NT Live presents The Importance of Being Earnest (12a)

National Theatre Live presents

The Importance of being Earnest 

by Oscar Wilde 

directed by Max Webster



7pm Start.

Approx Runtime 2hrs 30mins including interval. 

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.

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

Cert 12a