Craig McLachlan’s back on stage, and it’s a case of Schadenfreude

WAtoday Stephen Brook, John Buckley

24 Sept 2026 19:10 AEST Summary

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24 Sept 2026 20:16 AEST the headline was changed: Craig ~~McLachlan sends~~ McLachlan’s back on stage, and it’s a ~~message with his~~ case of Schadenfreude~~show~~

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After having one comeback cancelled, the former Neighbours star has chosen a ‘twisted’ comedy show as his next revival.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australia city skyline, used to illustrate it. Melbourne Ү / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of australia city skyline, used to illustrate it. Melbourne Ү / flickr, CC BY

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Niral Score 4.5 mundaneloaded

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Sourcing 36 unattributednamed sources Mood 47.4 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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WAtoday Craig McLachlan’s back on stage, and it’s a case of Schadenfreude plain
The Sydney Morning Herald Craig McLachlan sends a message with his Schadenfreude show plain

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WAtodayas they published this story	4.5

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Brisbane Times Craig McLachlan’s back on stage, and it’s a case of Schadenfreude Niral 4.5 political 0 The Age Craig McLachlan’s back on stage, and it’s a case of Schadenfreude Niral 4.5 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Craig McLachlan sends a message with his Schadenfreude show Niral 4.5 political 0