The Importance of Being Earnest

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Event The Importance of Being Earnest
Venue Circa One, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 6 October 2023
Opening Date 7 October 2023
Last Date 7 November 2023
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The game’s up! John Worthing is Jack when he’s in the country and Ernest when in town. But he’s not the only player with a ploy, and some of his nearest and dearest are already two steps ahead.

Oscar Wilde’s greatest work for the stage returns to Circa for a season of blistering wit, mistaken identities, and human hypocrisy so keenly observed you’d think it was written yesterday. A troupe of Aotearoa’s finest comic actors take the stage like a jazz band tearing through a bop classic.

Colourful, naughty, subversive, smart and fabulous, this Earnest finds a new home in an age still obsess
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Identity
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ryan Carter Actor Gwendolen Fairfax
Anne Chamberlain Actor Miss Prism
Dawn Cheong Actor Cecily Cardew
Peter Hambleton Actor Reverend Chasuble
Isobel MacKinnon Actor Algernon Moncrieff
Andrew Paterson Actor John "Jack" Worthing
Irene Wood Actor Lady Bracknell
Meg Rollandi Costume Designer
Meg Rollandi Designer
Jonathan Price Director
Isadora Lao Lighting Designer
Esteban Jaramillo Lighting Operator/Technician
Oscar Wilde Playwright
Nathan Mudge Producer
Matt Asunder Sound Designer
Anna Barker Stage Manager
Anna Barker Understudy
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality New Zealand
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 207679