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The Importance of Being Earnest

written BY
Oscar Wilde
directed BY
Max Webster
starring
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke
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June 15, 2025 2:00 PM
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June 16, 2025 7:30 PM
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running time
2hr, including intermission

★★★★
‘A flawless piece of comic theatre’
Broadway World

★★★★★
‘A sparkling new production...that's fiercely faithful to Wilde's wickedly subversive spirit’
Daily Mail

★★★★★
‘Fun, fabulous and fiery, it’s a hoot’
London Theatre

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.

While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.


Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

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