Home Country is the latest production by the Urban Theatre Company, which often takes audiences to unusual places through its works.
Director Rosie Dennis told SBS the performance explores the meaning of home from the perspectives of an Aboriginal man, a post-war Greek migrant and a recently arrived migrant from Lebanon.
"We start outdoors on the ground level. You're very much connected to the everyday - the passing cars, the birds. And the whole work closes when you're really connected with the sky," she said.
“You’re very aware of your surroundings. So if there really is a siren playing in real life, that becomes part of the soundtrack.”
Actor Shakira Clanton from Perth worked with local elder Aunty Edna to learn to sing in the traditional Darug language.
“When you're singing in a space, it really vibrates and it bounces off, and its such a beautiful space and the music sounds so haunting and so spiritual,” she said.
Actor Nancy Dennis said the car park setting provides a unique experience for the audience.
"It's intimate in a way that's different to being intimate in a black box. It's intimate into your regular life. So you could almost be sitting in anyone's car park anywhere in Sydney and watching a moment in these individual lives."
Home Country is showing as part of Sydney Festival, from 11-22 January.
