Melbourne Model: The Musical
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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] The musical, despite being a student production, received media attention from Australia's mainstream press,[4][5] 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]
Melbourne Model ran a repeat season during 2009, coinciding with that year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April.[8]
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 |
| Directed 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 Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 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 Archived 9 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 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 Archived 11 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Melbourne Model: The Musical | Melbourne International Comedy Festival Accessed 8 May 2009 Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
