Vacant Possession

HKRep Black Box (8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre)
10.05.2024 - 18.05.2024

An “inauspicious” incident unveils
A typical Hong Kong housing saga

At a handover of a tiny rental flat, everything goes haywire! On the final day of the lease, the owner, old and new renters, real estate agent and squatter crowd in the space. No one gives way and during the tussle a workman accidentally falls from the building and a single tooth somehow hurls itself inside the flat! All of a sudden, this space becomes an “inauspicious abode”, upending everyone’s plans…

Vacant Possession gives us food for thought about Hong Kong’s housing crisis and how the common man ekes out an existence. When we hosted a public reading, the audience howled with laughter. Following his Twists and Turns and The Bucket, both emanating from The Open Platform, playwright Hui Jim transforms his own experience into dramatic text, unearthing stories about a rental property in which the word “inauspicious” reverberates.

Text Testing Zone is a new project where HKREP provides venue and basic technical support, enabling playwrights with potential to put on new works, testing the quality of their works, and enabling further revisions and refinement in the hopes of future fully-fledged productions.

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Performance Date & Venue

HKRep Black Box (8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre)
8pm 10^-12*, 14, 15*-18.5.2024
3pm 11-12, 15, 18^.5.2024
$180 (Free Seating)
^with post-performance talk
*Additional Performance

Presented in Cantonese
This programme contains strong language and strobe light effect
Recommended for ages 12 and above
No admission for latecomers

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Cast & Production Team

Playwright	Hui Jim
Director	Lau Shau Ching
Cast	Luk Ka Ki Alfie Leung Tsang Wing Shu Mee Li Chau Ka Lun
Set, Lighting & Video Designer	Lai Ka Ki

Hong Kong Repertory Theatre is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

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