Incidentally, McAvoy’s natural Glaswegian accent adds to the “outsider” dialects on display, and the sense of language bristling live and varied from street level. And when Cyrano confronts the man being lined up to marry his beloved Roxanne (Anita-Joy Uwajeh), their duel takes the form of a rap battle - the microphones in their hands being the closest these characters will come to a rapier. As the scene-setting poet Ligniere (Nima Taleghani) discusses the merits of rhyme with sweet-toothed bookseller Leila Ragueneau (Michele Austin), it’s with a rapper’s thrust and delight in language. The ensemble first emerges monochrome from the shadows of the stage to face the audience head-on, accompanied by a mix of church music and beatboxing. The opening scenes establish the approach.
The use of the mics also implies stand-up, narrowing the distance between actor and audience. Staging is minimal, effectively an empty white box, save for a large mirror, plastic chairs, a lighting rig and, mostly notably, microphone stands - not for audibility (actors still have head mics) but to underline the fact that much of the story revolves around performance, from the theater confrontation that opens the play, to the self-referential acknowledgement of language as a tool or weapon of love, politics, violence and connection. Friday screenings feature English subtitles as part of our commitment to make programs more accessible to d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences.Period costume and swords have gone the same way as the famous appendage, to be replaced by contemporary streetwear. National Theatre Live is a groundbreaking project to broadcast the best of British theatre live from the London stage to cinemas around the world, including Coral Gables Art Cinema! Tickets to these special screenings are $20 and under ( $16 for Cinema members).
This production includes a 20 minute intermission. This classic play will be brought to life with linguistic ingenuity to celebrate Cyrano’s powerful and resonant resistance against overwhelming odds. Will a society engulfed by narcissism get the better of Cyrano - or can his mastery of language set Roxane’s world alight? Edmond Rostand’s masterwork is adapted by Martin Crimp and directed by Jamie Lloyd ( Betrayal). There’s just one big problem: he has a nose as huge as his heart. Fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, Cyrano almost has it all - if only he could win the heart of his true love Roxane. James McAvoy ( X-Men, Atonement) returns to the stage in an inventive new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, straight from London’s West End.
It is a triumph, a breathtakingly bold rethinking of a classic in resonant contemporary ways." -Sarah Crompton, WhatsOnStage "James McAvoy gives a stunningly powerful performance in this piece of pure theater." -Nick Curtis, Evening Standard
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