Lighting Design by Jason Hand

Vacancy was a promenade-style production presented in a post-and-beam building in the middle of renovations. The stories of the inhabitants of Low Track in Vancouver were told in a series of interwoven short stories. The lighting had to be created from a mixture of sources, none of them conventional theatre lights. Each scene was lit entirely by remote-controlled practicals chosen to compliment the emotional context of the action. The minimalist style required by the limited resources of the building also suited the stark, rough world in which the characters existed.