Welcome to our new Production Partner: Mr Moto! #SpotTheScreen #Shakespeare #LiveShow #LoveTheBard
We are so delighted to be able to officially welcome to the Republic team, our latest Production Partner – Mr Moto! The leading Melbourne Arts marketing distribution company, Mr Moto is primarily known for the distribution of printed postcards, posters and flyers around Melbourne theatres, cafes and tourist information points. But in recent years the company has branched out to the digital world and is now also responsible for over 70 digital screens around town, promoting a variety of theatre, music and live performance events. Mr Moto have been a core part of the Melbourne Arts scene promotional efforts since their founding in 1985 and we are so thrilled and grateful…
Melbourne WebFest Report 2016: Much fun, new friends & the spark of rediscovered community
Now that I’ve had a couple of days to reflect and recover (okay, not quite recover … that may take a few more days yet!), I just wanted to share my thoughts on the amazing weekend just gone that was the Melbourne Web Fest. Firstly I have to state that this Melbourne celebration of all things digital and web series has to be the most friendly, fun and inclusive festival/conference I have had the pleasure of attending. From the moment I walked in the door of MWF’s Launch Night, just over a month ago, until now, I have felt welcomed, valued and appreciated as a creative and I can’t thank…
Shakespeare Republic at @MelbWebFest! #screening #melbourne #shakespeare
This week we are prepping to attend the upcoming Melbourne Web Fest (running from July 1-3), here in our fair city, but first we will be at the MWF “Spotlight on Melbourne” screening this Thursday, June 30th at Loop Bar to celebrate some of the fantastic creativity coming out of Melbourne onto the world wide web with a showcase of Melbourne web series – of which Shakespeare Republic is one! As you’ll see in the above video, Shakespeare Republic creator, Sally McLean, with Co-Producer, Billy Smedley attended the MWF Launch last month, to discover (much to their delight) that Shakespeare Republic had been selected to screen as part of the…
Shakespeare Republic Officially Selected for the 2016 Melbourne Queer Film Festival
We are delighted to announce that Ben Steel’s episode of Shakespeare Republic as “Jules” (“Juliet”) has been Officially Selected to screen at the 2016 Melbourne Queer Film Festival on April 5th as part of their “Web Shorts” program! We are especially delighted to be accepted into MQFF, as the screening is happening at the hub of all things cinema, ACMI at Federation Square, right here in our home town of Melbourne! We are so thrilled to be a part of such an iconic festival and have the chance to see the episode on the big screen, in a cinema, with an audience – alongside such a great international line-up of content. The…