Jennifer Lee Tsai: Fallen Star

Written and narrated by Jennifer Lee Tsai, Fallen Star is currently on display at the Bluecoat. Part of But Does it Speak?, a season exploring language in a gallery setting, it finds the poet – in a film made by Tmesis Theatre – connecting and holding ancestral bodies… 

Fallen Star was originally commissioned by Tmesis Theatre and is published in La Mystérique (Guillemot Press). It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the artist and Tmesis Theatre.

Tmesis Theatre’s Fallen Star written and read by Jennifer Lee Tsai. Performed by Pei Yee Tong. Directed by Elinor Randle. Composer Meike Holzmann. Filmed & edited by First Take.

Join Jennifer Lee Tsai for generative poetry workshop, Exploring Family History, Migration, & Memory Through Poetry, 6 Feb @ the Bluecoat; More from Pei Yee Tong: Chinese Calligraphy, 8 Feb @ the Bluecoat; More from Tmesis Theatre: Sealskin, 14 Feb @ Capstone Theatre