NT Live: The Importance of Being Earnest 2025

• 170mins |

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke (Ellis) is joined

by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Sex Education) in this joyful

reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.

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.

Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity,

impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National

Theatre in London.