Geoffrey Rush to Sign Copies of The Extraordinary Shapes of Geoffrey Rush 10/20

Actor Geoffrey Rush will be signing copies of the catalogue accompanying the exhibition The Extraordinary Shapes of Geoffrey Rush at Arts Centre Melbourne at 2pm, Sunday 20 October.

Curated and developed by Arts Centre Melbourne with the assistance of Geoffrey Rush, the exhibition has already had over 130,000 visitors since opening 6 July and, as a result of its popularity, will be extended an extra week to close 3 November.

Featuring costumes, photographs, moving image and personal items, the exhibition highlights roles created by Geoffrey Rush in plays including Exit the King, The Diary of a Madman and The Importance of Being Earnest, and in films such as Shine, Quills, Pirates of the Caribbean and The King's Speech.

Geoffrey Rush is one of Australia's best-known and most respected actors. Throughout his prolific and distinguished career he has earned international acclaim for his work on both stage and screen. The focus of the exhibition is Geoffrey Rush's talent as a great character actor. Arranged according to character types played by Rush, the exhibition provides an insight into his skills and techniques in both theatre and film.

Highlights of the exhibition include costumes worn by Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa inPirates of the Caribbean, Philip Henslowe in Shakespeare in Love, the Marquis de Sade in Quills,Poprishchin in The Diary of a Madman, King Berenger in Exit the King and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. Also on display is Rush's 'triple crown of acting': his Academy Award, Emmy Award and Tony Award.

The exhibition items are drawn from Geoffrey Rush's personal collection, film studios and theatre companies, as well as from Arts Centre Melbourne's Performing Arts Collection, Australia's largest and most important collection of performing arts history and traditions. This collection comprises more than 510,000 items documenting nearly 200 years of performance in Australia across theatre, music, dance, circus and opera, and is featured in exhibitions that attract over 600,000 visits a year.

Arts Centre Melbourne presents

The Extraordinary Shapes of Geoffrey Rush

Arts Centre Melbourne, Gallery 1

6 July - 3 November 2013. A FREE exhibition

Geoffrey Rush exhibition catalogue signing

2:00pm - 2:45pm, Sunday 20 October

Arts Centre Melbourne, outside Gallery 1

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