Production still for "Pompeii, LA". L-R: Greg Stone, Anna Samson, David Harrison. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Pompeii, L.A.
16 November 2012 – 09 December 2012 Merlyn Theatre
Malthouse Theatre,
New Writing Theatre World Premiere
A spectacular tribute to Hollywood’s highs and lows, Pompeii, L.A. plummets into the anxieties and hysteria of silver screen culture. Meet the child star. You know the one. Used-up, spat-out and on the fast-track to self-destruction. As his life unravels after a terrible accident, Pompeii, L.A. follows his damaged young mind as it folds inwards and scrambles for an escape. Instead of relief, what he finds is a world in which reality and nightmare collide – a schizoid universe populated by Judy Garland and a host of ex-child stars who are all grown up with nowhere to go.
Cast
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Creatives
Set Designer, Lighting Designer
Sound Designer, Composer
Director
Stage Manager
Associate Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Playwright
Assistant Stage Manager
Besen Family Artist
Acknowledgements
Presented by Malthouse Theatre.