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The Importance of Being Earnest review – Ncuti Gatwa and Sharon D Clarke in the National Theatre’s panto production

The Importance of Being Earnest review – Ncuti Gatwa and Sharon D Clarke in the National Theatre’s panto production

Reading Rep Theatre unveils its inaugural season, beginning in September

Reading Rep Theatre unveils its inaugural season, beginning in September

Tony Award-nominated <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> revival to be streamed on-demand in May

Tony Award-nominated The Importance of Being Earnest revival to be streamed on-demand in May

Review: <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> (Lawrence Batley Theatre, The Dukes in Lancaster, online)

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest (Lawrence Batley Theatre, The Dukes in Lancaster, online)

Digital <em>Dorian Gray</em> extends run by two weeks

Digital Dorian Gray extends run by two weeks

<em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> digital adaptation – full casting announced

The Importance of Being Earnest digital adaptation – full casting announced

Exclusive: <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em> – first look at new trailer

Exclusive: The Picture of Dorian Gray – first look at new trailer

<em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> digital adaptation announced

The Importance of Being Earnest digital adaptation announced

<em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em> online production: exclusive first look photos

The Picture of Dorian Gray online production: exclusive first look photos

<em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em> online production full casting announced

The Picture of Dorian Gray online production full casting announced

Exclusive: Fionn Whitehead to star in <em>Dorian Gray</em> online production from <em>What A Carve Up!</em> team

Exclusive: Fionn Whitehead to star in Dorian Gray online production from What A Carve Up! team

Curve Leicester and Birmingham Rep to stream <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> with Cathy Tyson for free

Curve Leicester and Birmingham Rep to stream The Importance of Being Earnest with Cathy Tyson for free

Ten plays you can listen to on Audible

Ten plays you can listen to on Audible

Director steps into lead role in Barn Theatre's <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> at last minute

Director steps into lead role in Barn Theatre's The Importance of Being Earnest at last minute

Turbine Theatre spring 2020 season announced

Turbine Theatre spring 2020 season announced

Review: <em>The Canterville Ghost</em> (Unicorn Theatre)

Review: The Canterville Ghost (Unicorn Theatre)

Mental health on stage – who takes care of who?

Mental health on stage – who takes care of who?

Oscar Wilde's <em>A Woman of No Importance</em> tour full casting announced

Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance tour full casting announced

Classic Spring's <em>A Woman of No Importance</em> to tour the UK

Classic Spring's A Woman of No Importance to tour the UK

Justin Audibert announces first season at Unicorn Theatre

Justin Audibert announces first season at Unicorn Theatre

<em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> at The Watermill cast announced

The Importance of Being Earnest at The Watermill cast announced

Oscar Wilde's <em>The Happy Prince</em> musical to be workshopped at The Place with Phil Daniels and Janie Dee

Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince musical to be workshopped at The Place with Phil Daniels and Janie Dee

Watermill Theatre announces 2019 spring season

Watermill Theatre announces 2019 spring season

West End <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> to be screened in cinemas

West End The Importance of Being Earnest to be screened in cinemas

Were critics earnest about Classic Spring's final production?

Review Round-Ups

Were critics earnest about Classic Spring's final production?

Review: <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> (Vaudeville Theatre)

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest (Vaudeville Theatre)

Sinead Matthews withdraws from <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> as further cast announced

Sinead Matthews withdraws from The Importance of Being Earnest as further cast announced

Sophie Thompson, Jeremy Swift and Sinead Matthews cast in <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em>

Sophie Thompson, Jeremy Swift and Sinead Matthews cast in The Importance of Being Earnest

Review: <em>An Ideal Husband</em> (Vaudeville Theatre)

Review: An Ideal Husband (Vaudeville Theatre)

Competition: win tickets to see <em>An Ideal Husband</em>

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Competition: win tickets to see An Ideal Husband

Edward Fox, Freddie Fox and Frances Barber to star in <em>An Ideal Husband</em> at the Vaudeville

Edward Fox, Freddie Fox and Frances Barber to star in An Ideal Husband at the Vaudeville

Theatre Royal Bath announces <em>Henry V</em> in new season

Theatre Royal Bath announces Henry V in new season

First look at Kerry Ellis in <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em>

First look at Kerry Ellis in The Importance of Being Earnest

Review: <em>Lady Windermere's Fan</em> (Vaudeville Theatre)

Review: Lady Windermere's Fan (Vaudeville Theatre)

Jennifer Saunders, Samantha Spiro, Kevin Bishop and Joseph Marcell in <em>Lady Windermere's Fan</em>

Jennifer Saunders, Samantha Spiro, Kevin Bishop and Joseph Marcell in Lady Windermere's Fan

Samantha Spiro: 'Oscar Wilde wrote brilliantly for women'

Samantha Spiro: 'Oscar Wilde wrote brilliantly for women'

Review: <em>De Profundis</em> (Vaudeville Theatre)

Review: De Profundis (Vaudeville Theatre)

Review: <em>Wilde Creatures</em> (Vaudeville Theatre)

Review: Wilde Creatures (Vaudeville Theatre)

Joseph Marcell in further cast for <em>Lady Windermere's Fan</em>

Joseph Marcell in further cast for Lady Windermere's Fan

Kerry Ellis to star in UK tour of <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em>

Kerry Ellis to star in UK tour of The Importance of Being Earnest

What has happened to the two and a half hour play?

What has happened to the two and a half hour play?

Review: <em>A Woman of No Importance</em> (Vaudeville Theatre)

Review: A Woman of No Importance (Vaudeville Theatre)

Exclusive: Eve Best and Anne Reid rehearsing for <em>A Woman of No Importance</em>

Exclusive: Eve Best and Anne Reid rehearsing for A Woman of No Importance

Jennifer Saunders returns to the stage in <em>Lady Windermere's Fan</em>

Jennifer Saunders returns to the stage in Lady Windermere's Fan

Watermill Theatre announces all-female <em>Dorian Gray</em> adaptation

Watermill Theatre announces all-female Dorian Gray adaptation

Stephen Fry to give pre-show talk in West End Oscar Wilde season

Stephen Fry to give pre-show talk in West End Oscar Wilde season

Anne Reid cast in <em>A Woman of No Importance</em>

Anne Reid cast in A Woman of No Importance

Dominic Dromgoole announces Oscar Wilde season

Dominic Dromgoole announces Oscar Wilde season

Matthew Tennyson: 'I hope gender fluid casting is the future of theatre'

Matthew Tennyson: 'I hope gender fluid casting is the future of theatre'

Review: <em>Salomé</em> (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon)

Review: Salomé (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon)

Dominic Dromgoole and Nica Burns announce new theatre company

Dominic Dromgoole and Nica Burns announce new theatre company

Rupert Everett to give intimate Oscar Wilde reading in Reading Prison

Rupert Everett to give intimate Oscar Wilde reading in Reading Prison

Review: <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em> (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)

Royal Shakespeare Company announces new season

Royal Shakespeare Company announces new season

Reading Oscar Wilde in Reading prison: Shocking, haunting and exceptionally sad

Reading Oscar Wilde in Reading prison: Shocking, haunting and exceptionally sad

Ralph Fiennes, Maxine Peake and Ben Whishaw among line-up for Oscar Wilde season at Reading Prison

Ralph Fiennes, Maxine Peake and Ben Whishaw among line-up for Oscar Wilde season at Reading Prison

Casting announced for <em>The Importance of Being Earnest</em>

Casting announced for The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde's grandson adapts <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em>

Oscar Wilde's grandson adapts The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Importance of Being Earnest (Vaudeville Theatre)

The Importance of Being Earnest (Vaudeville Theatre)

Nikki Davis Jones and Paul Harnett discuss <em>Alice</em> at St James Studio

Nikki Davis Jones and Paul Harnett discuss Alice at St James Studio

Michael Coveney: Globe goes to war with RSC as Rupert Everett celebrates an anniversary

Michael Coveney: Globe goes to war with RSC as Rupert Everett celebrates an anniversary

Mrs Hudson's Christmas Corker (Wilton's Music Hall)

Mrs Hudson's Christmas Corker (Wilton's Music Hall)

An Ideal Husband (Chichester Festival Theatre)

An Ideal Husband (Chichester Festival Theatre)

Oscar Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland: 'We've got as close as we can to hearing him speak'

Oscar Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland: 'We've got as close as we can to hearing him speak'

Selfie (Ambassadors Theatre)

Selfie (Ambassadors Theatre)

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

First look at the National Youth Theatre production of <em>Selfie</em>

First look at the National Youth Theatre production of Selfie

The Importance of Being Earnest (Tour-Bath)

The Importance of Being Earnest (Tour-Bath)

West End lights to dim for Donald Sinden

West End lights to dim for Donald Sinden

Michael Coveney: 'Donald Sinden was one of the greatest comic actors of the last century'

Michael Coveney: 'Donald Sinden was one of the greatest comic actors of the last century'

Robert Powell returns to Poirot role in <em>Murder on Air</em>

Robert Powell returns to Poirot role in Murder on Air

<em>Trials of Oscar Wilde</em> transfers to Trafalgar Studios

Trials of Oscar Wilde transfers to Trafalgar Studios

Lady Windermere's Fan (King's Head Theatre)

Lady Windermere's Fan (King's Head Theatre)

Verdicts in on Lucy Bailey's <em>Importance of Being Earnest</em>

Review Round-Ups

Verdicts in on Lucy Bailey's Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest (Harold Pinter Theatre)

The Importance of Being Earnest (Harold Pinter Theatre)

New tours and seasonal capers in East Anglia

New tours and seasonal capers in East Anglia

The Importance of Being Earnest (Bishop's Stortford)

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