Online theatre emerges from the wings We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement When Sally McLean first realised that COVID-19 was going to change the world, she was just finishing up work for Shorts Relief: Flicks for the Fire, a festival of short film and web series created to support Victoria’s wildlife and other bushfire-related charities. The Melbourne-based actor, director and playwright says that despite “seeing the writing on the wall” for the arts – specifically live theatre – back in March, she decided to go ahead with her culturally diverse anthology series, Shakespeare Republic, anyway.