The University of Sydney plays host to a wide variety of comedy revues each year, each typically tied to a faculty or identity group.
The revues are supported financially and administratively by the University of Sydney Union (USU) and presented in collective "seasons".
[4] The 1930 revue was also considered an 'inter-varsity night', and was part of a week long festival at the University called "Nunc est Bibendum".
[7] This led to the first Revue Society being officially formed in an attempt to better manage a group to foster a "nucleus of talent" in 1948.
The original four Faculty revues were made up of students from Medicine, Law, Architecture and Engineering.
[10] The popularity of revues saw a decrease, with steady drops in ticket sales recorded in 2016 from the past few years.
[17] Engineering Revue has a history of not being supported by the USU, instead running as an ad hoc organisation.
The Revue was known for being planned at the last minute and featuring large amounts of both alcohol and heckling, by both audience and performers.
[18][19] Due to numerous bans from performance venues on campus, Engineering Revue 2023 was held in PNR Lecture Theatre 1.
[24] The show is described as specifically "written, directed, performed and produced by those who identify as, or have lived experience as womn!