A dazzling new adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s romantic play
A love letter to theatre-makers and theatre-goers

Cyrano’s love for the beautiful Roxane is as plain as the GIGANTIC nose on his face.

Cursed with the looks of a clown, he weaves his secret longing into love letters of exquisite beauty that he will never dare to send. All he needs is a perfect nose to match his perfect prose. The handsome Christian has also fallen for Roxane – but while he looks like a god, he sounds like a fool.

Sacrificing physical love for fantasy, Cyrano hands his words of love to Christian to speak for them both. Will Roxane fall for the ‘perfect’ man? Can Cyrano exist with only half her heart? Is true love more than skin deep?

This epic love story, immortalised on film by Gérard Depardieu and Steve Martin, is transformed in a dazzling new verse adaptation by Peter Oswald. This love letter to theatre, directed by Tom Morris (Touching the Void, War Horse), will make you fall in love all over again.

A Bristol Old Vic production, in association with the Hong Kong Arts Festival

_{The Hong Kong cast may be different from the original cast featured on this website}

Writer
Edmond Rostand

Translator
Peter Oswald

Director
Tom Morris 

Set and Costume Designer
Ti Green 

Lighting Designer
Richard Howell 

Composer
Adrian Sutton 

Sound Designer
Dan Jones 

Musical Director
Guy Hughes 

Costume Supervisor
Emma Cains 

Assistant Director
Jess Clough-MacRae