This year we want to put more energy into developing work of varied forms and content. This may include rehearsed readings and discussions of student-written scripts; experimental performances; trials of new ways of working… Basically, if you have an idea and would like an environment in which to develop it, let us know. 
The O-Show, a spoof on student life created by students as a gift to the first years, performs throughout O week. This year the theme is Bond.Monash Student Association 2007
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Ever dreamed of performing in front of a full house? MSA Student Theatre is taking off with sell-out shows produced every semester ... and it's not just for the exhibitionists. There's room for everyone, from the people in black that stage-manage and operate lights, to set designers, writers and directors to budding dancers, actors and singers. No previous experience is required and everyone is welcome. Email: student.theatre@adm.monash.edu.au Phone: (03) 9905 8173 Location: Ground Floor Campus Centre (Building 10) Monash University, Clayton |
Monash Uni Student Theatre, in 2008, It’s a M.U.S.T ! To view a topic please click on the topic or scroll down the screen All enquiries and bookings: 1. What is MUST? MUST is a department of the Monash Student Association, run by professional theatre makers, that creates vibrant theatre by, with and for Monash Students and the wider community.
Staff include our full time Artistic Director, Yvonne Virsik, a professional theatre director and VCA graduate who has worked for companies including La Mama, Red Stitch, Theatre in Decay, St Martins, Theatre@Risk and MTC; and our Technical Manager, Jason Lehane, a theatrical wiz both in the practical and creative areas.
Our activities are open to all students- no experience is needed, just enthusiasm and dedication. We need: actors, singers, musicians and dancers; designers for sets, costumes, lighting and sound; PR, production and stage manager and more. If you are interested in any of these roles, just let us know. If you have no experience in a particular area, we can train you or pair you up with someone who does. And- if you aren’t interested in making theatre, but enjoy watching it, we need you too! It’s worth noting that if you do front of house (box office) for a show, you can see it for free on the same night. 2. The MUST development program Dog’s Breakfast April 15-18 3. The O-Show: 008 The Degree is Not Enough Monash University is in a state of panic – the Vice Chancellor has been kidnapped! To stop the university from falling apart, the Secret Service decides to send in their best Agent to save the day… they just all happen to be busy at the moment. Our only chance lies in the hands of their newest agent, Jimmy Stick 008! 4. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Performance Dates: May 8 – 17 . Alex and his gang of ‘droogs’ roam the streets at night, committing violent crimes for enjoyment, until he is caught and sent to prison. For an early release, he agrees to submit himself to a controversial new treatment, a Pavlovian form of psychological conditioning, which promises to remove his criminal impulses. Burgess’ own script based on his classic confronting novel set in a dystopian 2017. 5. The Picture of Dorian Gray Adapted and directed by Liam Suckling and Greg Eldridge from Oscar Wilde’s classic gothic horror fiction novel. Performances: May 22 - 31. Dorian Gray is the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward, who is infatuated with Dorian's physical beauty. Realising that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian wishes that his portrait would age rather than himself. ..6. Scarecrow by Don Nigro …and other eerie tales Performances: July 24 – August 2 "In the cornfield next to our house there's a scarecrow, it's been there as long as I can remember and it's always frightened me." Cally lives with her mother, Rose, whose eccentricities have become increasingly suffocating. She escapes Rose across the cornfield, where she meets a young man who entices her with dreams of the world beyond the farmhouse 7. The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman & the Members of the Tectonic Theatre Company Performances: August 7 – 16 In 1998, Laramie, Wyoming was the site of the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21 year-old, gay, university student. In the aftermath of the crime, New York’s Tectonic Theatre Company travelled to Laramie to interview the townspeople about the effect both the crime and the international response had on the town, and the trial of the two young men responsible. This play, named by Time Magazine as one of the most important plays of the past century, is the result. 8. A Company of Wayward Saints by George Herman Performances: August 21 – 30. A commedia dell’ arte troupe work through their hilarious in-fighting & petty squabbles to mount a show: The great commedia characters; Harlequino (the Manager), Scapino (the Acrobat), Pantalone (the Old Man), Colombina (the Nag) and Ruffiana (the Tart) in all their slapsticky, circusy, vaudevillian glory! 8. In His Own Write by John Lennon (In conjunction with The Melbourne Fringe Festival) directed by Fleur Kilpatrick Performances: September 18 – 27 A fictional representation of the childhood of John Lennon, drawn from his poetry. Lennon transformed the world in which he lived into a surreal wonderland, populated by monsters, villains, heroes, damsels and animals all born out of his everyday, tedious surroundings in 1950s Liverpool. It is a play about struggling to find your identity & reconciling your imagination with the real world. 9. Also On in October- something special directed by AD Yvonne Virsik To be announced! 10. Shakespeare Society in 2008
The Tony Award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, based on the 19th-century legend of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street. Mrs. Lovett the pie-maker and Todd become conspirators in a dark plot of revenge that results in mass murder and booming business for Lovett's shop… |
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