The National Theatre has unveiled first look production images for Oscar Wilde’s joyful and flamboyant comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. Reimagined by director Max Webster in his highly anticipated NT debut, the production will run in the Lyttelton Theatre until 25 January 2025 and release to cinemas worldwide from 20 February 2025 presented by National Theatre Live.
The Doctor Who star plays Algernon Moncrief, Algy to his friends, a witty, idle bachelor, alongside Hugh Skinner as Jack Worthing: 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.
The cast is completed by Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Julian Bleach, Shereener Browne, Richard Cant, Sharon D Clarke, Jasmine Kerr, Amanda Lawrence, Gillian McCafferty, Elliot Pritchard, Eliza Scanlen and John Vernon (Coriolanus).
Directed by Max Webster alongside set and costume designer Rae Smith, lighting designerJon Clark, sound designer Nicola T Chang, movement director Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, composer DJ Walde, physical comedy advisor Joyce Henderson, intimacy coordinator Ingrid Mackinnon, casting director Alastair Coomer CDG, dialect coach Hazel Holder, voice coach Shereen Ibrahim, associate set designer Isabel Munoz-Newsome, associate costume designer Petros Kourtellaris, associate sound designer Christopher Reid, associate wigs, hair and make-up designer Adele Brandman and staff director Tanuja Amarasuriya.
Tickets here.
