Welcome to Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious, hosted by Australian actor, Sally McLean, and featuring today's guest, the fabulous American actor: Laura Gardner.

Known to Shakespeare Republic audiences for playing the award-winning role of "Constance" in Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles), Laura has appeared on Broadway in Smile, Off Broadway in The Cocktail Hour, Other People’s Money and Welded directed by Jose’ Quintero. She toured nationally in Showboat, Doonesbury, Oliver and My Fair Lady.

Her extensive regional credits include the Arena Stage (DC), Huntington Theatre (Boston), Cleveland Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, and the NC Shakespeare Festival in roles that ranged from “Lady Macbeth” to “Miss Hannigan”. Los Angeles credits include six plays for the Pasadena Playhouse, Will Geer Botanicum, Westwood Playhouse, Tiffany Theatre, Fountain Theatre, Deaf West and the Celtic Arts Centre. She is a member of the Road Theatre and Rogue Machine.

Some of her TV and film credits include Guest Star appearances on Chicago Med, Law And Order: SVU, Seal Team, Animal Kingdom, Outcast, The Romanoffs, Criminal Minds and My Name Is Earl.

Join Laura and podcast host, Sally McLean, as they discuss how Shakespeare can make you a better actor and person, the role actors can play in society, the importance of learning, the challenges of teaching, what other careers they might have had, the value of performing Shakespeare from the heart and much, much more in this wide-ranging and joyous conversation - available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible and more.

To find out more about Laura and her work, visit her at https://www.actingwithlaura.com

You can watch Laura playing "Constance" for Shakespeare Republic here: https://youtu.be/OQA9Gzwz6o0?si=4sU3fWNQhONRe5sR

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 all listening links and more information: https://www.musingonthebard.com and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss a thing!

As always, our fab Patreon patrons get early access to the episode before it goes live to the public, and those on the $10+ tiers can access the full video version of this episode, where you can see Laura and Sally chatting - as well as hear them! You can join our Patreon here: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/incognitaenterprises⁠

Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious releases episodes every Wednesday (AEST) and is supported by a Small Grant from the British Shakespeare Association.

Produced by Incognita Enterprises.
Created, edited and presented by Sally McLean.
Music used under license from Pixabay & Storyblocks.
With thanks to our Patreon Patrons for continuing to support our work.

Welcome to Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious, hosted by Australian actor, Sally McLean, and featuring today's guest, the wonderful Australian actor: Sass Pinci.

Known to Shakespeare Republic audiences for playing the award-winning role of "Mark Antony" in Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles), "Puck/Ghost" in Walking Shadows Vol. 2 and "Elizabeth Grey" in Dark Arcadia, Sass is an award-winning Actor, Writer, Director, and Producer. Predominately a theatre performer from a very young age, the focus more recently has turned to screen, with notable recent credits including “Queen Evil” in award-winning Amazon Prime horror feature Queen Evil and “Grace” in the upcoming Australian indie feature When the House is Empty.

As a producer and Director for both stage and screen, Sass has led and aided many projects to fruition, such as Musical Director for WIT INC’s production Dear Mama: there’s something I have to tell you, Director, writer and producer of popular theatre production Frypan, Director of the successful Fringe show My Failed Career and Director of Category 6’s The Proposal, as well as Producer and Sound Designer for Incognita Enterprises' series Dark Arcadia.

Join Sass and podcast host, Sally McLean, as they discuss authenticity in performance, how their shared Opera backgrounds may have helped with first tackling Shakespeare, how artists serve society, how to authentically play Shakespeare (spoiler: it doesn't involve ruffs or gestures), why "picking a lane" for artists might not be useful advice and could be harming you as an actor, the importance of knowing history and hear Sass performing her award-winning composition of "The Willow Song" from Dark Arcadia, plus much, much more in this thought-provoking and in-depth conversation - available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible and more.

To find out more about Sass and her work, visit her at https://www.sasspinci.com

You can watch Sass playing "Mark Antony" from Julius Caesar for Shakespeare Republic here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdT4DD0V8vQ

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 all listening links and more information: https://www.musingonthebard.com and don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss a thing!

As always, our fab Patreon patrons get early access to the episode before it goes live to the public, and those on the $10+ tiers can access the full video version of this episode, where you can see Sass and Sally chatting - as well as hear them! You can join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/incognitaenterprises

Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious releases episodes every Wednesday (AEST) and is supported by a Small Grant from the British Shakespeare Association.

Produced by Incognita Enterprises.

Created, edited and presented by Sally McLean.

Music used under license from Pixabay & Storyblocks.

With thanks to our Patreon Patrons for continuing to support our work.

Welcome to Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious, hosted by Australian actor, Sally McLean, and featuring today's guest, the wonderful USA actor: Miguel Perez.

Known to Shakespeare Republic audiences for playing the award-winning role of "The Chorus" from Henry V in Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles), Miguel has worked in films with the likes of Johnny Depp, Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Hilary Swank and many others. He has extensive film & TV credits, including Million Dollar Baby, Ocean’s Eleven, Clear and Present Danger, Artificial Intelligence: AI, The Rookie, The Resident, Seal Team, Designated Survivor, Fear The Walking Dead, Bones, Madam Secretary, Murder in the First, Cold Case, 24, The Shield, ER, Seinfeld, Star Trek: Voyager, The Wonder Years and CSI to name but a few. Onstage he has worked in over fifty Broadway, off-Broadway and regional theatre productions with many Theatre luminaries including Mark Rylance, Margaret Whitton, George Wolfe, Sir Patrick Stewart, Kevin Kline and many, many more in productions such as The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Cyrano De Bergerac, Hedda Gabler, Henry VIII, Merry Wives of Windsor and Antigone – and has been a regular fixture at the annual New York Shakespeare Festival.

Join Miguel and podcast host, Sally McLean, as they discuss approaches to acting, how Art can be dangerous, the power of Art to inspire and create community - even in the darkest of times, how to avoid some of the pitfalls of performing Shakespeare, the joy of collaboration and much, much more in this thought-provoking and in-depth conversation - available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible and more.

To find out more about Miguel and his work, visit him at https://www.miguelperezactor.com

You can watch Miguel playing "The Chorus" from Henry V for Shakespeare Republic here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zboyrc8uQrM

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 all listening links and more information: https://www.musingonthebard.com and don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss a thing!

Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious releases episodes every Wednesday and is supported with a Small Grant from the British Shakespeare Association.

Produced by Incognita Enterprises.
Created, edited and presented by Sally McLean.
Music used under license from Pixabay & Storyblocks.
With thanks to our Patreon Patrons for continuing to support our work.

Welcome to Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious, hosted by Australian actor, Sally McLean, and featuring today's guest: wonderful UK actor: Danielle Farrow.

Known to Shakespeare Republic audiences for playing the award-winning role of "Henry IV" in Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles), Danielle’s enduring love of Shakespeare has led to playing a wide range of roles including Juliet, Shylock, Viola, Oberon, Lysander, Prospero, and the Bawd in Pericles, as well as writing and performing her one-person show, inVocation: A Shakespearean Horror, which premiered at the Edinburgh Horror Festival. Danielle has worked in immersive theatre, commedia dell’arte, devised productions, and new writing. Notable stage credits include The Last Days of Mankind at Leith Theatre with The Tiger Lillies, I Promise I Shall Not Play Billiards for Tightlaced Theatre, as well as "Lady Macbeth" in I'm a Shakespearean Character, Get Me Out of Here! touring across Italy and Scotland. With a background in philosophy, theatrical training, and cross-disciplinary performance, Danielle is also a Shakespeare coach, speaker, and consultant.

Join Danielle and podcast host, Sally McLean, as they discuss acting, Danielle's unique take on Shakespeare and performance, the vulnerability involved in acting, current beauty industry standards and how that relates to the Elizabethan era, the technical aspects of performing Shakespeare, the perils of AI and much, much more in this thought-provoking and in-depth conversation - available here on YouTube, as well as Spotify, Apple and more.

To find out more about Danielle and her work, visit her at https://www.daniellefarrow.com

You can watch Danielle playing "Henry IV" for Shakespeare Republic here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq4bDDAitRY

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 all listening links and more information: https://www.musingonthebard.com and don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss a thing!

As always, our fab Patreon patrons get early access to the episode before it goes live to the public. You can join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/incognitaenterprises

Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious

releases episodes every Wednesday and is supported with a Small Grant from the British Shakespeare Association.

Produced by Incognita Enterprises.

Created, edited and presented by Sally McLean.

Music used under license from Pixabay & Storyblocks.

With thanks to our Patreon Patrons for continuing to support our work.

Welcome to the first episode of Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious, hosted by Australian actor, Sally McLean, and featuring today's guest: beloved Aussie actor: Don Bridges.

Known to Shakespeare Republic audiences for playing the award-winning role of "Corin" in Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles), Don's work in theatre includes performances in London, New York, San Francisco, Melbourne, Adelaide, Darwin, Hobart, New South Wales and Western Australia and he has appeared on stage in over twenty-five productions for Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC). He also has an extensive screen career, with a large range of film and TV credits in much loved Australian, UK and US film and TV. You can catch Don's work playing "Peter Wayne Flood" in Season 3 of The Twelve, starring Sam Neill, now available on BINGE in Australia, with upcoming releases on TVNZ in New Zealand, Amazon Prime in the USA and ITVX in the UK.

Join Don and podcast host, Sally McLean, as they discuss acting, Shakespeare, Don's varied and fascinating career to date, the challenge of open air Shakespeare, living and working in the UK as an Australian actor, accent work, mentorship, the connection between Mad Max and Richard III, repertory (stock) theatre, musical theatre, how they both came to Shakespeare and much, much more in this lively and fascinating conversation.

To find out more about Don and his work, visit him at https://www.donbridges.com

You can also see all his film & TV credits to date on his IMDb Profile: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0108725/

You can watch Don playing "Corin" for Shakespeare Republic here: https://youtu.be/m0g_KBR3ANM?si=9ixobzCgUutMU69R

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 all listening links and more information: https://www.musingonthebard.com and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss a thing!

As always, our fab Patreon patrons get early access to the episode before it goes live to the public. You can join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/incognitaenterprises

Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious releases episodes every Wednesday at 9am AEST and is supported with a Small Events Grant from the British Shakespeare Association.

Produced by Incognita Enterprises.
Created, edited and presented by Sally McLean.
Music used under license from Pixabay & Storyblocks.
With thanks to our Patreon Patrons for continuing to support our work.

Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious 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 – we are all actors here, so no avoiding that – but it is also about the act of creating in general. It is about being human. About the mis-takes made while walking the creative road and what that taught us. About the success we might have achieved and what that taught us. All seasoned with a smattering of history and a lot of passion – for storytelling, creating, understanding and yes, for Shakespeare and his works.

Throw in a touch of strong language and a healthy dose of irreverence and the result is: Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious. Welcome.

Musing on the Bard has been created to mark the tenth anniversary of the critically acclaimed Australian digital series, Shakespeare Republic, hosted by award-winning Shakespeare Republic creator/director and Australian actor, Sally McLean and supported by the British Shakespeare Association.

Through in-depth conversations with some of the fascinating, award-winning members of the Shakespeare Republic acting ensemble based in Australia, the UK and the USA, this podcast delves into each guest’s experience performing, directing or adapting Shakespeare’s works, the trials and tribulations of plying the acting craft, thoughts and musings on creativity and much, much more.

Find out more about the podcast, our host and our guests on the official website here: https://www.musingonthebard.com