Virginia Gay’s ‘Cyrano’ is making its North American Premiere in Toronto, running now through April 5 at the CAA Theatre. The production stars Eryn-Jean Norvill in the title role, one of Australia’s most decorated theatre performers, leading a cast that includes Madeline Charlemagne as Roxanne and George Ioannides as Yan. Tickets are available now at Mirvish.com.
Gay’s reimagining of the Edmond Rostand classic is a gender-flipped retelling that earned a Fringe First award at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, where it played to sold-out houses. The story follows Cyrano as a wordsmith and charmer working twice as hard as everyone around her, deeply ashamed of something about herself, while writing the perfect love scenes that another man delivers to the woman they both adore. The Times awarded it five stars and called it “a giddy, sensitive celebration of love.” The Stage matched that rating, calling it “enormously uplifting and infectiously sweet.” The Financial Times called it “dazzlingly clever, witty, knowing, satirical and heartfelt all at once.”
Norvill brings formidable credentials to the role. She is a multiple Sydney Theatre Award and Green Room Award winner, recognized for her landmark performance in The Picture of Dorian Gray for Sydney Theatre Company. Her West End castmates are equally strong, with Charlemagne bringing credits from Hadestown and Hex at the National Theatre, and Ioannides arriving with Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre and Annie at the Piccadilly on his resume.
The production is directed by Clare Watson and produced by Roast Productions, the London-based company behind recent projects including Vanya starring Andrew Scott and Macbeth starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma. The creative team brings serious theatrical firepower to what is already a proven, celebrated production.
Performances run Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with Wednesday matinees at 1:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. The run closes April 5.
‘Cyrano’ Performance Schedule:
Tuesday — Saturday: 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 1:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 2:00 p.m.
March 14 — April 5, 2026 — Toronto — CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge St.