Full casting announced for Cyrano de Bergerac starring James McAvoy

### Full casting confirmed for *Cyrano de Bergerac *showing at London's Playhouse Theatre Set to star alongside the previously announced *X-men* star **James McAvoy **(Cyrano) are **Adam Best** (Le Bret), **Adrian Der Gregorian **(Montfleury),** Anita-Joy Uwajeh **(Cyrano's love interest Roxane), **Carla Harrison-Hodge **(Denise/Medic), **Chris Fung **(Usher), **Eben Figueiredo **(Christian), **Kiruna Stamell **(Marie-Louise), **Michele Austin** (Ragueneau), **Nari Blair-Mangat** (Valvert), **Nima Taleghani** (Ligniere), **Philip Cairns **(Referee), **Sam Black** (Armand/Priest),** Seun Shote** (Theatre Owner), and **Tom Edden** (De Guiche). Completing the West End of *Cyrano de Bergerac* are **Brinsley Terence**, **Mika Johnson**, and **Vaneeka Dadhria**. **Anita-Joy Uwajeh **is perhaps best known for starring in *Twelfth Night *at Shakespeare's Globe, *Fury *at the [**Soho Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/307/soho-theatre.aspx), and in the [**Duke of York**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/30/duke-of-yorks-theatre.aspx)'s production of *King Lear. ***Eben Figueiredo**'s stage credits include *Primetime *at the [**Royal Court Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/tickets/royal-court-theatre), *Peter Pan *at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, and *Young Marx *at the Bridge Theatre. ### About the *Cyrano de Bergerac* play: plot, creatives, and performance dates *Cyrano de Bergerac *was written by **Edmond Rostand **and has been freely-adapted by** Martin Crimp **as part of **Jamie Lloyd**'s forthcoming season of [West End shows](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) at The Playhouse, whil runs from November 2019 until August 2020. The play tells the story of 17th-century poet and playwright Cyrano, whose unsightly big nose gets in the way of swaying his true love Roxane, whom he is trying to court. While he may enjoy a highly successful career as a writer, Cyrano's view on life is riddled with the narcissism of those around him as tries to use the magic of the written word to charm Roxane. *Cyrano de Bergerac *at [**London's Playhouse Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/96/playhouse-theatre.aspx) is directed by Jamie Lloyd, who is most recently known for putting on the highly lauded Pinter at the Pinter season at the [**Harold Pinter Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/26/harold-pinter-theatre.aspx). His previous directorial credits include *[**Betrayal**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/betrayal-starring-tom-hiddleston-receives-west-end-extension-at-the-harold-pinter-theatre-extra-tickets-on-sale-now) *starring **Tom Hiddleston**, *Evita *at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, and the [**Duke of York's Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/30/duke-of-yorks-theatre.aspx) production of *Doctor Faustus.* It features design by **Soutra Gilmour**, sound and composition by** Ben and Max Ringham**, lighting design by **Jon Clark**, casting direction by **Stuart Burt **and fight direction by **Kate Waters**. *Cyrano de Bergerac* will play at the [**Playhouse Theatre in London**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/96/playhouse-theatre.aspx) **from 27 November 2019 until 29 February 2020**. Further productions for the new Jamie Lloyd 2019/20 season at the Playhouse are expected to be announced in due course.

👉 [**Don't forget to read our exclusive interview with Edmond Rostand's descendant: Eddie Rostand**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/q-a-with-edmond-rostand-great-nephew-of-cyrano-de-bergerac-poet).

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