Photo Flash: First Look at Nigel Barrett, Cath Whitefield, Chris Jared & More in Northampton Stage's CYRANO DE BERGERAC

Royal & Derngate's Made in Northampton 2015 season starts in April with the sweeping epic, Cyrano de Bergerac. Directed by Lorne Campbell, Anthony Burgess' translation of Edmund Rostand's classic play is a co-production with Northern Stage, and takes to the Royal stage in Northampton from Friday 3 April to Saturday 25 April, before transferring to Newcastle. Check out a first look at some of the production photos below!

A poet and a soldier, a brawler and an incurable romantic, Cyrano do Bergerac is a hero - the first among men but totally lost among women. He is blessed with being brilliant at everything and cursed by having the biggest nose in all of France.

Cyrano is hopelessly in love with Roxane, his equal in wit but every bit as beautiful as he is ugly. Afraid of confessing his love for fear of rejection, he becomes a protector and confidante. Christian, a handsome cadet but not the sharpest sword in the armoury, catches Roxane's eye and she begs Cyrano to keep him safe. With his mighty heart breaking, Cyrano sets about using his unequalled skill as a poet to write ravishing love letters between the two, with convoluted consequences.

The panache of one of literature's most famous love triangles is brought to life in this epic production, staged with passion, bravado, joy and heartache. Duels are fought, honour defended, villains defeated, and cakes eaten.

Cyrano de Bergerac is directed by Northern Stage Artistic Director Lorne Campbell, who comments: "Cyrano is scaled up in every way, not just his nose, but his bravery and his vulnerability, his honour and his self-loathing, his soaring poetry and his profound inarticulacy. This is what I love about the play, it takes that ridiculous deluded mess of a person we all carry around inside ourselves and lets them out onto the stage, bigger and better while also more absurd and crippled than we could ever be."

Nigel Barrett whose credits include Richard III - An Arab Tragedy, for Royal Shakespeare Company and Bouffes du Nord and The Passion where he played John the Baptist alongside Michael Sheen, takes the central role of Cyrano. Cath Whitefield (Electra, The Gate, Othello, RSC) appears as Roxane and Chris Jared (All's Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, RSC) completes the legendary love triangle as Christian.

Cyrano de Bergerac can be seen at Royal & Derngate, Northampton from Friday 3 to Saturday 25 April. Performances are at 7.45pm most evenings (7pm on Tuesday 7 April) with matinees at 2.30pm on Thursdays and most Saturdays. Tickets priced from £29 to £10* can be booked by calling Box Office on 01604 624811 or online at www.royalanadderngate.co.uk.

* A transaction fee of £2.80 applies to telephone and website bookings only. Does not apply in person, or to Groups and Friends, and is per-transaction, not per-ticket.

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