Alice is too scared to leave her house.

Four hundred friends on facebook can’t help her.

She tries self help programs, talk show doctors, drugs and even God.

Will she ever be able to overcome her fears?  Or will she be forever home…sick!

 Port Melbourne Neighbourhood House and Soup Kitchen Theatre present:

Homesick! is an intimate opera about a woman dealing with agoraphobia. Drawing its musical influences from traditional blues to Gilbert and Sullivan, with a splash of Sondheim and rap, Homesick! explores topics such as mental health, domestic violence, and social isolation with pathos and humour.

 Homesick! takes the traditional performance concept of opera and turns it on its head, performing it on an intimate loungeroom setting, covering taboo issues, and invites the audience to chat over a free sausage sizzle afterwards. 

Written by Abe Pogos. Created by Amanda Armstrong, Catherine Hill and Abe Pogos. Directed by Catherine Hill, and performed by Sara Grenfell and Stacey-Louise Camilleri. Costume design by Bella Drinkwater and Belinda White.

 Homesick is brought to you by project partners Soup Kitchen Theatre and Port Melbourne Neighbourhood house.

Our organisations are committed to making art relevant, inspiring, thought provoking and accessible to the whole community.