Musing on the Bard named a 2025 Instant Hit Show on Spotify
A huge thanks to everyone who tuned in, liked, listened and shared episodes of “Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious” over the past three months since the show launched! You’ve made us a 2025 Instant Hit Show, Fan Fave and Talked About Show on Spotify, as per the 2025 Spotify Wrapped! Season One of Musing on the Bard is hosted by Australian actor Sally McLean, produced by Incognita Enterprises and features a plethora of fascinating guests from Australia, the UK and the USA discussing Shakespeare, acting, creativity and more. Head to our official site for more information: https://www.musingonthebard.com and don’t forget to follow us so you don’t miss a thing! Musing on the Bard is…
Musing on the Bard debuts at #15 on the Apple Podcast charts
Just got word that our new podcast, Musing on the Bard, debuted in August on the Apple Podcasts Charts in Australia at #15! (And at #32 in the UK! And #7 in Romania!) Amazing! Huge thanks to everyone for tuning in! Have you listened to Episode 6, featuring American actor Laura Gardner in conversation with Host, Sally McLean about all things acting, Shakespeare and more? It just dropped today, so jump on it now! All links: https://www.musingonthebard.com Season One of Musing on the Bard features a plethora of fascinating guests from Australia, the UK and the USA discussing Shakespeare, acting, creativity and more. Head to our official site for more information: https://www.musingonthebard.com and don’t forget to…
Musing on the Bard Trailer released
Ten years ago today, we premiered Episode 1 of Season One of Shakespeare Republic, featuring the fabulous Alan Fletcher as “Macbeth”. And today we are launching the first trailer for our new project: Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious, marking the 10th Anniversary of putting award-winning and critically acclaimed byte-sized Shakespeare on screen, featuring conversations with members of our wonderful acting ensemble from around the globe. Launching August 27, Musing on the Bard is for those who are interested in Shakespeare and also for those who feel they *should* be interested in Shakespeare, but so far have not been lured by his charms. It’s about the craft of acting –…
Musing on the Bard podcast announcement
New project alert! Join Incognita Enterprises’ Sally McLean as she chats with several of our fascinating ensemble from Shakespeare Republic, talking about Shakespeare, acting, directing, creativity and more on our new podcast: Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious. First episode dropping later this month! Stay tuned for all the info. Musing on the Bard celebrates ten years of Shakespeare Republic with insightful conversations between Shakespeare Republic creator/director, Sally McLean and members of our international acting ensemble. Produced by Incognita Enterprises. Supported by the British Shakespeare Association via a Small Events Grant. Available wherever good podcasts can be found. More information: www.musingonthebard.com
Miami WebFest Founder & President Bryan Thompson interview with Best Director nominee, Sally McLean
So excited to have Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) as an official selection at the upcoming Miami Web Fest in the USA! We LOVE how supportive Miami are of all the creators – even those who can’t be there in person. Case in point – here is a wide-ranging chat filmed a couple of weeks ago between Miami WebFest Founder and President, Bryan Thompson and Republic Creator/Director, Sally McLean about acting, creating content and Shakespeare Republic’s history. Thank you to Bryan for such a fascinating chat and to all the team at Miami for making us all feel so much a part of the festival, no matter where we are based.
Shakespeare Republic featured in new Arden Shakespeare collection, published by Bloomsbury Press in the UK
This rather amazing news just in – straight from our Creator/Director, Sally McLean‘s Instagram account: “There are some unexpected and wonderful surprises and and “pinch me” moments that come out of just going for it and taking a risk. “The Experiment”, also known as Shakespeare Republic, dreamed up many years ago when I graduated drama school in London, realised years later in a moment of inspired madness back home in #Melbourne, made with love, guts, generosity, blood, sweat (and yes, occasional tears!) by so many clever talented creatives who answered my call of “Hey, do you want to do some Shakespeare?”, starting back in 2015, continuing to the present moment – is the gift…
Shakespeare Republic Season Three screening at SeriesFest – update from creator/director, Sally McLean
It has been a wonderful week of virtually attending SeriesFest in the USA, where my digital series Shakespeare Republic is screening at the moment as an Official Selection. As much as the pandemic has wreaked havoc, there have been some silver linings in respect to opening up the ability to virtually attend these events for those of us based outside of the UK and US, who might not usually be able to take part. Despite the VERY early mornings (most workshops have been taking place at 3am Melbourne time), I have found myself leaping out of bed to get onto the video conferencing calls, anxious that I don’t miss any of the fascinating and…
Shakespeare Republic #AllTheWebsAStage wins three more awards!
It has been a rollercoaster ride for the latest season of Shakespeare Republic over the past six months. The new season, filmed entirely in lockdown in 2020 using a combination of internet technologies, smartphones and the innovation of our director, cast and crew has been having an amazing run on the international film festival circuit since November 2020, most recently winning three awards at the Unrestricted View Film Festival in the UK – Best Web Series (Special Mention), Best Actor in a Web Series (Mark McMinn) and Best Actress in a Web Series (Sally McLean). The season also received a Best Actor in a Web Series nomination for Frank Collison…
Shakespeare Republic featured in National Film & Sound Archive of Australia official collection
Actor, Michala Banas surrounded by the crew during filming of Season Two of Shakespeare Republic on location. Photo by Billy Smedley. We are absolutely thrilled to share that we have been included in the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia curated showcase of Australia’s Best Online & Web Series, entitled Zombies, Puppets & Shakespeare! Seasons One & Two of Shakespeare Republic were invited to be part of the official NFSA collection in 2018 and they have chosen to feature Michala Banas’ wonderful portrayal of “Phebe” (As You Like It) from Season One in this new showcase of web series from around Australia – available to view now on their…
Sally McLean talks all things Shakespeare and Republic on the Bard Brunch podcast out of NYC
Sally McLean was delighted to be invited onto the Bard Brunch podcast, broadcasting internationally out of New York City on Sunday, January 17, 2021 – chatting with host, Genny Yosco, about all things Shakespeare Republic. Just click on the video above to hear her full interview! More news coming soon, so … stay tuned! 😉 The Republic team
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