Up Pompeii

Touring May - August 2014            

Baroque Theatre Company Presents the Comedy 

“UP POMPEII” 

By Miles Tredinnick 

UK Tour May - August 2014 

Directed by Adam Morley 

Produced by Claire Bibby 

Sponsored by Clarian Ltd

Presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd

Based on the original characters devised by Talbot Rothwell and Sid Colin for the Frankie Howerd BBC comedy, this hilarious romp through ancient Pompeii brings back all the television favourites in this full-length play. As Lurcio attempts to deliver his prologue and begin proceedings, he’s quickly caught up in the myriad of liaisons in all quarters of his master’s house. Why does Ludicrus not leave for the Senate meeting in Rome? Why does his wife return so quickly from the country? Who will take care of the escaped slave girl, Voluptua, and will Nausius’s love poetry improve? Whilst growing chaos ensues, an increasing rumbling is heard in the distance – what could that possibly be? A riot from start to finish!