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What is a "Medley"? Is it contagious?

Medleys is the University of Melbourne medical revue – the longest running revue on campus! Although there had been previous shows run by the medical students, it was not until 1915 where the first "Medical Medleys" was performed to raise funds for the Red Cross to go towards the World War I effort. Each year since, a collection of (mostly) medical students have been putting on a show for our fellow students and friends for a night of laughs and enjoyment. 

The only thing contagious about it is the fun! Well, that and the scabies. 
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The Argus, 18/04/1940, showing our origins.

I’m intrigued. Tell me more, mysterious talking website! ​

Each show is part sketch comedy, and part musical, but all written and performed by the cast. We keep our shows free from any medical references, no matter how humerus. 

*cough*
Anyway. Our shows usually run for about 2hrs, split into two acts which each have several sketches and a half of the musical. The show is usually performed at Union House Theatre around late August/early September over three nights with our lovely accompanying band there to make us sound as awesome as we like to think we can be. 

All of our proceeds from the ticket sales for the show go towards a different charity each year, as we like to spread our love around as much as we can. ​

Okay, I want in. How can I join?

If you’ve got a knack for writing/acting/singing, we’d love to have you on board! 
If you have none of the above, we’d love to have you on board!

There are no auditions, no requirements and no expectations of any one who wants to join in the fun. All we ask is that you actually show up to our rehearsals held over the year so that you can get involved. We have weekly meetings down in the Common Room of the Medical Building every Friday at 5:15, but also have day camps and weekends away for "writing trips" a few times over the year to gently encourage a joke or two out of your head while having a good time away from study.

The Medleys of Olde

1921 - A Sparkling Melange
1929 - Peeps Into Hades
1932 - The Powerful Pathological Production Paralysis Agitans
1936 - "Diuresis" : shake off your worries and listen to the doings of squatters' daughters and peers' sons
1938 - Sirenomelus : a monster show with a point - Director: A. Stewart Ferguson 
1939 - Polyuria; or On with the Flow - Director: Sam Benwell
1940 - Cryptorchidism, or Bal Masque - Director: Roy L. Park
1948 - Diverticulum
1951 - A Night in Charcot's Joint - Director: Graeme Sloman
1952 - Surgery Urgery
1953 - Call Me Adam
1954 - Tummy Rot
1955 - Interrupted Malady
1956 - Jocular Vein
1957 - Piles of Fun
1958 - Thanks for the Mammary
1959 - The Wizard of Os
1960 - Whores de Combat
1963 - Pro's 'n' Con's
1964 - Lawrence of Alabia
1965 - Bedside Story
1966 - There's a Meatin' Here Tonight
1968 - The Examination of the Black Oriphus - Director: Marty Green & Peter
Grossberg
1971 - Gobbler's Travels, or Boobs, Pubes and Tubes
1973 - Humorrhoids - Director: John Salkeld
1977 - Did The Future Suture? – Director: Pete Desmond
1978 - The Sound of Mutants – Director: Peter Cosgriff
1979 - A Funny Thing Happened on My Way Through the Anal Stage – Director: Peter "Spic" Fear
1980 - The LXIXth Medliad – Director: Peter "Spic" Fear
1981 - The Rocky Hormone Show – Director: Bob Dunn
1984 - Acalypso Now - Director: Paul Ekert & Rick Dowling
1985 - Ban AIDS in Africa - Director: Tracey Merriman & Paul Goggin
1990 - Medley Street - Night of the Superchicken
1991 - Seven Medley Sins – Director: Justin Coleman 
1992 - Nude Medleys on Ice – Director: Arun Rakkar
1993 - Aida 
1994 - Little Bottoms Under the Big Top - Director: Dani Stewart
1995 - Mission: Really, Really Hard! - Director: Tim Iseli
1996 - Three Colours Brown - Director: Scott Baker
1997 - A Clockwork Cumquat
1998 - So I Married an Axe - Director: Brett Manley
1999 - Rage Against Mr. Sheen - Director: Andrew Lim
2000 - Mortal Wombat - Director: Kim Le Marshall
2001 - I Should Be Souvlaki - Director: Tristan Leech
2002 - Fidel Castro Boy - Director: Daniel Engelman
2003 - A Fish Called Rwanda - Director: Gregory Kelly
2004 - Pilates of the Caribbean - Director: Jeremy Carr & Simon Liubinas
2005 - Sleeping with the Anemone - Director: Patrick Ruane
2006 - The Derryn Hinchi Code - Director: Clare Hampson
2007 - Dancing with the Tsars - Director: Benjamin Privett
2008 - The Passionfruit of the Christ - Director: Charlotte Reddington
2009 - The Land Before Swine - Director: Teresa Cosgriff
2010 - The Dalai Wears Llama - Director: Aaron Wagen
2011 - Lock Stock and Two Smoking Squirrels - Director: Heli Simpson
2012 - Laurence of the Labia - Director: Nathan Murfey & Yiannis Efstathiadis
2013 - Betty Crocker and the Philosopher's Scone - Director: Hsiang Han Hsieh
2014 - Fifty Shades of Footscray - Director: Krishmen Rasu
2015 - Partial Recall ​- Director: Samuel Hawthorne
2016 - Captain Australia: Emu War ​- Director: Abid Khan
2017 - Geese Lightning - Director: Brit Green
2018 - Dante's Disco Inferno - Director: Alex Nathan
2019 - Pirates of the Mediterranean: Dead Men Eat No Souvlaki - Director: Andrew Coote
2020 - Spa Wars: A New Soap - Directors: Felix Todd and Sophie Avramoudas
2021 - RuPaul's Dragon Race: A Tupper Wars - Directors: Frankie Ripley and Maddie Hall
​2022 - Thoracic Park - Director: Maddie Hall

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