The Grand Theatre presents
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Additional text, "On the Language of Fans", by Alistair Newton.
Oscar Wilde’s hilarious classic of two friends, lost in love, navigating a series of entirely avoidable misadventures.
Meet Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, two close friends who have one solution to all of their problems – lying!
Both lead double lives … Jack uses the fake persona of ‘Ernest’ to escape his responsibilities, while Algernon invents an imaginary friend to dodge social obligations. When both men fall in love with eligible ladies, they must untangle a web of lies, misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and hilarious situations to win their hearts. Will they be able to keep up the ruse?
Considered one of Oscar Wilde’s greatest and most enduring works, The Importance of Being Earnest is a guaranteed laugh-out-loud celebration of wit, wordplay, and social satire. The familiar romp of friendship and falsehoods comes to the stage with an exciting new voi