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
New special season of Shakespeare Republic has launched! #AllTheWebsAStage #TheLockdownEdition
On the final day of this anniversary week for the Republic, which culminated with a Republic history-making first – our first livestream launch for the series (see video above) – Republic Creator/Director, Sally McLean, muses on the journey so far … When I first had the idea for Shakespeare Republic, many moons ago just after I finished working for the BBC in London in the late 1990’s, little did I know what it would grow to become – once I found the courage and means to make it a reality. Fast forward to five years ago, after a round of phone calls to a few of my favourite actors in…
The Show Must Go Online – A kindred spirit in the online Shakespeare world
Looking for some brand new productions of Shakespeare to watch during this time of quarantine and lockdown? Republic Creator/Director, Sally McLean was recently part of a brilliant new initiative out of the UK – The Show Must Go Online – playing “Katherina” in The Taming Of The Shrew in their second live reading performance opposite an extraordinary cast of actors from all over the globe performing the whole play live online from their respective homes! Actors based in the USA, UK, Canada and Germany, with Sally from Australia, played live to a global audience – and you can watch the whole thing, as it happened in the video above! Described as a new and highly engaging form…
“Playing The Bard” returns to Howard Fine Acting Studio Australia in September #Shakespeare #class #teaching
We are so delighted to announce that Republic Creator/Director, Sally McLean will be returning to Howard Fine Acting Studios Australia with her popular course “Playing The Bard: Shakespeare In Performance” from Wednesday, September 12th! Sally first taught this new course in April/May this year with a fabulous class of 12 students, teaching at the Howard Fine Studio in North Melbourne. Find out more about Sally and her relationship to Shakespeare in this interview by Catherine Hallam at the Howard Fine Acting Studio Australia website: https://www.howardfinestudio.com.au/blog/2018/4/16/talking-shakespeare-with-sally-mclean In this next round of class, Sally will take up to 12 students through the world of Shakespeare and his texts, working on both scenes…
Celebrating William Shakespeare #Shakespeare400 #ShakespeareLives
All the team here at Shakespeare Republic would like to wish Mr Shakespeare a very Happy Birthday – and have recorded this video specially for today’s anniversary celebrations. On your 452nd Birthday and the 400th anniversary of your death – thank you William Shakespeare for everything. ’till next we speak … see you anon, Team Republic Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
CELEBRATING THE BARD: Sally McLean on playing Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18
We have mused on The Bard and now that Season One is airing, we are Celebrating The Bard! This is a series where we asked each of our ensemble members to write down some background on why they wanted to do the piece they did, how they feel it relates to modern life, what challenges and/or choices they faced and why and any other information that would be of interest to you, the audience. Director, Sally McLean, also shares some thoughts on the process from her perspective to give views from both sides of the camera. Each “Celebrating The Bard” piece will be published the Friday after the ensemble member’s episode has aired.…
CELEBRATING THE BARD: Michala Banas on playing Skakespeare’s Phebe
We have mused on The Bard and now that Season One is airing, we are Celebrating The Bard! This is a series where we asked each of our ensemble members to write down some background on why they wanted to do the piece they did, how they feel it relates to modern life, what challenges and/or choices they faced and why and any other information that would be of interest to you, the audience. Director, Sally McLean, also shares some thoughts on the process from her perspective to give views from both sides of the camera. Each “Celebrating The Bard” piece will be published the Friday after the ensemble member’s episode has aired.…
All The World's A Stage …
