Geoffrey Rush to Star in BAM's THE DIARY OF A MADMAN

One of Australia's most respected theater companies, Belvoir returns to BAM with the US premiere of The Diary of a Madman, featuring Academy, Emmy, and Tony Award winner Geoffrey Rush and directed by renowned Belvoir co-founder Neil Armfield. Longtime theater and film collaborators, Armfield directed Rush in the original 1989 Belvoir production of The Diary of a Madman. They worked together most recently on the Belvoir St Theatre production of Ionesco's Exit the King; Rush was awarded the 2009 Tony Award for Best Actor for the Broadway production. The Diary of a Madman-a two-hander featuring Yael Stone-has been restaged for the first time in more than 20 years and is currently running in a sold-out engagement at Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre.

The Diary of a Madman
By Nikolai Gogol
Adapted by David Holman with Neil Armfield & Geoffrey Rush
Belvoir
Directed by Neil Armfield

Set design by Catherine Martin
Costume design by Tess Schofield
Lighting design by Mark Shelton
Sound design by Paul Charlier
Music by Alan John (after Mussorgsky)

BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St)
Feb 11-Mar 12 (press opening Feb 16)
Tickets start at $25 ($35 for Sat night and Sun matinee performances)
BAM Theater Gala: Mar 10 (for ticket information, contact BAM Patron Services at 718.636.4182 or PatronServices@bam.org)

Artist Talk: Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush
Feb 20 at 6pm; BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St)
Tickets: $15 ($7.50 for Friends of BAM)

Artist Talk: Adam Phillips: "Acting Madness"
Feb 26 at 5pm
Hillman Attic Studio (30 Lafayette Ave)
Tickets: $15 ($7.50 for Friends of BAM)