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Performance dates
13 June - 5 September 2026
242 reviews
Run time: 2 hours 45 minutes
Includes interval
★★★★★ “Playful, poignant, profound” – Financial Times
★★★★★ ‘This huge-hearted production is enchanting’ - The Times
‘No master to serve, no leash to bear. I walk as I please, and I speak as I dare.’
Poet. Soldier. Philosopher. Cyrano de Bergerac burns with brilliance.
Fiercely funny and intensely romantic, Cyrano lives by his words and his sword. Haunted by doubts about his own his appearance, he watched from the shadows as Roxane falls for another man. Handsome but hopeless with words, Christian turns to the one person who can help.
Following a sold-out, critically acclaimed run with the Royal Shakespeare Company, this ‘hilariously funny and ultimately heartbreaking’ (Mail on Sunday) production transfers to the West End for a strictly limited season.
Olivier Award-winner Adrian Lester (Riviera, Hustle) is ‘perfect’ (The Times) as protagonist Cyrano, with Susannah Fielding (Wolf Hall) as the ‘instantly charming’ (The Stage) Roxane.
Directed by Simon Evans (Staged, The Dazzle) and co-adapted with Debris Stevenson (Poet in Da Corner), Edmond Rostand’s timeless classic is reimagined with exhilarating wit, lyricism and heart
Playing at the Noël Coward Theatre from 13 June.
The Jamie Lloyd Company has announced that the Olivier Award-winning production Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand and freely adapted by Martin Crimp, will be returning to London for a limited run at the Harold Pinter Theatre. James McAvoy will reprise his role in the critically acclaimed play for 5-weeks in the West End, with performances beginning on 3 February 2022. Tickets for Cyrano de Bergerac are now booking until 12 March 2022. Don’t wait to secure your seats – tickets are expected to be in high demand.
4 Nov, 2021 | By Jade Ali
Created in 1991, one year after the beloved Scottish actor Ian Charleson († 40) passed away, the Ian Charleson Awards is meant to honour the best performances in classical roles by actors under 30 years of age. Run by the Sunday Times newspaper and the National Theatre, the institution has now released the shortlist of nominees for this year's ceremony. Find out who has been nominated below.
26 May, 2020 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels
It has just been announced that NT Live will be broadcasting X-Men star James McAvoy in Jamie Lloyd's production of Cyrano de Bergerac along with other big-name actors, including Maxine Peake (Black Mirror's "Metalhead" episode).
15 Nov, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels
Rehearsal images shot by Marc Brenner have been released for the upcoming Playhouse Theatre staging of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. Boasting a star-studded cast that features X-men actor James McAvoy in the lead role of our beloved big-nosed protagonist, this highly anticipated London theatre production — newly adapted by Martin Crimp and directed by Jamie Lloyd — is set to take the West End by storm on 27 November.
14 Nov, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels
The full cast for the highly anticipated West End revival of Cyrano de Bergerac has been announced and are set to join the previously confirmed James McAvoy. London theatre maven Jamie Lloyd will premiere his brand-new and freely adapted production of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Playhouse Theatre on 27 November 2019.
15 Oct, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels
The talented French ‘jack of all trades’ with a huge conk Cyrano de Bergerac is coming to London’s Playhouse Theatre this November in one of the most highly-anticipated productions of the year. Freely adapted by Martin Crimp and set to star the James McAvoy, the new staging of Cyrano de Bergerac by West End maven Jamie Lloyd is guaranteed to sell out fast! You definitely won't want to 'keep your big nose out of this one!' Catch the classic play by Edmond Rostand this autumn with tickets available now from just £18 and up!
18 Sep, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels
Did you know that the late French poet Edmond Rostand, author of Cyrano de Bergerac, has a blood relative with the exact same name? Having prematurely passed away in 1918 at the age of 50, Rostand's lineage doesn't exactly stretch as far back as one might imagine of such an esteemed playwright in French literature. Now with Jamie Lloyd's new production of Cyrano de Bergerac starring James McAvoy set to open at the West End's Playhouse Theatre on 27 November 2019, we were fortunate enough to be put in touch with Edmond Rostand's great-nephew of the same name (who also goes by Eddie).
Read our exclusive interview with Edmond (Eddie) Rostand below!
20 Aug, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels
Renowned Scottish actor James McAvoy, best known for portraying young Professor X in the X-Men films, is set to return to the West End stage for the highly-anticipated revival of Cyrano de Bergerac as part of Jamie Lloyd’s brand-new season. The all-new production of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 comedy is set to be staged at London’s Playhouse Theatre with tickets on sale for the general public later this year.
31 Jul, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels
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