Cyrano de Bergerac and Hotel Packages
Theatre Breaks guests are about to fall in love with Cyrano de Bergerac all over again. After a sold-out and critically adored run in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s five-star production, starring Adrian Lester, transfers to the Noël Coward Theatre for a strictly limited West End summer season: I love London in the summer!
Fiercely funny and intensely romantic, Cyrano lives by his words and his sword. Haunted by doubts about his own his appearance, he watched from the shadows as Roxane falls for another man. Handsome but hopeless with words, Christian turns to the one person who can help.
Who’s in in Cyrano de Bergerac?
The biggest draw is undoubtedly Adrian Lester in the title role. Lester has long been one of Britain’s most magnetic stage actors, but critics were practically unanimous in their praise for his Cyrano, describing the performance as witty, heartbreaking and deeply human. This is not a distant literary hero trapped behind period formality; Lester apparently turns Cyrano into someone thrillingly alive, full of swagger, vulnerability and emotional chaos.
Opposite him, Susannah Fielding reprises her acclaimed performance as Roxane, bringing intelligence and warmth to a character who can often feel underwritten in lesser productions. Their chemistry was repeatedly singled out during the Stratford run, helping transform the play from a dusty classic into something immediate and emotionally devastating.
Part of the excitement surrounding this transfer comes from the adaptation itself. Director Simon Evans has co-written a fresh version of Edmond Rostand’s text with poet and playwright Debris Stevenson, blending lyrical language with modern emotional clarity. Reviews from the original run praised the production for feeling playful and contemporary without losing the romance, swordplay and aching sadness that make Cyrano such an enduring classic.
The Noël Coward Theatre also feels like the perfect home for it. There is something wonderfully fitting about this grand, intimate West End venue hosting a story driven by hidden longing, theatricality and enormous emotion. With its relatively limited run and glowing word-of-mouth already spreading through theatre circles online, demand is expected to be intense. Reddit theatre communities have already begun calling the transfer “really deserving” and “brilliant” following its Stratford success.
When are breaks available for Cyrano de Bergerac?
Cyrano de Bergerac runs from 13 June to 5 September 2026. Evening performances for Cyrano take place at 19:30 from Monday to Saturday: 7:30pm with matinees at 14:00 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Your package can include tickets for either matinees or evening performances. The play is about 2 hours 45 minutes long and includes one interval.
What is the best hotel for a theatre package with Cyrano De Bergerac?
Cyrano de Bergerac is at the Noel Coward Theatre in St Martin`s Lane, just by Leicester Square tube station on the Piccadilly and Northern Lines. So any hotel along either of those two lines would be great.
Nearby on the other hand are some absolutely fabulous hotels: The Londoner, The Radisson Blu Leicester Square, the Royal Horseguards and the Dilly are all five star hotels and some of them aren’t too expensive! Well, that depends on the size of your wallet I suppose!
Check out the Radisson Blu range of hotels. They all have some good deals over the summer.
I love London in the summer!
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IMPORTANT. This is the RSC version of the play, directed by Simon Evans and co-adapted with Debris Stevenson and NOT the version adapted by Martin Crimp starring James McEvoy. That was last year!!!