Pompeii L.A.

Overview

They call Los Angeles the city of angels, but most people don't find it to be that exactly. From the glamour and intrigue of Hollywood to the danger and violence of Compton, LA plays a stand-out role in the collective imagination of movie-goers, hiphop fans, and fashionistas.

All of these elements are tied together in Pompeii, L.A., a stageplay by Declan Greene, winner of this year's Max Afford Playwrights' Award. Following the story of a child star's rise and fall, and the bumpy ride between, the play explores the excitement and the danger of making it big. Movie stars and drug dealers, glamour and ruin, fiction and non-fiction – the lines between them are blurred in this new show. Pompeii, L.A. is sure to continue the run of great shows at the Malthouse Theatre, home to some of Melbourne's most cutting-edge live performances.