About Season Two
Shakespeare Republic is made up of three seasons, totalling 43 episodes to date, covering a wide range of Shakespeare’s characters – all set in the 21st Century, using Shakespeare’s original text. To find out more about the cast, crew and our overall philosophy, check out our About page.
From Viola as inner-Melbourne hipster to Jaques as a melancholic barfly to Katherina as an ambitious politician’s wife to Henry V as a member of a laser strike team – and everything in-between – welcome to Shakespeare Republic Season Two!
Starring Michala Banas, Stephen Costan, Alan Fletcher, Nadine Garner, Dean Haglund, Christopher Kirby, Sally McLean, Tariro Mavondo, Wahibe Moussa, Falon Ryan, Shane Savage, Billy Smedley and Phoebe Anne Taylor, this multi award-winning second season of the work can be seen in full for free on YouTube.
AWARD HIGHLIGHTS
International award highlights include winning the Best Digital Series at the 60th CINE Golden Eagle Awards in the USA (fellow winners that year include Christian Slater’s Mr Robot, Variety’s Actors on Actors and National Geographic’s MARS series), Best Director for Sally McLean and Best Dramatic Web Series at the 2019 Côte d’Azur Webfest in France (part of the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes program at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival), The Ensemble Amets Award at the 2017 Bilbao Seriesland in Spain, Best Original Idea at the 2017 Rio WebFest in Brazil, Best Cinematography for Shaun Herbertson at the 2017 Sicily Web Fest in Italy, Outstanding Drama Series at the 2018 New Jersey Web Fest in the USA, Best Web Series of all Genres at the 2018 Asia Web Awards in Korea, Best TV & Web Series at the Canada Independent Film Festival in Canada and the Best Ensemble Cast (Series) at the 2019 London International Motion Pictures Awards in the UK.
Ranked at #14 out of 500+ web series in the world and #3 in Australia (2017 Web Series World Cup) according to number of official selections, nominations and awards the series received from a curated set of webfests around the world. Shakespeare Republic was the only independent web series (no broadcaster or funding body investment) in the Top 20 web series globally for 2017.