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Education

Cyrano Revision

Refresh your memory of Cyrano by Virginia Gay after Edmond Rostand, and prepare for the VCE Theatre Studies examination.

Q&A

Costuming Cyrano

Designer Jo Briscoe discusses how costumes communicate character, and practical considerations in costume design.

Education

Cyrano Education Pack

A resource pack for teachers and students to learn more about the MTC production of Cyrano by Virginia Gay after Edmond Rostand.

Features

Choral stories

Cyrano’s chorus is a key part of the play’s interrogation of old storytelling tropes. The three chorus members help analyse why we continue to tell old stories, and how we can tell new stories; stories for everybody.

Videos

Why be a woman?

Playwright and actor Virginia Gay talks about why the title role of Cyrano is perfect for a woman to play.

Q&A

Meet your Chorus: Robin Goldsworthy

Playing chorus member number 2, a character who is ‘insufferably intense about theatre’, professional pretender Robin Goldsworthy says he’s basically playing himself as he was at age 22.

Q&A

Meet Your Chorus: Holly Austin

Holly Austin is an actor, a musician, a playwright, a trained clown and improviser, and chorus member number 3 in Cyrano. Her character’s bravery changes the course of the play.

Q&A

Meet Your Chorus: Milo Hartill

A self-identified ‘silly bean’, Milo Hartill is excited to be taking on the role of chorus member 1 in Cyrano, and trying to passively and directly influence the play’s narrative to go in a less tragic way.

Q&A

From Evonne to Roxanne

Tuuli Narkle discusses Finnish reindeer herders, the importance of representation to a queer, mixed race teen, and her whirlwind lesson on an Australian icon.

Q&A

Yes We Yan

Making his debut with MTC as Yan in Cyrano, actor and comedian Claude Jabbour is excited by the warmth, joy and fun of this world premiere show.

Q&A

A Nose by Any Other Name

Actor and playwright Virginia Gay discusses writing a Cyrano not just for the 21st century but for Melbourne in the aftermath of 2020.