The production will run at the Park Theatre from the 11th December until the 11th January 2025.
Casting has now been confirmed for Virginia Gay’s gender-flipped retelling of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, which transfers to London following a run at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh this summer.
Written and performed by Virginia Gay (as Cyrrano), director Clare Watson also directs: Jessica Whitehurst (Ridley; ITV and The Comedy of Errors: The Globe) as Roxanne and Joseph Evans (Coronation Street and will be making his stage debut) as Yan. The company is completed by Tessa Wong (Black Mirror; Netflix and Hedda; Bristol Old Vic Theatre School), David Tarkenter (The Motive And The Cue and The Red Barn; The National Theatre) and Tanvi Virmani (Minority Report; Lyric Theatre and The Crown Jewels; Garrick Theatre, West End/ Tour).
Cyrano is the most interesting person in any room – a wordsmith, a charmer. She works twice as hard and runs twice as fast as the pretty boys, because she’s deeply ashamed of something about herself. Enter Roxanne: brilliant and beautiful, with a penchant for poetry and a way with words, just like Cyrano. But Roxanne only has eyes for Yan: hot, manly Yan; all brawn-and-no-brains Yan; who is dumbstruck around Roxanne. Probably shy, right? Until suddenly he starts saying the most amazing things. But it’s not Yan writing these perfect love scenes, it’s Cyrano …
The production features designs by Amanda Stoodley, lighting design by Andy Purves, casting director Naomi Downham and has been produced by Roast Productions.
To book tickets visit: https://parktheatre.co.uk/event/cyrano/