Theatre review: I Swallowed A Moon Made Of Iron is a hushed ode to migrant worker-poet Xu Lizhi

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Composer and pianist Njo Kong Kie created the theatrical concert, I Swallowed A Moon Made Of Iron, which premiered on March 14.

Composer and pianist Njo Kong Kie created the theatrical concert, I Swallowed A Moon Made Of Iron, which premiered on March 14.

PHOTO: DAHLIA KATZ

I Swallowed A Moon Made Of Iron
Creative Links/Music Picnic
Chamber, The Arts House 
Tuesday, 7.30pm 

When migrant worker-poet Xu Lizhi took his life at Foxconn’s worker dormitory in 2014, his story caused a media sensation.

Canadian-Chinese composer and pianist Njo Kong Kie offers a hushed meditation on Xu’s poems. 

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