Melbourne Model: The Musical

Melbourne Model: the Musical was a 2008 musical satire of the political circumstances surrounding the implementation of the controversial 'Melbourne Model'; a radical restructuring of the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Melbourne,^[1] one of Australia's top universities.^[2] Written by Fregmonto Stokes, the show was the last produced by the 15-year-old theatre group Crunch, based in the School of Creative Arts at the university - pending its winding down as a result of the Melbourne Model.^{[3][dead link]} The musical, despite being a student production, received media attention from Australia's mainstream press,^{[4][5][dead link]} perhaps due to the implication of the Melbourne Model's main proponents, Vice-chancellor Glyn Davis and Provost Peter McPhee, over cuts to the Arts Faculty, for which the university had already come under much scrutiny in the Australian press.^{[6][7][dead link]}

Melbourne Model ran a repeat season during 2009, coinciding with that year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April.^{[8][dead link]}

Original cast

Role	Original Cast
Glyn Davis	Nick Masters
Wally Higgins-Beaumont	Joshua Lynzaat
Selina Sherm*n	Kali Hulme
Bathsheba McQueen	Danielle Asciak
Peter McPhee	Liam Murphy
Daniel Lopez	Mitch Jones
Geoffrey Blainey	Sam Rankin
Jessie G	Siobahn Toohey
Chorus	Eleanor Bally Andrew Wong Michaela Hogan Leah Landau Esther Lowe Dylan Morgan Corey Reynolds Asher Warren Ed Teng Hon Yap
Directed by	Richard Pettifer

References

1. ^ Search for a super model The Age, 5 October 2008. Accessed 24 October 2008
2. ^ Rankings of Australian Universities Australian Education Network, 2008. Accessed 24 October 2008
3. ^ School of Creative Arts: Important notice for students University of Melbourne, 9 January 2007. Accessed 24 October 2008^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Crunch time for uni arts troupe in protest swansong The Age, 28 July 2008. Accessed 24 October 2008
5. ^ Review: Melbourne Model: the Musical University of Melbourne Student Union, 1 September 2008. Accessed 24 October 2008^{[dead link]}
6. ^ Staff go under uni's new model The Age, 18 July 2007. Accessed 24 October 2008
7. ^ New-look Melbourne Uni slips in rankings Herald Sun, 18 July 2007. Accessed 24 October 2008^{[dead link]}
8. ^ Melbourne Model: The Musical | Melbourne International Comedy Festival Accessed 8 May 2009^{[dead link]}

External links

• Melbourne Model the Musical website
• University of Melbourne website
• University of Melbourne Student Union website