Lynne McGranger is returning as Liz for the third instalment of The Grandparents Club, Christmas in The Grandparents Club. However, a lot has changed since she last stepped into the role, with Lynne becoming a real-life grandmother to twin girls in June.
In an exclusive interview with Chattr, Lynne revealed that while acting often means taking on experiences that aren’t your own, becoming a grandmother herself has given her a newfound connection to the role.
“Actors, we invent stuff and we create a different reality to bring things to life on stage, but to actually be a grandparent now of twin girls, I think in those minutes during the show that are a little bit sentimental, I don’t think I’ll have to try very hard. I think it will just come naturally,” she explained.
Christmas in The Grandparents Club is a live show touring Australia that follows four grandparents who find themselves stranded at a campground, with hilarity ensuing as they desperately try to make it home to their families for Christmas.
The long-time Home and Away actress explained that now she’s a grandma, she can really relate to how devastating it would be to miss Christmas with the little ones, and told Chattr that she’ll be able to bring those real-life emotions to the role.
“I expect that I will not be faking tears this year,” she laughed. “Actually, Wayne Scott Kermon, who plays Jimmy… when we were doing Cruising with the Grandparents Club, he became a grandfather for the first time, and there were moments on stage when he got very emotional and then that would set us all off, which was just lovely.”
Lynne McGranger gushes about being a grandma to twin girls
Lynne’s daughter Clancy welcomed twin daughters, Stevie Grace and Daisy Joy, in June, making the Gold Logie winning actress a first time grandma.
She told Chattr that while she expected the role of a grandma to be different from being a mum, she didn’t know how deep that bond would run until she met the little ones.
“You read things on Facebook and you hear people say, ‘Oh, you wait. It’s just so different’, and you just think, ‘Oh, yeah, well, I can hand them back, I don’t have to keep them for the night, I can hand them back’, but it goes beyond that,” she said.
Lynne said that the joy of being a grandma runs even deeper than the beautiful relationship she’s built with Stevie Grace and Daisy Joy.
“For me, and for Paul, my partner, our daughter Clancy, she was our she is our only child, and for her to see her be a mum is just amazing and breathtaking, and to see how she is with those little girls just fills my heart with so much love,” she gushed
“And in a way, it’s kind of like a nice warm pat on the back for us because you think, “Wow! Despite everything we’ve done, we must have done something right, because she is such a terrific mum, and I’m sure Luke, our son-in-law’s parents feel the same way. They must look at Luke and go, “Wow, we’ve done something right, because they are making the best parents, and It just fills my heart, and it makes me feel so glad and happy and like I say, it’s a warm pat on the back. It’s lovely.”
Who should go and see Christmas in The Grandparents Club?
Lynne told Chattr that while the show will particularly resonate with grandparents, there’s plenty for audiences of all ages to enjoy.
“You don’t have to be a grandparent to appreciate it. We all know grandparents. We’ve all had grandparents, even if we’re not grandparents yet. And I’ve only just recently become one myself, so I was faking it up until now,” she laughed.
“It’s just this wonderful celebration of what being a grandparent is, what being a parent is, and in this particular case or this particular incarnation of the show, it’s set at Christmas time. So all the kind of hills and gullies that go with Christmas and families negotiating things like, political opinions, who brings what food, what children are allowed to eat, who’s got dietary needs and all of those things that affect Christmas.”
The 90-minute live show tours venues across NSW, ACT, Victoria (Shepparton) and Queensland, 1 November to 20 December 2026.
Tickets on sale now at thegrandparentsclub.com.
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