Sally McLean wins Best Actress Award at Andromeda Film Festival
It was so lovely to be invited to submit the final episode of Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) to the Andromeda Film Festival in Turkey a while back. That alone was a lovely thing to have happen, but it was even more amazing to then be named a winner in the festival with a Best Actress Award going to Sally McLean in her role as “Macbeth”! Amazing! We are so grateful to the AFF organisers for wanting our work in their festival in the first place and then to the AFF jury for awarding Sally’s work on screen in this role. We thank everyone involved at Andromeda Film Festival for honouring the work in…
Shakespeare Republic nominated for TWO awards at Miami Web Fest in USA including Best Director for Sally McLean
We are SO thrilled to share this #ShakespeareSunday that Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) has been nominated for Best Director (Int’l) and Best Ensemble Cast at the 2022 Miami Web Fest! Thank you so much to the MWF Jury and organisers – we are all SO EXCITED to be part of the festival this year and so grateful for this lovely acknowledgement of the work! The festival kicks off on September 29 and we wish everyone a FABULOUS time! So wish we could be there with you!
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…
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)
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!
Sally McLean Named As Finalist In The Scenesaver Birthday Honours Awards In The UK!
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, television and radio, including the BBC and Royal Shakespeare Company. The winner of the award was UK Director Nicholas Renton, whose previous directing credits include Silent Witness, Inspector George Gently, Inspector Lewis, The Musketeers, Agatha Christie’s Marple, Jericho and the BAFTA-nominated Wives and Daughters for UK television. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners of the Awards, including our favourite Zoom Shakespeare company, The Show Must Go Online for their 4…
Shakespeare Republic featured in new academic textbook to be published by Routledge
Shakespeare Republic is the subject of an entire chapter written by Republic Creator/Director, Sally McLean, for the forthcoming academic textbook Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations, due for publication globally by Routledge this July! Sally was approached by the fabulous editors of the book (Marina & Aidan – shout out to both of you!) and invited to submit an abstract (essentially an academic pitch document) for consideration in early 2018, and her chapter was subsequently given the green light for inclusion. After several drafts (huge thanks to Dr Steinar Ellingsen for his expert guidance at the beginning of this process!) and a round of editing suggestions from Marina and Aidan, the final chapter…
“The Arts – Who Needs It?” – Republic creator, Sally McLean’s keynote speech from Independent Schools Victoria’s AGM #ArtsLearning #ArtsEducation
Earlier this month, Shakespeare Republic creator, Sally McLean was invited to address the Independent Schools Victoria AGM with a keynote speech on a topic of her choosing. She chose the title “The Arts – Who Needs It?” (and yes, she knows this is grammatically incorrect – read the speech to find out how she came to this title), and spoke to the 211 assembled School Principals, the Shadow Minister for Education in Victoria and members of the Victorian Education Department, as well as ISV Board Members about Creativity, Innovation and the Arts and how we can all play a role in championing the Arts in schools and beyond. After delivering her…
Shakespeare Republic: #LoveTheBard – S2E12 Sally McLean as “Beatrice” #Shakespeare #WebSeriesWednesday #WebSeries
“Too cursed is more than cursed …” Meet Shakespeare Republic’s “Beatrice” played by Sally McLean – a rebel with a love of life and penchant for parties, who, despite her fine dresses, high heels and glamourous lifestyle knows a woman is more than the sum of her parts. “… Father, as it please me.” Shakespeare Republic: celebrating the brilliance of the Bard Directed & Adapted by Sally McLean Written by William Shakespeare Produced by Sally McLean, Billy Smedley, Shane Savage & Perri Cummings Executive Producer: Robina Bamforth Associate Producer: Stephen Francis Wyley Director Of Photography: Shaun Herbertson Edited by Sally McLean & Thanassi Panagiotaras Sound Recording, Editing & Design by Tim McCormick Digital…
Shakespeare Republic on Book, Stage & Screen #interview #shakespeare #lovethebard
Shakespeare Republic creator/Director, Sally McLean and Executive Producer/Ensemble member, Billy Smedley were delighted to be invited into studio to be interviewed by the lovely Samantha and Gordon Napier on their wide-ranging Arts and Screen show, Book, Stage & Screen on WYN FM on February 16. Dealing with everything from how do we select the pieces, to the Shakespeare authorship question, to the history of the Elizabethan playwrights, to what can go wrong on set when filming, this interview became so epic (at 45 minutes long), that it became a two-parter! Both of which are available below from the Book, Stage & Screen YouTube Channel for your catch up listening enjoyment. Huge…
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