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Exit stage left: Geoffrey Rush leaves MTC production

The actor has cited ‘current circumstances and medical advice’ as his reasons for leaving a production of Twelfth Night, which was due to open in November.
10 Jul 2018 12:00
Richard Watts

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Geoffrey Rush attends the 67th Berlinale in 2017. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com

Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush has withdrawn from the Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) forthcoming production of Twelfth Night.

The MTC announced Rush’s departure from the production in a media release on Monday night.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts

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