Rehearsal photos have been released for Cyrano de Bergerac, confirming that Adrian Lester will return to the title role when the production opens at the Noël Coward Theatre on 13 June. The Royal Shakespeare Company show is set to run in the West End through 5 September.

That makes the production a near-three-month fixture in London, giving audiences a transfer of the RSC staging that drew packed houses in Stratford-upon-Avon last year. Lester is joined again by Susannah Fielding as Roxane and Levi Brown as Christian, with Joseph Christain, Sunny Chung, Philip Cumbus, Greer Dale-Foulkes, Rachel Dawson, Oliver Grant and Scott Handy also returning. Robert Jackson joins the cast as Arnauld, while Taiva Hove, Joshua Maduike and Elim Mapira will share the role of Small Boy.

The West End run is being presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Wessex Grove and Gavin Kalin Productions, with Simon Evans co-adapting the play with Debris Stevenson. The transfer keeps much of the creative team in place too, including Grace Smart on set and costume design, Joshie Harriette on lighting, Alex Baranowski on music, and Donato Wharton on sound.

What the release does not settle is whether the London engagement will grow beyond the dates now announced. For now, the production is simply moving from a sell-out run in Stratford-upon-Avon into the Noël Coward Theatre for a fixed West End stretch, and Lester’s return gives it a familiar centre as it reaches a larger audience.

For viewers heading to London, the answer is straightforward: Cyrano de Bergerac begins on 13 June and closes on 5 September, with Adrian Lester back in the role that helped make the production one of the RSC’s recent crowd-pleasers.