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