Reg Livermore’s Ned Kelly: The Musical is finally staged in Melbourne, decades after it previously failed to reach the city. The production is set to run in Melbourne for a limited season and closes tonight. All three reports note that the musical had originally been scheduled for a Melbourne run in 1978, but that planned season was cancelled at the time. The latest Melbourne engagement is presented as the first chance for the show to be seen there since that cancellation, marking a 48-year gap between the original intended Melbourne appearance and the current staging. The articles do not add new creative or production details; instead they focus on the historical timeline of the show’s movement through Australian theatres and its belated arrival in Melbourne. In each account, the immediate outcome is the same: the Melbourne run is happening now, but the event is already at its end point, with closing scheduled for tonight.