The RSC production will play at the Noel Coward Theatre from the 13th June until the 5th September.
Rehearsal images have now been released for the upcoming West End run of Simon Evans’ production of Evans (Staged, BBC), co-adaptation with Debris Stevenson (My Brother’s a
Genius) of Edmond Rostand’s play.
Poet, soldier and philosopher. Cyrano de Bergerac burns with brilliance. He’s fiercely funny and intensely romantic – but behind the veil of wit is one large problem: his nose.
Haunted by doubts and too proud to beg, he watches from the shadows as Roxane – bold, beautiful and seemingly unreachable – falls for another man, Christian. But this handsome, tongue-tied young suitor knows his only hope of charming Roxane is to seduce her with words. And only one person can help…
The cast for the West End run of the production is led by Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester (Company, Donmar Warehouse/ West End; Othello, National Theatre; Hustle, BBC) will reprise his performance as Cyrano alongside Susannah Fielding (This Time with Alan Partridge, BBC; The Merchant of Venice, RSC; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bridge Theatre) as Roxane, with Levi Brown (This Town , BBC; Silo, Apple TV; Macbeth, UK/global tour) returning as Christian.
Also returning to their roles are Joseph Christain as Edmond, Sunny Chung as Sister
Claire/Madame Jodolet, Philip Cumbus as Le Bret, Greer Dale-Foulkes as Abigail, Rachel
Dawson as Ann-Sofie, Oliver Grant as Jean, Scott Handy as Comte de Guiche, David
Mildon as Jodolet/Carbon, Matt Mordak as Valvert/Pierre, Daniel Norford as Louis, Chris
Nayak as Monfleury/Bernard, Christian Patterson as Ragueneau and Josh Sneesby as
Raphael. Robert Jackson joins the cast as Arnauld alongside Taiva Hove, Joshua
Maduike and Elim Mapira who will share the role of Small Boy and Fergus Murphy, Lizzie
May Bell and Joe Butcher who join as members of Cyrano’s band.
The full creative team alongside Simon Evans and Debris Stevenson are: Set and
Costume Designer, Grace Smart; Lighting Designer, Joshie Harriette; Composer, Alex
Baranowski; Sound Designer, Donato Wharton; Movement Director, Sarita
Piotrowski; Fight and Intimacy Director, Bethan Clark; Dramaturg, Rebecca Latham for
the RSC, Casting Director, Matthew Dewsbury CDG for the RSC, Music Director Josh
Sneesby, Voice and Text by Barbara Houseman, Associate Director Lydia McKinley and
Children’s Casting Director Charlie Metcalf for the RSC.
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