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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
Creatives
![Nick Schlieper](/media/h2vfjwve/schlieper-nick.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763242325170000)
Set Designer, Lighting Designer
![David Franzke](/media/rn2nwtux/franzke-j-david.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763237390170000)
Sound Designer, Composer
![Matthew Lutton](/media/gbbd3gna/lutton-matt.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239960370000)
Director
![Lisa Osborn](/media/idhjydbh/osborn-lisa.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241247530000)
Stage Manager
![Tom Willis](/media/gitl415m/willis-tom.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763243958400000)
Associate Lighting Designer
![Melissa Page](/media/0vbdjo2y/page-mel.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241328430000)
Costume Designer
![Declan Greene](/media/ui1pncl1/greene-declan.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238069830000)
Playwright
![Neole Goss](/media/35ilttca/goss-neole.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763237974630000)
Assistant Stage Manager
![Zoey Dawson](/media/fuunxpnl/dawson-zoey.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763236534400000)
Besen Family Artist
Acknowledgements
Presented by Malthouse Theatre.