NT Live / Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest

Director: Max Webster

Cast: Ronke Adekoluejo (Gwendolen Fairfax), Julian Bleach (Merriman/Lane), Richard Cant(Reverend Canon Chasuble), Sharon D. Clarke (Lady Bracknell), Ncuti Gatwa (Algernon Moncrieff), Amanda Lawrence (Miss Prism), Eliza Scanlen (Cecily Cardew), Hugh Skinner (Jack Worthing)

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.