The Importance Of Being Earnest
Noel Coward Theatre
4.5/5 based on 72 reviews (read reviews)- Opens: Thursday, 18 September 2025 -
Booking until: Saturday, 10 January 2026 - Running time: 2hr 45min. Incl. 1 interval.
The Importance Of Being Earnest description
David Suchet will star as Lady Bracknell is Oscar Wilde's much loved materpiece The Importance Of Being Earnest this spring. Wilde's superb satire on Victorian manners is one of the funniest plays in the English language - the delightful repartee and hilarious piercing of hypocrisy and pomposity can still make you laugh out loud.
Two bachelors, the dependable John Worthing, J.P and upper-class playboy Algernon Moncrieff, feel compelled to create different identities in order to pursue two eligible ladies, Cecily Cardew and Gwendolyn Fairfax.
Hilarious misadventures result from their subterfuge: their brushes with the redoubtable Lady Bracknell and the uptight Miss Prism punctuate a serpentine plot that fizzes with some of the finest dialogue in all of theatre.
Starring:
Olly Alexander
Playing at Noel Coward Theatre
Important information
Olly Alexander is not scheduled to play Saturday 20th September, and Friday 7th to Thursday 13 November.
This production contains strong language, suggestive content, and smoke and haze.