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Home Sweet Home

A courtroom comedy about the housing crisis, starring one woman on trial with an unforgettable defence

About the show:

Something has happened to a landlord.

Something terrible.

Now, a young woman finds herself in court.

She swears she didn’t do it, and she’ll prove it to you. But first, she’s taking you on a wild tour of her housing search in Amsterdam. If the prosecutor can keep his objections to himself for five minutes…excuse her, but the karaoke version of I Will Survive absolutely counts as part of the defense.

Through her “exhibits,” we watch her, armed with blind optimism and a box of baklava, chasing the Dutch Dream from one viewing to the next, only to discover it’s a fever dream: questionable contracts, inhumane living conditions, and hope that slips away faster than your deposit.

Home Sweet Home turns the housing crisis into a sharp, funny, and unexpectedly tender confession.

A comedy about loneliness.

A tragedy about heating.

And a love letter to anyone who’s ever had to beg for a place to live.

Bio:

Born and raised in Istanbul, Başak Layic is a storyteller and theatre-maker whose work blends philosophical questions with real-life experience and a certain musicality: think catchy jingle with existential dread. Her work has appeared at festivals and theatres across the Netherlands, including Oerol, Storytelling Festival, Frascati, and Amsterdam Fringe.

Her stories move between the personal and the political, the poetic and the satirical. She builds worlds where grief sits beside laughter, music collides with storytelling, and the fourth wall is one just one punch away from crumbling.

CREDITS: 

Maker: Basak Layic
Co-director: Raffi Feghali
Prosecutor Voice: Maarten Smele
Jugde Voice: Joshua Rubin
Sound Designer: Dennis Sanders
Light Design and technique: Mirko Lazović
Poster Design: Kevin Boitelle
Poster Drawing: Gijs Kast