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In new play, Nelson’s Hiromoto Ida highlights ‘invisible, quiet moments’

Vacant Lot runs Jan. 18, 19 and 20 at the Capitol Theatre
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Nelson actor and dancer Hiromoto Ida (right) has collaborated with Lindsay Clague to create Vacant Lot, running Jan. 18, 19, and 20 at the Capitol Theatre. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

In Hiromoto Ida’s new stage production Vacant Lot, an elderly married couple contemplate the ground where their family home used to stand many years before.

After their children grew up, the couple moved to a condominium. Now they have returned to find all that is left of the house are a few remnants in the ground: a sink, a toilet bowl, some toys, a window frame.

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Bill Metcalfe

About the Author: Bill Metcalfe

I have lived in Nelson since 1994 and worked as a reporter at the Nelson Star since 2015.
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