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
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.
Meet the CAST
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Mark Yeates
Cyrano
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Cazz Bainbridge
Roxane
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Callum O'Malley
Christian
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Louis Lucente
De Guiche
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Annabelle Tudor
Leila
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Bushu Fan Chol
Le Bret
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Dion Zapantis
Ligniere
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Dominic Gruenwald
Montfleury/Priest/Ensemble
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Jasper McLorinan
Valvert/Ensemble
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Enya Daly
Theatre Owner/Ensemble/Swing
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Eli Carasso
Armande/Ensemble/Swing
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Mikaela Cummins
Marie-Louise/Ensemble
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Ruby Mountford
Denise/Ensemble
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Govind Kumar
Cadet/Ensemble
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Jen Bush
Ensemble
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Samuel Arandez
Cadet/Ensemble
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Zac Ryder
Cadet/Ensemble
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Harry Harris
Cadet/Ensemble