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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Following huge critical acclaim at the National Theatre, this production will transfer to London's West End from September 2025.

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

Daily Mail

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The National Theatre's sold-out production of The Importance of Being Earnest transfers to the Noël Coward Theatre this Autumn, in a co-production with Sonia Friedman Productions.


Olly Alexander (It’s A Sin) plays Algernon Moncrieff in director Max Webster‘s (Donmar’s Macbeth; Life of Pi) joyful and flamboyant reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s ‘glittering masterpiece’ (Telegraph), a hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance.

★★★★
'Oscar Wilde's glittering masterpiece'

The Telegraph

Being sensible can be excessively boring. At least Jack thinks so. While assuming the role of dutiful guardian in the country, he lets loose in town under a false identity.

Meanwhile, his friend Algy takes on a similar facade. Unfortunately, living a double life has its drawbacks, especially when it comes to love.


Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.

★★★★★
'An anarchically camp rewilding of Wilde'

Time Out

CAST

OLLY ALEXANDER – Algernon Moncrieff


Further casting to be announced. 

CREATIVES

MAX WEBSTER – Director

RAE SMITH – Set & Costume Designer

JON CLARK – Lighting Designer

NICOLA T. CHANG – Sound Designer

CARRIE-ANNE INGROUILLE – Movement Director

DJ WALDE – Composer

JOYCE ANDERSON – Physical Comedy Advisor

INGRID MACKINNON – Intimacy Coordinator

ALASTAIR COOMER CGD – Casting Director

HAZEL HOLDER – Dialect Coach

SHEREEN IBRAHIM – Voice Coach

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