Cyrano de Bergerac

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Cyrano Adrian Lester

This is Adrian's RSC debut

Theatre includes: Henry V, Othello (National Theatre: Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor), Company (Donmar Warehouse/West End: Olivier Award for Best Actor), As You Like It (Cheek By Jowl), Red Velvet (London/New York: Critics' Circle Best Actor Award), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Hamlet, The Tragedy Of Hamlet (London, Paris, Japan, New York), The Lehman Trilogy (National Theatre/Broadway), Kiss of the Spiderwomen, Fences, The Winter’s Tale, Hanging the President , A Midsummer Night’s Dream (National Theatre Tour), Guys & Dolls (Royal Albert Hall), Cost of Living (Hampstead Theatre: Pullitzer Prize Winner), Hymn (Almeida), Romeo & Juliet (National Theatre). As Director: The Greatest Wealth (Old Vic)

Television includes: Hustle, Undeclared War, Undercover, Life, Trauma, Trigger Point, Girlfriends, Red Band Society, London Spy, Curfew, Being Human, Merlin, Bonekickers, Ballet Shoes, Afterlife, Beyond, Ghost Squad, Jason & The Argonauts, Storm Damage, Silent Witness, Teaching Matthew, Sleep With Me, The Rook, Riviera, Renegade Nell, Sandman, When Romeo Met Juliet, Empire’s Children. As Director: Riviera, Hustle

Film includes: Primary Colors, The Day After Tomorrow, As You Like It, Dust, Final Curtain, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Starting Out In The Evening, Doomsday, All Is By My Side, Best, Born Romantic, Maybe Baby, Loves Labour’s Lost, Grey Lady, Up on the Roof, Les Soeurs Soleil, The Affair, Case 39, Euphoria, Mary Queen of Scots (Oscar nominated)

Adrian also featured in the 2019 Portrait Artist of the Year on Sky Arts.

The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation