Cyrano De bergerac

Freely adapted by Martin Crimp after Edmond Rostand

Directed by Matthew Cox

13th February - 28th February 2026

fortyfivedownstairs - 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

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He has the words. Not the face. Crimp's Cyrano slices through masculinity, identity, and desire in a brutal, lyrical reimagining of the classic love triangle.

Cyrano de Bergerac

A genius with language but convinced of his own ugliness, Cyrano secretly loves the radiant Roxane—who's fallen for the beautiful but inarticulate Christian. When Cyrano offers to ghost-write his rival's seduction, he sets in motion a poignant, hilarious, and ultimately devastating love triangle where performance and authenticity become fatally entangled.

Martin Crimp's radical adaptation of Edmond Rostand's masterwork strips the romance down to its brutal core: a linguistic tour-de-force that examines the cost of forsaking who we are for who we feel we should be. This is Cyrano for the modern age—an unflinching examination of identity, masculinity, and desire.

Directed by Matthew Cox and featuring a razor-sharp ensemble, this isn't the Cyrano you think you know.

Presented by Artefact Theatre Company.


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Meet the CAST

  • Mark Yeates

    Cyrano

  • Cazz Bainbridge

    Roxane

  • Callum O'Malley

    Christian

  • Louis Lucente

    De Guiche

  • Annabelle Tudor

    Leila

  • Bushu Fan Chol

    Le Bret

  • Dion Zapantis

    Ligniere

  • Dominic Gruenwald

    Montfleury/Priest/Ensemble

  • Jasper McLorinan

    Valvert/Ensemble

  • Enya Daly

    Theatre Owner/Ensemble/Swing

  • Eli Carasso

    Armande/Ensemble/Swing

  • Mikaela Cummins

    Marie-Louise/Ensemble

  • Ruby Mountford

    Denise/Ensemble

  • Govind Kumar

    Cadet/Ensemble

  • Jen Bush

    Ensemble

  • Samuel Arandez

    Cadet/Ensemble

  • Zac Ryder

    Cadet/Ensemble

  • Harry Harris

    Cadet/Ensemble