movies
Meat Loaf obituary
October 2021
Other lives
Ian Gardiner obituary
Other lives: Actor who had a surprise hit with his role in a public information film
December 2020
Craig McLachlan found not guilty of indecently assaulting Rocky Horror co-stars
Australian actor promises to end his silence next year after being cleared of assaulting co-stars
November 2020
Rocky Horror's Richard O'Brien: ‘I should be dead. I've had an excessive lifestyle'
The creator of the cult show is not going quietly into his 70s. He talks about coming out as trans, going ‘loopy’ on crack – and speaking in tongues after suffering a stroke
June 2020
From the Guardian archive
Rocky Horror Show opens in London – archive, 1973
23 June 1973: Richard O’Brien’s musical fantasy achieves the rare feat of being witty and erotic at the same time
January 2018
Rocky Horror company head 'cannot remember any discussion' about Craig McLachlan
Craig McLachlan steps aside from Rocky Horror Show after sexual assault claims
October 2016
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: dammit Janet, it doesn't quite work
Solid performances, but the meta presentation is muddled and the decadence has been fatally dialed down – even Rocky’s no longer in a tight, gold Speedo
The fan rituals that made Rocky Horror Picture Show a cult classic
No matter how good Fox’s updated version of the 1975 campfest is, it will never beat watching the original with a live audience and throwing toast at the screen
The week's best TV: Rocky Horror, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Black Mirror
An all-star remake of the cult classic, the return of everyone’s favorite ex and a new season of the dark dystopian anthology series land on our screens this week
