The Cyranoid

Les Mécaniques had a fantastic Sold out season of The Cyranoid as part of our Thea301 Company course at Te Herenga Waka, and we're thrilled to announce we are back for our Fringe debut this Summer, 2024!

The Cyranoid is the fantastical tragicomedy Fringe debut by co-directors Nate Smyth and Nicola Hyland, with original music composed by Nate Smyth. It is a quirky, new adaptation of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, with the added touch of Cyborgs and musical numbers!

Set in an alternate 17th Century France, a group of human-robotic hybrids known as ‘The Mechanicals’ have been subjugated by the upper class and the government. Cyrano, an excellent poet, duelist, and the strangest of all Mechanicals, holds a curious rhythmic impediment – a clockwork heart that cannot bear the strains of love. Cyrano meets Christian, a brave human soldier, fresh to Paris. Cyrano’s childhood friend, and secret love, Roxane falls for Christian at first glance – however, he lacks the skill with words that Roxane seeks. Cyrano offers his skills as a wordsmith to Christian, as a way to express his own feelings for Roxane without posing a threat to his iron aorta. Meanwhile, tensions rise in France as Revolution brews within.