SALLY McLEAN

Sally McLean: Actor. Writer. Director. With a bit of a thing for Shakespeare.

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Acting, Featured, Producing, Work

Festivals, interviews, awards and more – that was the three months that was! #acting #actor #director #shakespeare

It’s been a crazy few months, with interviews, more filming, a couple of acting gigs and the Shakespeare projects continuing to screen at film festivals around the world – much…

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November 3, 2018
Acting, Featured, Musings, Producing, Writing

Awards, filming, writing – hello 2019, you’re starting with a bang! #actor #writer #director

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a great break over the holiday period and are back and ready to go for 2019. I intended to have a…

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January 12, 2019
Acting, Featured, Producing, Work, Writing

Meet Elsie and Charles – two characters featured in Till The Boys Come Home

So much is going on right now, but … I’ve managed to fit in a blog post before February is over, so my idea of at least one blog post…

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February 22, 2019
Acting, Featured, Work

Sally nominated for “Best Actress” at the 2018 Asia Web Awards! #acting #actor #nominee

I know I said that I was taking a break from the Internet and work in general in my last update, but this news is just too exciting to not…

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December 14, 2018
Acting, Featured, Work

Sally wins Best Actress award at UVFF 2021

During 2020 I got used to being up early to perform Shakespeare, working with the fab The Show Must Go Online, who are based in the UK. So being up…

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May 16, 2021
Acting, Featured, Producing, Work

Jack Irish, Shakespeare Republic and other fun stuff!

Despite my good intentions to update this blog more often, once again nearly four months has gone by.  But my excuse is a good one, as I’ve been truly busy on…

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March 30, 2016
Acting, Featured, Work

New awards for acting and directing, new reel and more – hello June!

It has been a crazy month of May, which has been wonderful and brilliant and I am so grateful to everyone who made all of it possible! Firstly, the team…

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June 10, 2019
Acting, Featured, Producing, Work, Writing

Speaking Daggers officially selected for St Kilda Film Festival among other amazing things! #shakespeare #webseries #shortfilm

It’s May already?! So much has gone on since my last update here! Where to begin? So, Shakespeare Republic (the web series) has now won eleven awards, been nominated 45…

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May 7, 2018
Featured, Work, Writing

Sally McLean 2019 Director/Writer Reel now online

A quick update in between more substantial updates (some great news coming later this month … *excited*!) to share my new Director/Writer Reel for 2019, featuring the various projects I’ve…

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March 5, 2019
Acting, Featured, Work

NEW DATES: Playing The Bard returns to Howard Fine Acting Studio in May!

“Playing The Bard” at Howard Fine Acting Studio Australia will now be taking place from Tuesday May 21 until June 25, just before Howard Fine returns to Australia for his…

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April 22, 2019
  • Acting,  Featured,  Work

    “Preacher”, “Playing The Bard” update, festival and panel appearances and more …

    November 8, 2019 /

    As a friend said in an email to me earlier this week – “Where has the year gone!?”. November already! So much to share, so here goes … It’s been a big few months on the work front since August. I taught another round of Playing The Bard: Shakespeare in Performance at the fabulous Howard Fine Acting Studio, as well as spending three wonderful weeks with the Howard Fine Full Time ensemble in Melbourne, again teaching them Shakespeare, with some truly beautiful work being produced by the 30+ actors it has been my privilege to teach this work to over the past nine weeks. On the acting front, I had…

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    Interview from the Melbourne Web Fest Launch Red Carpet #webseries #webfest

    May 20, 2017

    New season of Shakespeare Republic screening at eleven international film festivals!

    November 8, 2020

    “V for Vienetta”, “Raymond Taylor’s Earnest Adventures in Love”, AACTA Awards, Howard Fine and more!

    February 10, 2013
  • Acting,  Work

    “Playing The Bard” returns to Howard Fine Acting Studio in August …

    July 26, 2019 /

    We’re now hurtling into the second half of the year and there is a lot going on, but nothing much I can talk about … yet. However, the one thing I can share is that “Playing The Bard: Shakespeare In Performance” is returning to Howard Fine Acting Studios in Melbourne in August AND HFAS Australia is having a Winter Sale, so all courses can be booked at a 20% discount (discount applied at checkout, so no codes to remember). We’re doing scenes this next class, and bookings are starting to fill, so get in now to grab your place and get the discount! All details here: https://www.howardfinestudio.com.au/allcalendar/2018/4/24/playing-the-bard-shakespeare-in-performance-g4ddn Speaking of HFAS…

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    Hello Europe and “The Bazura Project”

    February 5, 2012

    Shakespeare Republic now streaming on Ozflix – and already breaking records!

    April 12, 2019

    Sally invited to play “Zoraide” in rehearsed reading of Julia Britton’s “The Professor”

    May 5, 2010
  • Acting,  Featured,  Work

    New awards for acting and directing, new reel and more – hello June!

    June 10, 2019 /

    It has been a crazy month of May, which has been wonderful and brilliant and I am so grateful to everyone who made all of it possible! Firstly, the team at Shakespeare Republic were delighted and thrilled to win the “Best Ensemble Cast (Series)” Award at the 2019 London International Motion Pictures Awards, held in the UK mid-May. This is our second award for “Best Ensemble” and myself and all my fellow cast are so grateful for this recognition of the work! Huge thanks also to two of my close friends and former BBC colleagues, Erica Banks and Karen Colbron, for attending the Awards on my behalf and accepting the…

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    Getting the “Lowdown” on “The Show”

    November 7, 2009

    Offspring and Evie Wants a Baby … I’m seeing a sort of theme here …

    October 5, 2012

    Shorts Relief is nigh, This Wooden O and Chasing Pegasus is done and Dark Arcadia looms

    March 4, 2020
  • Acting,  Featured,  Work

    NEW DATES: Playing The Bard returns to Howard Fine Acting Studio in May!

    April 22, 2019 /

    “Playing The Bard” at Howard Fine Acting Studio Australia will now be taking place from Tuesday May 21 until June 25, just before Howard Fine returns to Australia for his mid-year Master Class! I am delighted to be returning to the Studio as HFAS resident Shakespeare teacher and faculty member to once more work with a brand new crop of actors and share with them the techniques I use when working with my fabulous award-winning Shakespeare Republic cast. Actors of all experience levels are welcome to come play with me in this six week course that is designed to help actors truly make Shakespeare’s works and words their own! Using…

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    Back on AFI jury duty – and loving it!

    January 2, 2011

    November/December Round Up – Shakespeare Republic Awards, Speaking Daggers Awards and new project launched!

    January 3, 2018

    May 2017 update: #ShakespeareRepublic #SpeakingDaggers & more …

    May 8, 2017
  • Acting,  Producing,  Work,  Writing

    Shakespeare Republic now streaming on Ozflix – and already breaking records!

    April 12, 2019 /

    I am so delighted to share that Shakespeare Republic (the web series that has been taking up nearly all my time for the past four years), is now streaming (both Seasons One & Two) from it’s new official, exclusive home on awesome Aussie content streaming platform, Ozflix – and managed to break all records with the highest viewership of a new launch in Ozflix’s history! Amazing! The series continues to gain more and more viewers as time goes on and I am so delighted to see that it’s finding a whole new audience – three years into it’s existence. I am currently in the process of editing together some new…

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    Meet Elsie and Charles – two characters featured in Till The Boys Come Home

    February 22, 2019

    Infront Artists interview at Melbourne Web Fest Opening Night

    July 6, 2017

    Sally nominated for “Outstanding Performance in a Principal Role” for the Show that keeps on giving

    March 8, 2021
  • Featured,  Work,  Writing

    Sally McLean 2019 Director/Writer Reel now online

    March 5, 2019 /

    A quick update in between more substantial updates (some great news coming later this month … *excited*!) to share my new Director/Writer Reel for 2019, featuring the various projects I’ve been, well, directing and writing (among other things) over the past 24 months. Featuring footage from Shakespeare Republic (Season Two), Speaking Daggers, Till The Boys Come Home, O, Mistress Mine and Champion. So, without further ado, here it is! Credits: “Shakespeare Republic #LoveTheBard” (web series) Written by William ShakespeareCreated, Adapted & Directed by Sally McLeanCinematography by Shaun HerbertsonFeaturing: Michala Banas, Stephen Costan, Alan Fletcher, Nadine Garner, Dean Haglund, Christopher Kirby, Sally McLean, Tariro Mavodno, Wahibe Moussa, Falon Ryan, Shane Savage,…

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    Sally Interviewed on “How Do You Do You” Podcast

    October 28, 2018

    Jack Irish, Shakespeare Republic and other fun stuff!

    March 30, 2016

    Meet Elsie and Charles – two characters featured in Till The Boys Come Home

    February 22, 2019
  • Acting,  Featured,  Producing,  Work,  Writing

    Meet Elsie and Charles – two characters featured in Till The Boys Come Home

    February 22, 2019 /

    So much is going on right now, but … I’ve managed to fit in a blog post before February is over, so my idea of at least one blog post a month for 2019 is still on track! Amazing! A lot has been going on in the Incognita office over the past 5 weeks. Some I can talk about, some I can’t (… yet!), but here is a quick update on what I can publicly discuss … so here goes … Shakespeare Republic update For those who follow the web series world, you will have heard of the Web Series World Cup. For those who haven’t – the WSWC ranks…

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    Sally invited to play “Zoraide” in rehearsed reading of Julia Britton’s “The Professor”

    May 5, 2010

    Sally wins Creator Amets at Seriesland in Spain!

    October 26, 2021

    Shakespeare Republic has launched and is in the wild with another acting gig filmed and in the can

    November 3, 2015
  • Acting,  Featured,  Musings,  Producing,  Writing

    Awards, filming, writing – hello 2019, you’re starting with a bang! #actor #writer #director

    January 12, 2019 /

    Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a great break over the holiday period and are back and ready to go for 2019. I intended to have a bit of downtime over Christmas and New Year, but, as is usually the case, things transpired to the contrary. But I’m definitely not complaining as they’re great developments for one of my projects and I can’t wait to share the news with you all when I can! That said, there is a lot of stuff I can share, so here we go … Asia Web Awards Win! After my announcement last month about the various nominations we received at the…

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    Back on AFI jury duty – and loving it!

    January 2, 2011

    Hello Europe and “The Bazura Project”

    February 5, 2012

    Getting the “Lowdown” on “The Show”

    November 7, 2009
  • Acting,  Featured,  Work

    Sally nominated for “Best Actress” at the 2018 Asia Web Awards! #acting #actor #nominee

    December 14, 2018 /

    I know I said that I was taking a break from the Internet and work in general in my last update, but this news is just too exciting to not share! I’m so thrilled to say that last weekend the nominees for the 2018 Asia Web Awards were announced and among the wonderful list of creatives and artists listed, I somehow managed to land a Best Actress nomination for playing “Beatrice”, as well as a Best Director nomination for Shakespeare Republic! AMAZING!! The series received FIVE nominations in all – the other three being Best Music (Jordan Ross), Best Drama Series and Best Web Series (All Genres)!! So blown away…

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    New season of Shakespeare Republic screening at eleven international film festivals!

    November 8, 2020

    Meet Elsie and Charles – two characters featured in Till The Boys Come Home

    February 22, 2019

    Live theatre in the age of COVID-19 – The Show Must Go Online

    April 3, 2020
  • Acting,  Featured,  Producing,  Work,  Writing

    2018 In Pictures – Howard Fine Acting Studios, Shakespeare Republic, Melbourne WebFest and more #acting #webseries #Shakespeare

    December 3, 2018 /

    December already! Where has the time gone? 2018 has whipped by and brought so much wonderful stuff professionally with it, for which I am very, very grateful. Of course, as it’s nearing the end of the year, it meant that I fell ill almost immediately after the HFAS Master Class in November, as I was finally in the position for the first time in 12 months where I didn’t have to be somewhere doing something. Well, I had to be in a couple of places, but my body had other ideas and I just had to stop and rest for a while. Of course, that enforced halt gave me some…

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    New season of Shakespeare Republic screening at eleven international film festivals!

    November 8, 2020

    Shakespeare Republic launches next week!

    August 19, 2015

    “Playing The Bard” returns to Howard Fine Acting Studio in August …

    July 26, 2019
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ABOUT SALLY

Award-winning actor, writer and director Sally McLean, began her work in the entertainment biz in her mid-teens and has since performed lead, guest and supporting roles in numerous Australian, US and UK film, theatre and television productions.

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Natalie Hall Management
Tel: +61 (0) 7 3871 0288
Email: submissions(at)nataliehall.com
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Recent Posts

  • Sally receives Best Director & Best Ensemble Cast Awards at New Zealand WebFest for Shakespeare Republic
  • Sally wins Creator Amets at Seriesland in Spain!
  • Shakespeare Republic Season Three screening at SeriesFest
  • Sally interviewed on No Rest For The Weekend in NYC
  • Sally wins Best Actress award at UVFF 2021

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See Sally accept her Best Director Award from the 2021 New Zealand WebFest in real time below:

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I live, work and create on the lands of the people of the Kulin Nation. I acknowledge them and all Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognise their unceded and continuing connection to land, waters and culture. I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging and offer my gratitude for the rich tradition of storytelling and artistic expression originated by all First Nations peoples around the world, which forms the foundation of all modern creative work.

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