Why Must The Show Go On? (23 minute short feature) (2010, Australia) (completed) 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 ..." The film is due for launch in February 2010. View the trailer below: To find out more about this film, please go to the Official Why Must The Show Go On? Web Site here. < back to Projects