Melbourne Model: The Musical
Melbourne Model: the MusicAL is 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, one of Australia's top universities. 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. The musical, despite being a student production, received media attention from Australia's mainstream press, perhaps due to the implied 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.
Melbourne Model ran a repeat season during 2009, coinciding with the that year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April.
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 |