Home, Sweet Home at Riverside Studios - Bitesize Festival Theatre

Part of Riverside Studios Bitesize Festival, Home, Sweet Home makes its World Premiere this July, from award-winning writer Amalia Kontesi and Special Someone Productions. 

Six years after her childhood home was destroyed by wildfires, Ellie travels from London to Greece to prepare the home for sale. Confronted by childhood nostalgia, family memories and the weight of loss, she reminisces on first kisses, first heartbreaks and first leaving - migrating to a new country, and what it means to leave ‘home’ behind. 

As she bounces between her past and present, and emotional highs and lows, Ellie is forced to face up to what happens when tragedy takes the place of happy memories. Should she cut ties or hold on to what was once so dear?

Laying bare the economic difficulties that led to a new wave of migration from Southern Europe to the UK, and the harsh realities of the climate crisis - including its disproportionate impact on already vulnerable regions across the world - Home, Sweet Home questions what makes a place ‘home’.