Cyrano de Bergerac Tickets

Not long ago somebody called writer and director Simon Evans, whose beguiling and funny hit RSC production of Cyrano de Bergarac opens in the West End this month, enquiring about whether he could write a radio show. After they had been talking productively for a while, the caller said, 'It's funny that I’ve found you, because the person I was originally trying to find was Simon Evans, the magician.

'Well, you won’t believe it,' said Evans, ‘but you have found him. That’s me too.’

Evans has had what might be called an eclectic career. He is indeed a magician: his clever and moving 2016 show The Vanishing Man explored reality, truth and self-deception through the story of magician Hugo Cedar, who vanished on London Bridge in 1930 and was never seen again. 

But he is also a director with credits including Secret Cinema and Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright as well as directing Andrew Scott in The Dazzle, Orlando Bloom in Killer Joe and Toby Stephens and Claire Skinner in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. 

Writing is increasingly part of his portfolio of skills; he is co-writer with poet and playwright Debris Stevenson on Cyrano, a version of Edmond Rostand’s comedy about the verbally dextrous soldier—played here by the wonderful Adrian Lester, who hides his love for Roxanne because of his large nose, which he believes disfigures him, instead using his poetry to court her on behalf of a rival. 

Oh, and Evans is an actor too. He appeared in Staged as himself alongside David Tennant and Michael Sheen for the two series of the lockdown BBC hit, which he also co-created, wrote and directed. You’ll never know quite what he might do next. 

Staged, and the attention it got during the pandemic has been a game-changer for Evans in terms of profile, but he says that for quite a long period during his career he has been prone to insecurity, perhaps a little like Cyrano himself.

‘This can be such a difficult industry to navigate, and there have been times when I have wondered whether I was good enough, and of course you feel insecure and have envy as other people progress, and you wonder whether maybe you should have made other choices, maybe more myopically concentrated on being a director. But now I think the eclecticism is paying off. But it has sometimes felt hard.”

He adds, 'We all have Cyrano’s nose, don’t we? We all have this thing which holds us back, which makes us worry that we won’t be loveable and which makes us lonely and isolated. To some degree we all go through life wearing masks, being afraid and wondering whether we are good enough.'

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.

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).

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.