BY EDMOND ROSTAND TRANSLATED BY EDWIN MORGAN
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A CITIZENS THEATRE, NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND AND ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE EDINBURGH CO-PRODUCTION
1 – 22 SEP 2018
GEORGE DRENNAN | ENSEMBLE/MUSICIAN
CAST MAGGIE BAIN | VALVERT/ENSEMBLE Theatre credits include: Macbeth (Tobacco Factory); Man To Man (Brooklyn Academy of Music, UK Tour, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Wales Millennium Centre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Globe Theatre); Broken Meats (Southwark Playhouse); The Blood is Strong (Finborough Theatre); Beautiful Burnout (Frantic Assembly/National Theatre of Scotland); Henry V, A Doll’s House (Theatre Delicatessen); 3 Stories – Memory, Love of the Nightingale (Rough Fiction); It’s A Girl (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/ International Theatre Festival Bucharest); Kid Simple (Edinburgh Festival Fringe). Maggie is also a practitioner for internationally renowned theatre company Frantic Assembly. TV and film credits include: Black Mirror, The End of the F*****g World, Happiness, Crisis Control, Churchill’s Mother, The Wider Sun (BFI Short), First and Only, Making Ugly.
NALINI CHETTY | LE BRET/ENSEMBLE Nalini studied Drama at Bristol University and trained as an actor at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Theatre credits include: Ma, Pa and The Little Mouths (Tron Theatre/ Traverse Theatre); A Safe Place, The Archivist (National Theatre of Scotland/Òran Mór); Flight (Vox Motus); Horizontal Collaboration, City of the Blind (Fire Exit); Aladdin (M.A Productions/Ayr Gaiety); Puellae (Frae Naewhere); BIRTH, Traverse Live, Theatre Uncut (Traverse Theatre); After Mary Rose (Magnetic North); Heer Ranjha (Ankur Productions); Yellow Moon - winner of TMA award and Brits off Broadway 2008 (TAG/ Ctizens Theatre). TV and Film credits include: series regular ‘Zinnie’ in River City (BBC); Justice (LA productions/BBC); Taggart (STV); Hula (Braw Films). Radio credits include: Puellae, A World Elsewhere, The Return (BBC Radio 4); Drivetime (Radio Scotland). Writing credits include: Puellae (Summerhall/BBC Radio 4); Finding Noor (Ankur/Citizens Theatre); Kontomble (Oran Mor/National Theatre of Scotland). She was a participant in Channel 4 Scriptwriters 2015-16 and is a regular writer on River City.
MALCOLM CUMMING | ENSEMBLE Malcolm graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this year. He is this year’s Citizens Theatre Robertson Trust Actor Intern. Theatre credits include: One More Sleep ‘til Christmas, The Wonderful World of Dissocia (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Lord of the Flies (Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures); Peter Pan (Eden Court Theatre/Team Entertainments); Stars and S****s (On the Verge Festival); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (City of Glasgow College); Sunshine on Leith, Spring Awakening, Brave Macbeth (Edinburgh Festival Fringe). Film credits include: Anna and the Apocalypse (Blazing Griffin, John McPhail); British By the Grace of God (Columbia University, Sean Dunn); Longlost (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/ WASA Short Film); Spaceship (Conor McMahon, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).
George has worked extensively in Scottish Theatre over the last 30 years starting out with Wildcat Theatre Company in 1988 where he performed in many shows including Border Warfare, John Brown’s Body, Sharks and The Jolly Beggars. Other theatre credits include: Lanark: A Life in Three Acts (Citizens Theatre); Wolves in The Walls (National Theatre of Scotland); STIFF!, The Man of La Mancha (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); Sunshine on Leith (Dundee Rep); Parahandy (Eden Court). George has also performed in many of Òran Mór’s lunchtime productions and pantomimes. Last year he spent four months in New York performing The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart with the National Theatre of Scotland, the show was then taken out again this year to The Spoleto festival in Charleston. TV credits include: River City; Lip Service; Still Game; Gary Tank Commander; Rab. C.Nesbitt; Legit; Taggart. George was also a regular in the Gaelic soap Machair.
BRIAN FERGUSON | CYRANO DE BERGERAC After graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly RSAMD) in 2001, Brian began performing throughout Scotland in theatres such as Citizens Theatre, Tron Theatre, The Arches, Perth Rep and Traverse Theatre. In 2014, he played the title role in Hamlet for the Citizens Theatre production, directed by Dominic Hill. Previous work with National Theatre of Scotland includes Black Watch and Anything That Gives Off Light (The Team) and Brian was an Artistic Associate with the company in 2008/2009. Brian spent several years as a Company Associate with Poorboy, the Arbroath based theatre company which specialises in sitespecific and promenade performance. In addition to his work in Scotland, Brian has performed at The Royal Court, The Bush, The Almeida and the National Theatre in London. He has also worked extensively with The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Globe.
KEITH FLEMING | DE GUICHE/ENSEMBLE Theatre credits include: The Macbeths, Vanya, Miss Julie (Citizens Theatre); Oresteia: This Restless House (2017 and 2016 Citizens Theatre/National Theatre of Scotland); Dunsinane (National Theatre of Scotland international tour, UK tour with the Royal Shakespeare Company); Black Watch, The Miracle Man, The Making of Us (National Theatre of Scotland); Peer Gynt (National Theatre of Scotland/Dundee Rep); Macbeth (Perth Theatre): Beautiful Burnout (Frantic Assembly/National Theatre of Scotland); The Dark Things, Pandas (Traverse Theatre); Squash, Call of the Wild, An Incident at the Border (Òran Mór); Barflies (Grid Iron); David Leddy’s Untitled Love Story and Doubt, AutoBahn, Days of Wine and Roses (Theatre Jezebel); Stones in His Pockets, Lonesome West (Tron Theatre). Keith is a former member of Dundee Rep Ensemble where he appeared in over 35 productions, and winner of the Best Actor Award at Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland. He has been seen recently as a regular character in tv series Outlander.
JESSICA HARDWICK | ROXANE/ENSEMBLE Jessica trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Theatre credits include: Miss Julie, Lanark: A Life in Three Acts (Citizens Theatre); The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (National Theatre of Scotland, Scotland and New York tour); Crime and Punishment (Citizens Theatre/Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse/Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); The Rivals (Citizens Theatre/ Bristol Old Vic/Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse); Slope (Untitled Projects/ Citizens Theatre); Rhinoceros, The Venetian Twins (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); The Fair Intellectual Club (Stellar Quines); Knives in Hens (Perth Theatre); Three Sisters (Tron Theatre); The Antipodes (Sam Wanamaker Festival, Shakespeare’s Globe). Radio credits include: The Vital Spark: Intelligence, Reachers Point, Brothers, The Fair Intellectual Club (6-part series), McLevy, The Pillow Book (BBC Radio 4). She was awarded Winner of The Billy McColl Award for Most Promising Newcomer in Scottish Stage Acting, awarded by John Byrne 2014, and Best Female Performance Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2018 for Knives in Hens.
BHAV JOSHI | ENSEMBLE Bhav Joshi trained at Rose Bruford College and graduated in 2017 on the BA (Hons) Acting programme. Theatre credits include: Twist (Theatre Centre); El Grito del Bronx, The Riots, The Government Inspector, Macbeth, Celebration, The Crucible (Rose Bruford College); Crave (Scottworks). TV and film credits include: Cuckoo (Rough Cut TV); Letters Home (Grid Iron/ Edinburgh International Book Festival).
SCOTT MACKIE | CHRISTIAN/ENSEMBLE Scott trained at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He made his stage debut last year in Max Webster’s The Winter’s Tale at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Since then, he has appeared in A Better Life at the King’s Head Theatre and Entropy at The White Bear Theatre in London. TV credits include: Pumped for the BBC and Thanks For The Memories with ZDF Productions. His first play as a writer The Unemployed Actors’ Union (co-written with Santino Smith), opened in London earlier this year.
ISOBEL MCARTHUR | ENSEMBLE/MUSICIAN Isobel is an actor, musician and playwright and she trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Recent writer-performer credits include: Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of), Daphne Oram’s Wonderful World of Sound (Blood of the Young/Tron Theatre); How to Sing it (Tron Creative); GOLDEN ARM THEATRE PROJECT (Blood of the Young). Other theatre credits include: Monarch of the Glen (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Avoidable Climbing (Take Me Somewhere/ Citizens Theatre); Cock (Tron Theatre); Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland adapted by Anthony Neilson (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh).
SAMUEL PASHBY | ENSEMBLE/MUSICIAN Samuel has recently finished performing as Malcolm in Macbeth at Stafford Festival Shakespeare. He holds an MA from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a BA (Hons) in Drama from the University of Winchester. Recent theatre credits include: Cinderella (Citizens Theatre); Man in Jam Diaries (Summerhall); Laertes in Hamlet (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/Bard in the Botanics); Brothers in Brother, Samuel in How to Stage a Drowning (On The Verge); Titus Lartius in Coriolanus (Bard in the Botanics); Orlando in scenes from As You Like It (Shakespeare’s Globe Education).
GABRIEL QUIGLEY | RAGUENEAU/ENSEMBLE Gabriel studied English Literature and Theatre Studies at Glasgow University. Theatre credits include: Rupture, The Driver’s Seat, Enquirer (National Theatre of Scotland); Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Six Black Candles (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); Canned Laughter (ATG); Spoiling, The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society, Strawberries in January, 15 Secs, Chic Nerds (Traverse Theatre); Get Santa (Royal Court Theatre); The City, Bliss/Mud (CATS nomination best actress), San Diego, Love Freaks (Tron Theatre); Threeway (Invisible Dot); White Tea (Fire Exit); Top Girls (New Vic); Burning Bright (V.amp); Mainstream (Suspect Culture); Dissent (7:84); Trainspotting (Citizens Theatre/G&J Productions); The Gun (Wildcat); Grimm Tales (Leicester Haymarket). TV and film credits include: Patrick Melrose, Coronation Street, Logan High, Rubenesque, A Long Long Crime Ago, New Town, Taggart, Rab C Nesbit, Gary Tank Commander, Welcome to Strathmuir, Still Game, Chewin The Fat, Karen Dunbar Show, Only an Excuse, Millport, Glasgow Kiss, Life Support, Bumping the Odds, Princess Emmy, Festival. Gabriel was awarded a Herald Angel for Strawberries in January.
ANNA RUSSELL-MARTIN | ENSEMBLE Anna trained at The Dance School of Scotland and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is this year’s Citizens Theatre Actor Intern. Theatre credits include: Bunny (Tron Theatre); The Wonderful World of Dissocia, The Angry Brigade, One More Sleep ‘til Christmas, Coriolanus (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Betty Blue Eyes, Godspell (The Dance School of Scotland/Citizens Theatre). Awards include: the Duncan MacRae Memorial Award for Scots Language 2016 and the Arnold Fleming Scholarship 2016. Anna was awarded the Mac Brydon Prize 2018.
EWAN SOMERS | ENSEMBLE/CYRANO UNDERSTUDY Ewan trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He was the Citizens Theatre Actor Intern in 2015 and took part in the 2016 Dundee Rep Graduate Scheme. Theatre credits include: Travels With My Aunt, Rapunzel, Lot and His God, Lanark: A Life in Three Acts (Citizens Theatre); Faithful Ruslan: The Story of a Guard Dog (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry/Citizens Theatre); Macbeth (Stafford Gatehouse); Much Ado About Nothing (Ian Charleson Award nomination), Love Song, Little Red and the Wolf, Witness for the Prosecution (Dundee Rep); Tomorrow (Vanishing Point/International Tour); Aladdin (Perth Theatre); Dick McWhittington (Perth Concert Hall). TV credits include: Outlander (Sony/Starz/Leftbank).
WITH Evan Campbell Jessica Jarvie
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Lucy Hay Finlay Morrison
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Venetia Hogg Sylvie Tata
CYRANO DE BERGERAC BY EDMOND ROSTAND TRANSLATED BY EDWIN MORGAN Edwin Morgan (1920–2010) spent his whole life in Glasgow, apart from four years’ military service in the Middle East. Through his writing, however, he explored different eras, cultures, characters and forms, including translations from over a dozen languages. He combined experimental sound and visual poetry with a focus on Glaswegian voices and places, delighting in the city’s gallus irreverence. He explored space and time through inventive science fiction poetry. His internationally recognised poetry, including tender gay love poems sometimes half concealed, offered new perspectives to a largely traditional Scottish public. Poetic drama, from medieval French and Dutch folk plays in the 1980s to the more ambitious Cyrano (1992) and Phaedra (2000), seemed a natural development. His millennial A.D. trilogy about Jesus challenged pious interpretations of a radical message. Terminally ill with cancer, Morgan continued to produce powerful, prize-winning poetry in Cathures (2002) and A Book of Lives (2007), becoming Scotland’s National Poet or Makar in 2004. Biography by Professor James McGonigal
CREATIVE TEAM DOMINIC HILL | DIRECTOR Dominic Hill is Artistic Director of the Citizens Theatre. Since joining the Citizens in 2011, he has directed Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Cinderella, The Macbeths, Oresteia: This Restless House (2017 and 2016, winner of Best Director, 2016 CATS Awards), Hay Fever, Hansel & Gretel, The Rivals, Endgame, The Choir, Fever Dream: Southside, A Christmas Carol, Hamlet, The Libertine, Miss Julie, Crime and Punishment (winner of Best Director and Best Production, 2014 CATS Awards), Far Away, Seagulls, Doctor Faustus, Sleeping Beauty, Krapp’s Last Tape, Footfalls, King Lear and Betrayal (winner of Best Director, 2012 CATS Award). Before joining the Citizens he was Artistic Director of the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh and Joint Artistic Director of Dundee Rep. Other credits include Falstaff and Macbeth (Scottish Opera) and The City Madam (Royal Shakespeare Company). He has directed in theatres in London and throughout the UK.
TOM PIPER | SET DESIGNER Recent designs include: Hay Fever, King Lear, Hamlet, The Libertine (Citizens Theatre); Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Endgame (Citizens Theatre/HOME Manchester); Rhinoceros (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); The Great Wave (National Theatre); The Cherry Orchard (Bristol Old Vic/Royal Exchange); iHo (Hampstead Theatre); Harrogate (HighTide/ Royal Court); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company & UK Tour); Carmen La Cubana (Le Théâtre du Châtelet); Red Velvet (West End, Tricycle Theatre & New York); A Wolf In Snakeskin Shoes (Tricycle Theatre); The King’s Speech (Birmingham Rep/Chichester Festival Theatre & UK Tour); Orfeo (Royal Opera House); Tamburlaine The Great (Theatre For a New Audience, New York). As Associate Designer of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Tom designed over 30 of their shows including The Histories for which he won an Olivier for best costume design. Tom designed Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London and received an MBE for services to Theatre and First World War commemorations. Other recent exhibitions include: Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic (V&A); Shakespeare Staging The World (British Museum).
PAM HOGG | COSTUME DESIGNER Pam Hogg is a legendary Scottish fashion designer and artist. She trained at the Glasgow School of Art before gaining her Master of Arts from the Royal College of Art, London. Since launching her first fashion collection in 1981 she has created clothes worn by Debbie Harry, Siouxsie Sioux, Bjork, Kylie Minogue and Rihanna. She presented her first catwalk show in 1985 and continues to create, direct, produce and style her collections each season at London Fashion Week. In 2016 she designed bespoke statuettes for the thirteen winners at the Brit Awards. Pam’s work has been displayed at the V&A in London; the Tate in St Ives; Pompidou Centre in Paris; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow; Christie’s in New York; and Summerhall in Edinburgh. Awards include: Lifetime Achievement Award, Scottish Fashion Council (2009), Great Scot Award (2012), Award for Creative Excellence, Scottish Fashion Council (2013).
LIZZIE POWELL | LIGHTING DESIGNER Some theatre designs include: Cinderella, Endgame, Hansel & Gretel, The Choir, A Christmas Carol, Fever Dream: Southside, The Libertine, Far Away/Seagulls, Krapp’s Last Tape/Footfalls (Citizens Theatre); Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (National Theatre of Scotland/West End); Adam, Glasgow Girls, In A Time O’ Strife, My Shrinking Life, Enquirer, Knives in Hens (National Theatre of Scotland); Macbeth (Royal Shakespeare Company); The Mountaintop (Young Vic); Deathtrap (Dundee Rep); Victory Condition, B, Human Animals, Violence and Son (Royal Court); The Country Girls (Chichester Festival); What Girls Are Made Of, While You Lie, The Dark Things (Traverse Theatre); Eddie and the Slumber Sisters (Catherine Wheels); The Mighty Walzer, Anna Karenina (Royal Exchange, Manchester); Frankenstein/ Hedda Gabler (Northern Stage); Romeo and Juliet (Sheffield Crucible); The Unknown Island, Idomeneus (Gate); Secret Theatre (Lyric, Hammersmith).
NIKOLA KODJABASHIA | COMPOSER AND SOUND DESIGNER Nikola is one of the leading figures in the European music and stage avant-garde with four critically-acclaimed albums released by ReR Recommended Records and Filter Label. Theatre credits include: Cinderella, Crime and Punishment, Hamlet, A Christmas Carol, Hansel and Gretel (Citizens Theatre); This Restless House (Citizens Theatre/National Theatre of Scotland); La Suite (Fabien Prioville Dance Company/Pina Bausch Foundation); Bacchai (National Theatre); Kafka’s Monkey (Young Vic); The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain (English Touring Theatre/Traverse/Belgrade Theatre, Coventry); Inkheart, Romeo and Juliet (HOME Manchester); Scherzo for Piano and Stick, Insomnia (Riotous); Siege (Freedom Theatre Palestine); Wajdi Mouawad’s Scorched (Old Vic); Olivier Award-winning Hecuba (DONMAR Warehouse). Other notable commissions include: scores for National Theatre (2002/3), La Biennale di Venezia (2004), BBC Singers (2010), Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra (2009), Macedonian National Opera (2013). TV and film credits include: Defining Fay (2012); Dance with Me (2010); Dear Ana (2011); Racism, a History, Gothica, etc. (BBC/Arena); Grandmothers of the Revolution (Petra Pan Slovenia).
KALLY LLOYD-JONES | MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Kally trained as a dancer, has an MA in English Literature and Film Studies from Glasgow University and has worked as a director, choreographer, dancer, movement director and teacher in the UK and internationally. She is founder and Artistic Director of Company Chordelia and has recently created, directed and choreographed the company’s latest award-winning production, Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here, as well as Nijinsky’s Last Jump and Scottish Opera co-productions Dance Derby and The Seven Deadly Sins, for which she won a Herald Angel award, Les Amoureux, Cabaret Chordelia & Miranda. Choreography/movement direction credits include: Glyndebourne, Danish National Opera, Royal Swedish Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Citizens Theatre, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Tête a Tête Opera, Edinburgh International Festival, Ankur Productions, The King’s Theatre Glasgow, Traverse Theatre and The Tron. Directing credits include: Scottish Opera, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, The Byre Theatre, Tête a Tête Opera Festival, Edinburgh Grand Opera, Bloomsbury Opera and St Andrews Opera. Kally is Chair of The Work Room at Tramway.
RENNY KRUPINSKI | FIGHT DIRECTOR Renny is an internationally renowned fight director, an award-winning actor, director and writer. His work can be seen across the UK, in London’s West End, The Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. TV credits include: Emmerdale (social media accolade of “Best punch ever”), Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Blue Murder, So Awkward. Renny’s play Bare won a Scotsman Edinburgh Fringe First, a Dark Chat best director award and a best actor nomination for him from The Stage. He has also played Salieri, Banquo, Claudius, Capulet, Launcelot Gobbo and the villain Sizzler in Brookside. His play D’Eon was a critically-acclaimed sell-out earlier this year and A Dangerous Woman received rave reviews at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Renny has written many BBC Radio 4 comedies and used to write The Bill. He is the voice and face of Oblivion at Alton Towers and is starting work on a new musical of Twelfth Night at The Young Vic.
JEAN SANGSTER | VOICE Jean’s consultancy work as a vocal coach and voice director is in both spoken and sung voice. Theatre credits include: The Choir (Citizens Theatre); Hay Fever (Citizens Theatre/Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); The House of Bernarda Alba (National Theatre of Scotland); The Yellow on the Broom, Deathtrap (Dundee Rep); Backbeat (Act Productions); Heer Ranja, Fifty Shades of Black (Ankur Productions); Sunset Song, The Broons (Selladoor Productions); The Steamie (Neil Laidlaw Productions). Performance credits: Lachez Tout! (Red Note Ensemble); Hand me down (Glas[s] Performance). Film credits: Beats (Sixteen Films); MARCH (Glasgow Women’s Library/Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). Jean is Head of Voice and the Centre for Voice in Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is Artistic Associate in Voice at Dundee Rep, a Donald Dewar Arts Award Trustee and an advocate of Scots Language.
LAURA DONNELLY CDG | CASTING DIRECTOR JOANNA BOWMAN | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JAMES GARDNER | LIGHTING ASSOCIATE
A NOTE FROM THE PRODUCERS CITIZENS THEATRE AT TRAMWAY Cyrano De Bergerac marks our first production at Tramway since we moved out of our Gorbals home. Over the next two years, the Citizens Theatre will undergo the most comprehensive redevelopment of our Victorian building since it opened as a theatre in 1878 and will ensure that the Citizens is accessible to all audiences, artists, participants and the local community. We are delighted to have found a temporary home at Tramway with its distinctive, contemporary performance space which offers a new and exhilarating experience for our audiences. We are incredibly grateful to our co-producers, National Theatre of Scotland and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh for making this production possible and extend the warmest of thanks to all Tramway staff for welcoming us into their venue. Cyrano de Bergerac is a defining piece of contemporary Scottish theatre and it has been a privilege to remount Edwin Morgan’s extraordinary adaptation of this joyful play. Thank you for your support and we hope you enjoy the performance. Dominic Hill & Judith Kilvington, Citizens Theatre Joint Chief Executives. citz.co.uk
NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND As the National Theatre of Scotland, enabling the incredible ambition of our finest theatre-makers is at the heart of what we do. Cyrano de Bergerac is a Scots classic, and I am thrilled that Dominic Hill is bringing his unique spirit of theatrical invention to this new production. Bringing together an ensemble of incredible acting talent, a world-class creative team and Scotland’s three major theatre companies, it has been a joy to collaborate on a play that is a celebration of theatre itself. Jackie Wylie, National Theatre of Scotland Artistic Director and Chief Executive nationaltheatrescotland.com
ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE EDINBURGH Cyrano De Bergerac is one of my favourite stories. I suppose that’s hardly surprising since Cyrano is the story of the seductive power of words which writer wouldn’t love it? It is a truly timeless tale about the nature of beauty and hidden desire, which every generation seems to return to, re-invent and take to heart anew. For some, Derek Jacobi’s 1983 televised RSC version was their Cyrano, for others it was Gerard Depardieu’s epic, Oscar-winning film, Steve Martin’s comedy version – Roxanne or more recently the female Cyrano of indie hit The Truth About Cats and Dogs. For me it was Communicado Theatre Company’s performance of this wonderful version by one of Scotland’s great poets Edwin Morgan at the 1992 Edinburgh International Festival. It is a simply brilliant re-telling. It stole my heart from the moment I heard it and I have remained in love with its flamboyant, tender, joyous words ever since, so when I became Artistic Director at The Lyceum, this was firmly on the wish list. I am absolutely delighted that we have been able to join forces with the Citizens Theatre and the National Theatre of Scotland to bring this unforgettable tale back to the Scottish stage in such style with this fantastic company of actor musicians. I hope you fall in love with it as I did.
GUY COLETTA | ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER
David Greig, The Lyceum Artistic Director and joint Chief Executive. lyceum.org.uk
THE CITIZENS COMPANY Linda Allan Fin Bain Esther Batterham Catherine Bird Ashleigh Blair Dave Black Joanna Bowman Alex Brady Suzanne Brady Louise Brown Charlene Boyd Theo Cherry Lisa Corr Sullivan Natalia Cortes Peter Cowan Elaine G Coyle Carol Cull Malcolm Cumming Stephen Cunningham Kirstie Cusick Caroline Darke Lesley Davidson Saul Davidson Denise Differ Louise Dingwall Michael Dorrance Ann Dundas Lisa Dundas Steven Dundas Amir Ebrahim Robyn Ferguson Christopher Ferrie Barry Forde Neil Francis Benjamin Frost Jacky Gardiner Harvey Gardner Elly Goodman Daniel Hamilton Davy Harrop Jamie Hayes Dominic Hill Neil Hobbs Guy Hollands Olivia Hughes Caroline James Miles Jarvis Euan Jenkins Stuart Jenkins Arthur Johnston Simon Jones
Trusts and Foundations Manager Front of House Marketing Officer Payroll Officer Head Scenic Artist Front of House Assistant Director (Birkbeck Trainee) Box Office Supervisor / IT Box Office / Drama Class Tutor / Nightschool Tutor Creative Learning Officer Nightschool Tutor Front of House Drama Class Tutor Company Stage Manager Box Office Head of Wardrobe Housekeeper Robertson Trust Citizens Theatre Actor Intern Technician Head of Development Trusts & Foundations Manager General Manager Front of House Box Office Manager Press and Marketing Officer Deputy Head of Workshop Housekeeper Box Office Housekeeper Front of House Box Office Sound Number 2 Assistant Stage Manager Drama Class Tutor Wardrobe Assistant Front of House Front of House Community Drama Artist Drama Class Tutor Front of House / Stage Door Administrator Head of Stage Artistic Director Deputy Head of Lighting & Sound Associate Director (Citizens Learning) Front of House Drama Class Tutor Front of House Front of House Head of Lighting & Sound Stage Door Administrator Stage Door Administrator
Judith Kilvington Campbell Lawrie Karen Lee-Barron Alison Lewis Niall Macdonald Alison MacKinnon Rose Manson Carly McCaig Erin McCardie Sarah McGavin Morna McGeoch Michael McGurk Rachel McGurk Lawrie McInally Hannah McLean Lauren McLean Claire McNeil Jason McQuaide Kat Moir Debbie Montgomery Jim Morrison Jacqueline Muir Jack Mullen Denis Murphy Emily Murphy Keren Nicol Neil Packham Donald Pirie Frances Poet Marion Quinn Sarah Rankin Molly Ross Anna Russell-Martin Mo SerpehriDoust Saffron Shearer Jatinder Singh Mags Smillie Angela Smith Laura Smith Lorna Stallard Graham Sutherland Laurence Taylor Erin Tighe Chris Traquair Martin Travers Shiona Walker Colin White Clare Wilde Ross Williamson Gary Wong Catherine Wyllie
Executive Director Drama Class Supervisor Wardrobe Assistant / Dresser Marketing & Communications Manager (Maternity cover) Front of House Head of Marketing & Communications Front of House Community Drama Worker Front of House Drama Class Tutor Drama Class Tutor Front of House Front of House Stage Door Administrator Drama Class Tutor Drama Class Tutor Finance Manager Deputy Head of Stage Drama Class Tutor Drama Class Supervisor/ Nightschool Tutor Front of House Production Administrator Box Office Head of Workshop Front of House Marketing & Communications Manager Community Drama Director Nightschool Tutor Literary Associate Front of House Drama Class Tutor Development Assistant Citizens Theatre Actor Intern Front of House Wardrobe Assistant Front of House Head of Finance Learning Projects Manager Deputy Head of Production Front of House Head of Production Finance Assistant Drama Class Tutor Head Flyman / Technician Producer (Citizens Learning) Digital Officer Drama Class Tutor Major Donor Officer Building Supervisor Front of House Front of House
Board: April Chamberlain (Chair), Alex Reedijk (Vice Chair), Councillor Susan Aitken, Paulo Cruz, Laurence Fraser, Alex Gaffney, Dominic Hill, Ryan James, Mike Russell, James Scanlon and Irene Tweedie.
NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND Patrick Ahaoto Karen Allan George Bell Cora Bisset Joe Blythe Lois Burrows Max Chase Laura Clark Sophie Cooper Maureen Dalton Rachel D’Arcy Lucy Deere Ross Dickinson Laura Donnelly CDG Monica Fallon Angela Fraser Genevieve Freeman Leonie Rae Gasson Gillian Gourlay Juanita Green Nic Green Charlotte Gross Alyson Hagan Jane Hamilton Fiona Hanrahan Seth Hardwick Brenna Hobson Anna Hodgart Cait Irvine Rosie Kellagher Kathy Khorrami Stuart Laing Catherine Lamont Stella Litchfield
Cleaner Learn Producer Building Supervisor Associate Director Media Officer Finance Manager Marketing Assistant Senior Producer Stage Management Assistant Production Coordinator Digital and Communications Officer Project Manager Trainee Digital Associate Casting Director Office and Facilities Administrator Accounts Administrator Finance Assistant Learn Project Manager Learning & Outreach Manager PA to Artistic Director and Chief Executive Artist in Residence Director of Audience and Media Director of Finance and Administration Press and Marketing (Learn) Office Administrator Video Producer Executive Producer and Deputy Chief Executive Engine Room Producer Creative Trainee Dramaturg PA to the Board Associate Director Marketing Manager Director of Development
Ali Low Jannah Main Marianne Maxwell Adam McDougall Bruce McDowall Keith McDowall Christine McGuire Euan McLaren Claire McNaught Dallis Murray Greig Neilson Caroline Newall Ruth Ogston Sharon Oliphant Adura Onashile Eileen O’Reilly Sam Phillips Richard Price Jessica Richards Jim Russell Emma Schad Simon Sharkey Kirsty Shea Aileen Sherry Gemma Swallow Philippa Tomlin Iain Urquhart Jo Walsh Fergus Weir Arianne Welsh Yesha West Tom Worthington Jackie Wylie
Head of Stage Learn Project Manager Producer Development Manager General Manager Assistant Building Supervisor Cleaner Head of Lighting Content Manager (Maternity Cover) Senior Production Coordinator Management Account Director of Artistic Development Trust and Funding Manager Finance Assistant Artist in Residence Producer Assistant Production Manager Head of Sound Company Manager Interim Finance Manager Head of Communications Associate Director - Learn Rockvilla Space Coordinator Head of Costume Technical Director Creative Leaning Coordinator Stores Technician Producer Marketing Officer Production Coordination Assistant Technical Stage Intern Assistant Building Supervisor Artistic Director and Chief Executive
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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE EDINBURGH EXECUTIVE TEAM
DEVELOPMENT
Artistic Director and joint Chief Executive Executive Director and joint Chief Executive PA to the Chief Executives Producer
David Greig Alex McGowan Lesley Gardner Harriet Mackie
Mairi Rosko Andrew Grant Jackie Crichton
BOX OFFICE
PRODUCTION Head of Production Company Stage Manager Deputy Stage Managers Assistant Stage Managers Acting Head of Stage Stage Technician Head of Lighting and Sound Deputy Heads of Lighting and Sound Lighting and Sound Technicians Workshop Manager Head Scenic Artist Deputy Scenic Artist Master Carpenter Carpenter Head of Wardrobe Deputy Wardrobe Supervisor Maker/Assistant Cutter Cutters Wardrobe Assistants Running Wardrobe
David Butterworth Daniel Dixon Dan Travis, Claire Williamson Zoe King Hamish Millar Mark O’Connor Ian Gibson Lindsey Bell, Ross McFarlane Ady Powers, Andy Devenport Jason Dailly Fiona Clark Casey Campbell Sarah Marshall Vladimiro Guerreiro Shirley Robinson Caitlin Wiedenhof Argyro Sapsouzidi Karen Sorley, Lucy Carr-Locke Grazyna Wysocka Christine Dove
Box Office Manager Box Office Supervisors Box Office Assistants
Chris Ashwell David Byrne, Pamela Clilverd Stephen Dennehy, Jude Durnan, Fergus Henderson, Simon Read, Emma Reid, Emily Scott
CREATIVE LEARNING Head of Creative Learning Lyceum Youth Theatre Director Creative Learning Producer Creative Learning Officer Creative Learning Interns
Sharon May Rachael Esdale Kerrie Walker Katie Mitchell Saffron Gillies, Kate Stevens
CUSTOMER SERVICES Theatre Manager Deputy Theatre Manager Duty Managers
Jacqui Nagib Jack Summers-McKay Adam James, Jessica Moran, Ailis Paterson, Stephanie Ritchie, Katie Stephen
FRONT OF HOUSE ASSISTANTS
ADMINISTRATION General Manager Company Accountant Assistant Accountant Production Assistant Stage Door/Fire Security
Development Director Development Officer Development Assistant
Ruth Butterworth Fiona Semple Gaëlle Geveaux Tom Kitching Adam Brook, Gillian Brook, Claire Loughran, Tim Primrose
Cameron Banks, Marco Barton, Anne-Marie Blouin-Magnan, Cara Brodie, Robbie Castle, Rebecca Clark, Jamie Cook, Eilidh Cownie, Kat Croan, Steve Dawson, Libby Daye, Sophie Egan, Julia Fraser, Matthew Hall, Emma Harley, Maegan Hearons, Phil Kirk, Katerina Kupcova, Laura Kwiatkowski, Sean Langtree, Adam Lloyd, Camilla Makhmudi, Keith McLeish, Amy McVicar, Claire Moffat, Miriam Morris, Jack Oliver, Maria Papageorgiou, Ella Phillips, Kerri Rolland, Imogen Rowe, Lynn Rusk, Chloe Sara, Róisín Sheridan-Bryson, Chris Townsend, Nick Wood
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Wils Wilson
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COMMUNICATIONS Director of Communications and Customer Services Communications Manager Communications Officer Press & PR Manager
David Tildesley Wayne Harper Ivan Cabedo, Russell Gray, Malcolm McQuillan
Ben Jeffries Allan Ramsay Nathalie Hélène Harriet Mould
ADDITIONAL CYRANO PRODUCTION STAFF Niall Black James Gardner Maddy Grant David Hill Sara Hill Jackie Holt Michelle Lyons
Production Manager Lighting Supervisor Deputy Stage Manager Stage Supervisor Costume Cutter Costume Supervisor Wardrobe Technician/Wardrobe Supervisor
Molly MacDonell Finlayson Pam McCabe Beata Peto Valerie Rickis Amir Sherhan Grace Sutherland
Costume Technician Costume Supervisor Costume Assistant Assistant Stage Manager Sound Supervisor Costume Technician
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The first production of Edwin Morgan’s translation of Cyrano De Bergerac was performed by Communicado Theatre Company in 1992. This co-production was first performed on 1 September 2018 at Tramway. The sets, props and costumes for this production were created by the Citizens Theatre, National Theatre of Scotland and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh workshops. Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh performances - 12 October - 3 November. Eden Court performances - 7 - 10 November. Opening night drinks generously provided by Belhaven and Alliance Wines. Special Thanks to: Hawthorn Theatrical, Stage Sound Services, Flashlite Technical Services, McGhee’s Bakery, Ali Currie, Johanne Samuelson, Gavin Glover, Amber Henry at Dr Martens, parents and guardians of Evan Campbell, Lucy Hay, Venetia Hogg, Jessica Jarvie, Finlay Morrison and Sylvie Tata, Ashleigh Blair.
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