What is a "Medley"? Is it contagious?
The Argus, 18/04/1940, showing our origins.
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.
The only thing contagious about it is the fun! Well, that and the scabies.
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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. Although we’re mainly made up of med students, we’re an equal opportunity comedy so we can and do take students from any background. As such, 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.
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.
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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 |
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