The playwright making The Importance of Being Earnest queerer than Oscar Wilde ever could
Alistair Newton’s adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest, on now at London's Grand Theatre, makes the play’s queer subtext just plain text
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/importance-of-being-earnest-grand-theatre-9.7141790?cmp=rss

Only got halfway through National Theatre At Home's #TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest before it went off YouTube.

Fortunately I took note of the promo code TIOBE50 and signed on for two months half price.

Not spon-con, I swear, just informing my fellow broke housebound theatre tragics. 💜

#NationalTheatre's production of #TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest is temporarily on Youtube for another day. Its got #NcutiGatwa (from #DoctorWho), and its probably #OscarWilde's best known work. Watching that tonight, Sláinte! https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/the-importance-of-being-earnest/
The Importance of Being Earnest | National Theatre

Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner, in Max Webster's joyful and flamboyant production of Oscar Wilde's most celebrated comedy.

Those are his emotional support muffins 😤 #TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest #NcutiGatwa #HughSkinner

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The Importance Of Being Earnest (Full Show) | Take Your Seats | National Theatre

The full show is available until next Thursday. It's a super snarky cringe comedy, and the cast is outstanding. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

It's all part of a fundraiser, so if you like it, throw the National Theatre a few quid.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=obX-HGs-PS8 #theatre #theImportanceOfBeingEarnest

The Importance Of Being Earnest (Full Show) | Take Your Seats | National Theatre at Home

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I watched the UK National Theatre’s production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” starring Ncuti Gatwa as Algernon yesterday, after they made it freely available on YouTube. It was so much fun! I love that a comedy written ~130 years ago can still be so funny and on-point.

There is some covertly queer content in the play that is played overtly in this production — even over-the-top sometimes. My favourite performance was Sharon D Clarke as Lady Bracknell, played as a formidable Carribean Auntie.

“The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.”

#TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest

The Importance Of Being Earnest (Full Show) | Take Your Seats | National Theatre at Home

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if you haven't seen, the national theatre is streaming the importance of being earnest (with Ncuti Gatwa) for free on youtube. it's live tonight at 7pm uk time and will stay up for a week until the 18th.

link to a short scene:
https://youtube.com/shorts/fQFG-z-5Kv4?si=znzaYf_grkFpuAQM

link to the stream video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=obX-HGs-PS8

#NationalTheatre #TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest #LiveStream #NcutiGatwa
Those are his emotional support muffins 😤 #TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest #NcutiGatwa #HughSkinner

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Those are his emotional support muffins 😤 #TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest #NcutiGatwa #HughSkinner

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