Fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, Cyrano de Bergerac is a swashbuckling seventeenth-century swordsman. Cyrano almost has it all - if only he could win the heart of his true love Roxane. There’s just one problem: he has a nose as huge as his heart. Will a society engulfed by narcissism get the better of Cyrano - or can his mastery of language set Roxane’s world alight? Could she ever love him for who he is? 

 

Cyrano de Bergerac is staged by arrangement with Emma Laird, GGA, www.ggagency.ca. This adaptation of CYRANO DE BERGERAC was commissioned and developed by the Shaw Festival Theatre, Canada, 2018.

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My vision of Cyrano De Bergerac was based on two things - period adrenaline filled action-adventure romance movies from the 80's, 90's and 2000's (Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hidalgo, The Princess Bride), and a world of missed opportunities. My staging began with child versions of Roxane and Cyrano, and an almost kiss that has haunted Cyrano for his entire life. Present day Cyrano has constructed his entire life around being braver than he was as a child, but what parts of the two remained afraid? My Cyrano was in constant communication with his younger self as he oscillated closer and farther from confessing his feelings to his beloved Roxane. 

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We scored the show with Cole Cliche-Mason's compositions of flamenco guitars and heavy snyth to give the whole thing a kind of cinematic flair, but also enliven the sonic world into one of longing that extended from 1640's France to now. Whenever Cyrano dreams of a better world with his words, the world of our play transformed. 

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Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Adapted and Translated by Kate Hennig

November 10-14 2026

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Produced as a part of George Brown Theatre School's 2026/2027 season.

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With: Abby Alexander, Gabriel Amaral Goncalves, Benyamin Bakhshizadeh Sohi, Camila Barba Solis, Aaron Berchuk, Jamiel Bertrand, Jonathan Britton, Garrett Callahan, Jing Cui, Arthur Davies, Atticus Diaz, Caroline Evans, Jaya Georgiades, Sawyer Greene, Kathleen Macneil, Kalem Mahaffy, Liam Marriott, Georgia Peacock, Sasha Polienko, Melissa Pomfret. Julia Rodrigues Tinoco, Sierra Sutcliffe, Yohannes Taye, Joy Tice, Nox Watson and Shu Yan​

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Stage Managed by Debbie Read

Assistant Stage Managed by Laura Lakatosh

Lighting Design by Logan Raju Cracknell

Set and Costume Design by Melanie McNeill

Sound Design by Scott Banks

Original Music Composed by Cole Cliche-Mason

Coaches: John Nelles and Eli Hamm

Intimacy Choreography by Melinda Little

Fights Choreographed by Christopher Mott

Historical dramaturgy by Juan Carlos Figueroa

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Photos by Cylla von Tiedemann

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Directed by me!