About
Musoc is the University of Canterbury Musical Theatre Society!
We’re a university club with 40 years’ experience performing kick-ass musicals. As well as big stage shows, we also run social events, interventionalist theatre (i.e. musical flashmobs!), and performance workshops.
Technically speaking, we’re a not-for-profit incorporated society, affiliated to the University of Canterbury Students’ Association. Musoc has been around since approximately 1969 and has been producing musical theatre since around 1972.
Musoc encourages people to try out all aspects of theatre from performing on stage to helping out backstage doing things such as costumes, props, stage managing and crewing.
It also encourages people to direct, produce and take part in any aspect of musical theatre including writing and staging their own musicals. Musoc has a proud history of performing original musicals written by locals, not to mention as well known international shows!
This year we’re performing a major international musical (Reefer Madness) as well as a show written by a local member. It’s all terribly exciting!
We welcome new members anytime, no experience necessary. If you’d like to get involved, or join our mailing list to keep up with what’s happening, let us know, by emailing Matt at secretary@musoc.org.nz.
Our History
Here’s an attempt at a list of all the shows Musoc has produced!
1983 Holy Smoke
1984 South Pacific
1985 High Time for Crime
1986 Camelot
1987 Play it Again Sam
1988 A Stab in the Dark
1989 Little Shop of Horrors
1990 Big City Blues
1991 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1991 Footrot Flats
1992 HMS Pinafore
1992 Holy Smoke
1994 Road (Musoc and Dramasoc Co Production)
1995 A Stab in the Dark
1997 Lust
1998 Jack the Ripper
1999 Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
2000 Pirates of Penzance
2001 Chess
2001 How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
2002 HMS Pinafore
2003 Cantabrian Idol
2004 Little Shop of Horrors
2004 ‘Tween Heaven and Hell
2005 Little Shop of Horrors
2005 The Fiend
2006 Hair
2006 The Planemaker
2007 Urine Town
This is based on the Facebook group’s recounts! Any corrections are most welcome, flick us an email at admin@musoc.org.nz and we’ll get it sorted!
Constitution
Musoc is an officially constituted incorporated society. Our constitution governs the way that the committee is formed, decisions are made, and shows are performed. Feel free to have a read of the constitution document below, which compares our new constitution with the old constitution, and if you’d like to suggest any changes, please contact secretary@musoc.org.nz.