Stockport
NT Live: The Importance of being Earnest (Cert PG)
NT Live 2025
The Importance of being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Max Webster
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.
