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The Fizzy Sherbet Podcast is an international platform for women writers and directors. In each episode we present a new short play, an interview with the playwright and a further interview with a special guest. Our mission is to create a global network of artists. To enable plays and voices to travel across borders and to open up a more directly accessible way of distributing new plays and playwrights and for audiences - from theatre makers, artistic directors, theatre lovers to podcast lovers - to get to know contemporary playwrights in different countries. We also have Fizzy Chats with theatre makers and artists from around the world, who are working tirelessly to instigate change, cross borders and create exciting new work.
Episodes
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
The Fizzy Chat sessions are additional, one-off episodes, sprinkled at glorious random amongst the usual offering of short plays and short interviews, where we go deep in conversation with one fascinating woman in theatre. These are longer conversations than we would have in a standard episode, and we’re so excited to kick off with the wonderful Lucy Kerbel of Tonic Theatre.
This episode is hosted by Tamara von Werthern, Lily McLeish and Josephine Starte, edited Lily McLeish, with intro music by Jane Dickson. Cover Art by Alice Müller.
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
The final episode of our pilot series presents the play Hornet by Josephine Starte, directed by Hanna Berrigan and performed by Josephine Starte, with sound design by Julian Starr.
After the play, we will be talking to writer Josephine Starte and our special guest, psychotherapist Kate Mills.
Set in a gallery, Hornet spends time in the mind of a young woman as she recalls a relationship with an older artist that may have been coercive, and may, equally, have been a passionate love story.
This episode is hosted by Tamara von Werthern and Lily McLeish, edited by Julian Starr and Lily McLeish, with intro music by Jane Dickson. Cover Art by Alice Müller.
Timecodes:
Podcast starts: 00:00
The Play: 2:06
Interview with psychotherapist Kate Mills: 20:30
Interview with Josephine Starte: 54:46
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
The sixth episode of the pilot series presents the play White Tuesday by Eve Leigh, directed by Lily McLeish and performed by Jennifer Jackson and Evelyn Miller, with sound design by Julian Starr.
The play is followed by an interview with Eve Leigh and special guest "Jessica" (pseudonym) from the organisation Police Spies Out of Lives.
In the play White Tuesday "Jasmine and Bianca have been arrested after some environmental direct action goes south. At least they think they've been arrested. They've not had their rights read to them. They're just stuck in this room until someone decides to get them out. And they're beginning to suspect that it might take quite a long time..."
The episode is hosted by Josephine Starte and Tamara von Werthern, edited by Julian Starr and Lily McLeish with intro music by Jane Dickson. Cover Art by Alice Müller.
TW: this episode contains references to police brutality and deception.
Timecodes:
Podcast starts: 00:00
The Play: 01:46
Interview with Eve Leigh: 21:28
Interview with "Jessica" (pseudonym) from the organisation Police Spies Out of Lives: 50:00
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
The fifth episode of the pilot series presents the play Jellyfish Blooms by Marie Bjørn, directed by Anna Girvan and performed by Anna-Sofie Fredslund, with sound design by Julian Starr. The play was translated from Danish by Mathias Ravn.
The play is followed by an interview with Marie Bjørn and special guest Heather Anne Swanson.
The message from the sea in Jellyfish Blooms is "We're taking over your world. You're dying out anyway."
The episode is hosted by Lily McLeish and Tamara von Werthern, edited by Julian Starr and Lily McLeish with intro music by Jane Dickson. Cover Art by Alice Müller.
Timecodes:
Podcast starts: 00:00
The Play: 1:40
Interview with Marie Bjørn: 14:06
Interview with Heather Anne Swanson: 39:40
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
The fourth episode of the pilot series presents the play Special Occasions by Amy Ng, directed by Lily McLeish and performed by Jenna Augen and Ruth Marie Kröger, with sound design by Julian Starr.
The play is followed by an interview with Amy Ng and special guest Dr. Jaclyn Granick.
Special Occasions is a play exploring mother-daughter relationships, survivor guilt, vicarious living, and nostalgia.
The episode is hosted by Josephine Starte and Tamara von Werthern, edited by Julian Starr and Lily McLeish with intro music by Jane Dickson. Cover Art by Alice Müller.
Timecodes:
Podcast starts: 00:00
The play: 01:46
Interview with Amy Ng: 19:30
Interview with Dr. Jaclyn Granick: 38:10
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Our third episode of our pilot series presents the play ...blackbird hour by babirye bukilwa, directed by Anna Girvan and performed by babirye bukilwa and Michael Balogun, with sound design by Julian Starr.
The play is followed by an interview with babirye bukilwa and special guest Myah Jeffers.
...blackbird hour is an explosive and intimate fly on the wall four dimensional experience about a young Black womxn who has reached her wits end.
This episode is hosted by Lily McLeish and Tamara von Werthern, edited by Julian Starr and Lily McLeish with intro music by Jane Dickson. Cover Art by Alice Müller.
Timecodes:
Podcast starts: 00:00
The play: 01:46
Interview with babirye bukilwa: 16:54
Interview with Myah Jeffers: 40:50
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Our second episode of the pilot series presents the play Swan Song by Buhle Ngaba, directed by Ilana Cilliers and performed by Buhle Ngaba, with composition by Ilana Cilliers.
The play is followed by an interview with writer Buhle Ngaba and special guest Naledi Majola.
There is an ancient belief that swans burst into song with their final breath. Set in a tiny box flat in Johannesburg, Swan Song is a coming of age tale, tracing the journey of a young Tswana woman from Taung born with a winged scapula, a symbol that mirrors a constant struggle for belonging, of home.
This episode is hosted by Lily McLeish and Josephine Starte, edited by Julian Starr and Lily McLeish with intro music by Jane Dickson. Cover Art by Alice Müller.
Timecodes:
Podcast starts: 00:00
The play: 01:46
Interview with Buhle Ngaba: 24:50
Interview with Naledi Majola: 1:05:40
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
This inaugural episode presents the play Lemons by Tamara von Werthern, directed by Sandra Theresa Buch and performed by Tamara von Werthern, with composition by Esben Tjalve.
The play is followed by an interview with Tamara von Werthern and special guest Nastazja Somers.
Lemons is a personal piece about migration, identity, belonging and political change, which grew out of the lockdown travel restrictions.
This episode is hosted by Lily McLeish and Josephine Starte, edited by Julian Starr and Lily McLeish with intro music by Jane Dickson. Cover Art by Alice Müller.
Timecodes:
Podcast starts: 00:00
The Play: 01:29
Interview with Tamara von Werthern: 11:34
Interview with Nastazja Somers: 32:25