"Fizzy Rebels": Conversation with Amelia Sargisson, Part 1 Wyrd Words

Amelia Sargisson, actor and playwright, joins Lisa Dickson and her co-hosts, Jessica Riddell and Shannon Murray, to talk about playing Eve and Desdemona, and finding ways to “flip the script” for women in order to make more space for “fizzy rebels.”



Music Credits:

Intro/outro: “Something” (Bonus Track) by Kai Engel,

“Off to Osaka” by Kevin MacLeod,

“Home at Last” by John Bartmann.



Links:

Amelia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/akathesarge?lang=en

Talk is Free Theatre: https://www.tift.ca/

The Art of Catching Pigeons by Torchlight (2009): http://www.suburbanbeast.ca/the-art-of-catching-pigeons-by-torchligh/

Stratford's 2018 Paradise Lost: https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/Paradise-Lost

Stratford's 2019 Othello: https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/Othello

Brit Marling's "I Don't Want To Be the Strong Female Lead": https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/sunday/brit-marling-women-movies.html

Keith Jarrett's Köln Concert (1975): https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038750696

Theater of War: https://theaterofwar.com/about