The Importance of Being Earnest, Lyttelton Theatre, 2025.
Cast: Ronke Adekoluejo, Julian Bleach, Sheereener Browne, Richard Cant, Sharon D Clarke, Ncuti Gatwa, Jasmine Kerr, Amanda Lawrence, Gillian McCafferty, Elliot Pritchard, Eliza Scanlen, Hugh Skinner, John Vernon.
Writer: Oscar Wilde
Director: Max Webster
When this was announced I rolled my eyes. Do we really need any more productions of Oscar Wilde's plays? Didn't the season where they did them all to very lukewarm reviews finish them off for a while? Apparently not. The reason for seeing this was Ncuti Gatwa, making his first appearance post Doctor Who, and he was good although both Sharon D Clarke and Hugh Skinner were better. I probably laughed more at this than anything I had seen in a very long time. I really should have seen the transfer that included Stephen Fry as Lady Bracknell. But I'm still of the opinion that Wilde should be staged sparingly.
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