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    Shakespeare Republic wins Best Ensemble Cast at London WebFest

    Amazing news!! We are thrilled to share that Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) is the winner of the Best Ensemble Cast at London International Web & Short Film Festival! Huge thanks to Guest Judge Chris Tashima & the LWF team & congrats to our wonderful Ensemble! Reposted from @londonwebfest: WINNER – BEST ENSEMBLE CAST ‘Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage’ – Sally McLean Filmed in lockdowns during the global pandemic … Twenty four souls, six cities – one shared experience of being human. Using Shakespeare’s original text and characters, we shine a light on the human experience in a COVID-19 world. Starring: Leo Atkin, Dominic Brewer, Don Bridges, Maya Cohen, Frank Collison,…

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    Shakespeare Republic wins Best TV & Web Series in Hollywood

    We are THRILLED to share that Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) has won the Best TV & Web Series Award at the 2022 Hollywood Independent Film Festival in the USA!⁠ Amazing!⁠Huge thanks to the Hollywood Independent Film Festival Awards Jury from all the team here in Melbourne and congrats to the entire Republic company scattered around the globe!

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    Sally McLean on London WebFest Industry Panel discussing her work with Oscar winner Chris Tashima, alongside Emmy & Canadian Screen Award nominees

    ABOVE: Full panel via London Web Fest YouTube channel So thrilled to be part of this excellent festival with Season Three of Shakespeare Republic and have Shakespeare Republic Creator/Director, Sally McLean, on this excellent panel via Zoom! Reposted from @londonwebfest: Our Industry Q&A Panel was LIVE this SATURDAY 23RD APRIL! We chatted with our ‘Official Selection’ Actor/Directors from this season’s festival. The whole thing was moderated by our guest judge, Academy award-winning director Chris Tashima (who just so happens to be an actor himself) Re-watch on our FACEBOOK and new YOUTUBE channel (londonwebfest)

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    Shakespeare Republic nominated for THREE awards at London Web Fest including Best Director for Sally McLean

    The good news keeps coming! We are absolutely delighted to share that Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) has been officially selected & nominated in 3 categories at the 2022 London Web Fest in the UK! ⁠ Best Web SeriesBest Ensemble CastBest Director (Sally McLean)⁠⁠Massive thanks to Guest Judge, Chris Tashima & the LWF team and congrats to all members of the Republic!

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    Shakespeare Republic receives THREE nominations in Montreal

    Absolutely delighted to share that Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) has received 3 nominations at the 2022 Digital Griffix Film Awards in Montreal, Canada as one of the top scoring projects (as decided by the festival Jury) for this season of the Awards! ⁠ Best Web SeriesBest Woman Filmmaker (Sally McLean)Best Director (Sally McLean)⁠Massive thanks to the festival Jury for their lovely comments and generous scoring of the series and congrats to all members of the Republic!⁠ See their post about our nominations here: https://www.digitalgriffix.com/post/digital-griffix-awards-9

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    Shakespeare Republic wins the Michael Ajakwe Award at Digital Media Fest, Italy

    We just realised that in all the Holiday Season madness, we neglected to share these amazing announcements with you all! First up, we are THRILLED to share that Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) won the Michael Ajakwe Award at the 2021 Digital Media Fest in Italy in December!⁠ It is a huge honour for Sally and the team to receive this award. Michael was an innovator and a huge promoter of the web series genre and we are so grateful to receive this award bearing his name.⁠Huge thanks to the Digital Media Fest Awards Jury from all the team here in Melbourne and congrats to the entire Republic company scattered around the globe!⁠

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    Shakespeare Republic nominated for Best Ensemble Drama at the International Academy of Web Television Awards in USA!

    We are thrilled to share that Shakespeare Republic has been announced as an official nominee for the 2022 International Academy of Web Television Awards (IAWTV Awards) in the Best Ensemble Drama category! Congratulations to the 24-strong cast for the current season of the show, who are based in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Los Angeles, New York and Melbourne on this wonderful recognition of their work! This is the second time that the series has received a Best Ensemble Drama nomination at the IAWTV Awards – the last time was for our 13-strong Season Two cast in 2017. Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) (Season Three) was created, adapted, edited and directed by Incognita’s Sally…

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    Shakespeare Republic Season Three is announced as Most Awarded Anthology series in the world!

    We are SO THRILLED to share that Shakespeare Republic was announced overnight as the 6th most awarded web series of 2021 in the world, putting us in the Top 10 web series globally, and the Most Awarded Anthology series on the international stage, as ranked by the Web Series World Cup!!! We are also the #2 web series in Australia, which is amazing!! We are so grateful to all the festivals on the circuit who selected and awarded the show this year, who made this achievement possible. Huge thanks also to the Web Series World Cup, who tracked the 800+ series on the international circuit in 2021 to record these…

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    Festival selection and Industry Awards roundup #Shakespeare #webseries

    Despite currently being in lockdown in Melbourne, which has just been extended for another week (yes, folks, here we go again!), it has been an amazing few weeks for the Republic, with four Official Selections for film festivals around the world being added to our recent announcement of becoming an Official Selection for Apulia Web Fest – and an award nomination in the UK! Firstly, Republic Creator/Director, Sally McLean, was honoured and thrilled to be announced as a Best Director Finalist at the 2021 SceneSaver Birthday Honours Awards in the UK last weekend. Her four fellow nominees are all brilliant UK directing talent, many award-winning with professional credits in theatre,…

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    Vote for Shakespeare Republic in the Scenesaver Birthday Honours!

    2020 brought about a lot of fantastic initiatives from the Arts world, born out of the difficulties presented by the global pandemic, and one of the leading lights is the global showcase platform for theatre, Scenesaver.co.uk. Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) has all 24 episodes listed on this fabulous resource of global theatre, which you can see for free here. Scenesaver is now heading towards it’s 1st Birthday and to celebrate, they’re giving out awards! Registered users of Scenesaver (it’s free!) can vote for their favourite productions in the following categories in the upcoming Scenesaver Birthday Honours Awards: Best Lead PerformanceBest Supporting PerformanceBest PlayBest MusicalBest DirectorBest Choreography / MovementMost…