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Geoffrey Rush to Return to the Stage
EXIT THE KING star Geoffrey Rush will star next year in a revival of Gogol's DIARY OF A MADMAN at Sydney's Belvoir St. Theater. Produced by Company B, the production will be directed by Neil Armfield in his 15th and final season as the Artisitc Director of the company. Opening is set for 2010.
Armfield will leave Company B at the end of 2010, which marks the company's 25th anniversary, with plans to transition into film directing. Past film credits for Armfield include the 2006 film "Candy," with Rush, Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish.
Rush originated the starring role in MADMAN under the banner of Company B in 1989. He won a lead actor Tony this year for his role in Armfield's production of Ionesco's EXIT THE KING which transferred to Broadway after an earlier run at Belvoir St. Armfield. His stage highlights inclue Sydney Critics Circle Award, Variety Club Award and the Victorian Green Room Award for THE DIARY OF A MADMAN in 1989, Sydney Critics' Circle nominations for THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, UNCLE VANYA, and OLEANNA, for which he received the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award (1994). He has appeared in over 70 theatrical productions and more than 20 films. For "Shine," Rush received Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA, Film Critics' Circle of Australia, Broadcast Film Critics, AFI, NY and LA Film Critics' Awards. Film highlights: "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" (Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG), Quills (Oscar nom.), "Shakespeare in Love" (Oscar, Golden Globe noms.), "Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy," "Munich," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "Candy," "Intolerable Cruelty," "Finding Nemo," "The Banger Sisters," "Swimming Upstream," "Lantana," "Frida," "The Tailor of Panama," "Mystery Men," "Les Misérables." Company B is one of Australia's most respected and celebrated theatre companies. Under Artistic Director Neil Armfield and General Manager Brenna Hobson, the company performs at its home, the historic Belvoir St Theatre located in Surry Hills, Sydney where it stages a 12 month Season of work. The company also tours to major arts centres and festivals both nationally and internationally.
Company B works with Australia's most prominent and promising playwrights, directors, actors and designers to present an annual artistic program that is razorsharp, popular and challenging. Belvoir St Theatre's greatly loved Upstairs and Downstairs stages have been the artistic watering holes of many of Australia's great performing artists such as Geoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchett, Jacqueline McKenzie, Noah Taylor, Richard Roxburgh, Max Cullen, Bille Brown, David Wenham, Deborah Mailman and Catherine McClements. Landmark productions like Cloudstreet, The Judas Kiss, The Alchemist, Hamlet, Waiting for Godot, Gulpilil, The Sapphires, Stuff Happens, Keating!, Parramatta Girls, Exit the King, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Toy Symphony have consolidated Company B's position as one of Australia's most innovative and acclaimed theatre companies. Company B also supports outstanding independent theatre companies through its annual B Sharp season.
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EXIT THE KING star Geoffrey Rush will star next year in a revival of Gogol's DIARY OF A MADMAN at Sydney's Belvoir St. Theater. Produced by Company B, the production will be directed by Neil Armfield in his 15th and final season as the Artisitc Director of the company. Opening is set for 2010.
Armfield will leave Company B at the end of 2010, which marks the company's 25th anniversary, with plans to transition into film directing. Past film credits for Armfield include the 2006 film "Candy," with Rush, Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish.
Rush originated the starring role in MADMAN under the banner of Company B in 1989. He won a lead actor Tony this year for his role in Armfield's production of Ionesco's EXIT THE KING which transferred to Broadway after an earlier run at Belvoir St. Armfield. His stage highlights inclue Sydney Critics Circle Award, Variety Club Award and the Victorian Green Room Award for THE DIARY OF A MADMAN in 1989, Sydney Critics' Circle nominations for THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, UNCLE VANYA, and OLEANNA, for which he received the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award (1994). He has appeared in over 70 theatrical productions and more than 20 films. For "Shine," Rush received Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA, Film Critics' Circle of Australia, Broadcast Film Critics, AFI, NY and LA Film Critics' Awards. Film highlights: "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" (Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG), Quills (Oscar nom.), "Shakespeare in Love" (Oscar, Golden Globe noms.), "Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy," "Munich," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "Candy," "Intolerable Cruelty," "Finding Nemo," "The Banger Sisters," "Swimming Upstream," "Lantana," "Frida," "The Tailor of Panama," "Mystery Men," "Les Misérables." Company B is one of Australia's most respected and celebrated theatre companies. Under Artistic Director Neil Armfield and General Manager Brenna Hobson, the company performs at its home, the historic Belvoir St Theatre located in Surry Hills, Sydney where it stages a 12 month Season of work. The company also tours to major arts centres and festivals both nationally and internationally.
Company B works with Australia's most prominent and promising playwrights, directors, actors and designers to present an annual artistic program that is razorsharp, popular and challenging. Belvoir St Theatre's greatly loved Upstairs and Downstairs stages have been the artistic watering holes of many of Australia's great performing artists such as Geoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchett, Jacqueline McKenzie, Noah Taylor, Richard Roxburgh, Max Cullen, Bille Brown, David Wenham, Deborah Mailman and Catherine McClements. Landmark productions like Cloudstreet, The Judas Kiss, The Alchemist, Hamlet, Waiting for Godot, Gulpilil, The Sapphires, Stuff Happens, Keating!, Parramatta Girls, Exit the King, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Toy Symphony have consolidated Company B's position as one of Australia's most innovative and acclaimed theatre companies. Company B also supports outstanding independent theatre companies through its annual B Sharp season.
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Come back to Broadway, Geoffrey Rush! Teach me more about things I never heard of before! King Berenger: great king or the greatest king?
also, I need a tag called "I love Geoffrey Rush".