The RSC has announced full casting for Cyrano de Bergerac in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Cyrano de Bergerac will play at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 27 September to 15 November 2025.
Edmond Rostand’s classic tale is presented in a new adaptation by Simon Evans and Debris Stevenson, directed by Simon Evans (Inside No. 9: Stage/Fright).
Already announced is Olivier Award-winner Adrian Lester (Henry V, The Lehman Trilogy, Sandman, Hustle), who makes his RSC debut to play Cyrano.
He is joined by Ian Charleson Award-winner Susannah Fielding (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Here We Go, The Cleaner) as Roxane; and Edinburgh TV Award-nominee Levi Brown (Macbeth, This Town) as Christian.
The full company of Cyrano de Bergerac includes Joseph Christain as Edmond (Young Reserve), Sunny Chung as Sister Claire/Madame Jodolet, Philip Cumbus as Le Bret, Greer Dale-Foulkes as Abigail, Rachel Dawson as Band Member/Ensemble, Oliver Grant as Band Leader/Ensemble, Scott Handy as Comte de Guiche, Caolan McCarthy as Arnauld, David Mildon as Jodolet/Carbon (Reserve), Matt Mordak as Valvert/Pierre (Reserve), Chris Nayak as Monfleury/Priest/Bernard (Reserve), Daniel Norford as Louis (Reserve) and Christian Patterson as Ragueneau.
Joining Simon Evans and Debris Stevenson in the creative team 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; and Casting Director, Matthew Dewsbury CDG.
Susannah Fielding is currently starring in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre in London, until 20 August 2025.
“This version is big-hearted, quick-witted, sharp tongued”
Director Simon Evans said in a statement: “Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the great plays: swashbuckling, swaggering, aching with the unspoken; and what excites me most is the chance to approach it without irony. I’m a little tired of the trend for winking, knowing productions that seem afraid to feel too much or mean what they say. This is a play about feeling and how we communicate it. How language seduces, protects, wounds, and heals, and it’s a thrill to work on it with Debris Stevenson: finding an approach to the text that celebrates the original and finds new ways of unlocking it. Adrian Lester is remarkable, and brings a fierce intelligence and vulnerability to Cyrano: quick witted and stirring; while Susannah Fielding’s Roxane will be funny, sharp, emotionally fearless. Together (and alongside the remarkable cast we’ve put together) they’ll light the whole story from the inside and make it feel fresh, wild and exciting. This version is big-hearted, quick-witted, sharp tongued, and unapologetically sincere: period enough to lose yourself in, modern enough to feel like it’s speaking directly to us about love, longing, and how we show ourselves to the world.”
Cyrano de Bergerac – Dates
Cyrano de Bergerac is running at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 27 September to 15 November 2025.
Updated 30 January 2026: Cyrano de Bergerac will transfer to London’s Noel Coward Theatre for a limited run from 13 June 2026 – 5 September 2026 starring Adrian Lester and Susannah Fielding.
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