Published: December 20, 2018
New Theatre, Newtown
With cartoon villains, clunky dialogue and some wincingly poor performances, this not-actually-entirely-new musical’s saving grace is its memorable songs
For all the rousing songs and tear-jerking ballads belted out during Ned: A New Australian Musical, I couldn’t stop staring at hero Ned Kelly’s facial hair.
Held to Joshua McElroy’s chin with elastic, the fake bushy beard reminded me of the kind that creepy men in Father Christmas suits wear (albeit a darker version). Worse, it acted as a harbinger of things to come: the beard, like much of this show put on by new kids on the block Plush Duck Productions, is cheap, hackneyed and unintentionally comical.
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