Why Must The Show Go On? (23 minute short feature) (2010, Australia) (completed) in conjunction with Cinema Viscera Written by Sally McLean & Perri Cummings Directed by Paul Anthony Nelson Production Design by Kimberley Potts Cinematography by Tim Egan Produced by Ahren Morris Executive Produced by Sally McLean & Paul Anthony Nelson A documentary crew detail the struggle of Unbelievable Productions' visionary leader, Madeleine LaRoy (Sally McLean - THE ELEPHANT PRINCESS, BLUE HEELERS), to stage a revolutionary reboot of Shakespeare's MACBETH in space, with the help of her faithful best friend/choreographer/costume & set designer/tea lady/everything else Deirdre "Snowflake" Fleckman (Perri Cummings - "Jill Ramsay" from NEIGHBOURS). Madeleine enlists young drama school graduate Scott Johnson (Nathan Strauss - "Jason" from the RACV ad) and alcoholic veteran of the stage Desmond Darke (Paul Dawber - BASTARD BOYS, SATISFACTION, "Kim Howard" from NEIGHBOURS) to help her mount her astounding vision. What follows can only be described as a tragical comedy of epic proportions. "All the world's a stage ... some of us are just better players ..." To find out more about this film, please go to the Official Why Must The Show Go On? Web Site here. See the IMDB Listing for the film here < back to Projects