NT Live: The Importance of Being Earnest

BBFC RatingNT Live: The Importance of Being Earnest

Showing: 20 February 2025

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Thu 20 Feb 2025

CertificateNot Rated
Year2024
GenreTheatre
Director(s)Max Webster
Writer(s)Oscar Wilde
LanguageEnglish
CountryUK
Running Time3HR
SeasonStage on Screen

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.