John Malkovich Leads THE GIACOMO VARIATIONS at the Elgin Theatre, 6/7

THE GIACOMO VARIATIONS, starring Hollywood icon John Malkovich as the legendary lover Casanova, will play Toronto's Elgin Theatre, June 7-9, 2013 for four shows only.

Based on the life of Giacomo Casanova, the Italian adventurer, writer and womanizer, THE GIACOMO VARIATIONS is a remarkable and sophisticated fusion of theatre and opera and features a superbly talented cast, breathtaking sets and costumes, and a live 35-piece Viennese orchestra, Orchester Wiener Akademie, playing Mozart's most beloved arias!

While in Toronto, on Sunday, June 9 at 2pm, Malkovich will appear at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as part of the In Conversation With . . . series, hosted by Cameron Bailey. Tickets are $22.75 each and can be purchased at tiif.net.

John Malkovich (Warm Bodies, The Killing Fields, The Glass Menagerie, Dangerous Liaisons, In the Line of Fire, Red, Burn After Reading, Being John Malkovich) is one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. His career began in the theatre, in 1976, when Malkovich joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, newly founded by Gary Sinise. He appeared on stage in New York in the early eighties before his film debut in 1984 as the blind lodger in Places in the Heart (Academy Award nomination).

Tickets range from $55-$175 and can be purchased in person at the Elgin Theatre Box Office, by calling 1.855.622.2787 or online at www.ticketmaster.ca. For more information visit www.showoneproductions.ca.