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TAKE A WALK ON THE
WILDE SIDE
The Importance of Being
Earnest
Darlington Civic Theatre
Tuesday 3rd Saturday 7th November
2015
After
playing to packed houses in the West End and followed by a short
five week tour, Oscar Wilde's much loved and witty masterpiece The Importance
of Being Earnest comes to Darlington Civic Theatre from Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7
November.
A
whole host of household names are set to star in Oscar Wilde’s comedy
masterpiece at Darlington Civic Theatre next month.
Rosalind
Ayres (Titanic, Outnumbered, New Tricks), Nigel Havers (Chariots of Fire,
Downton Abbey, Coronation Street), Martin Jarvis (Endeavour, Just William,
Titanic), Christine Kavanagh (Man and Superman, Vera, Manchild), and Siân
Phillips (Marlene, The Age of Innocence, Cabaret) will reunite as The Bunbury
Company of Players, an extremely experienced cast of serious comedic actors, to
reprise their roles from the West End.
Dubbed
by Wilde ‘a trivial comedy for serious people’, the production delivers an
entirely faithful, but completely unique, setting to one of the greatest
theatrical comedies.
The
Importance of Being Earnest elegantly lampoons the hypocrisies of Victorian
society and opens as two bachelors, the dependable John Worthing, J.P. and
upper class playboy Algernon Moncrieff, feel compelled to create different
identities in order to pursue two eligible ladies, Cecily Cardew and Gwendolyn
Fairfax. The hilarious misadventures which result from their subterfuge and
their brushes with the redoubtable Lady Bracknell and the uptight Miss Prism result
in a plot that twists and fizzles with some of the finest dialogue to be found
in theatre.
Nigel
Havers said: “This production is very close to my heart and we had a ball doing
it in the West
End
last summer. I’m thrilled we get to do it all again and hope audiences in
Darlington will laugh and enjoy watching our twist on Oscar’s brilliant play as
much as we enjoy performing it.”
Tickets:
The
Importance of Being Earnest is at Darlington Civic Theatre from Tuesday 3rd
Saturday 7th November 2015. Tickets* are £20.10 to
£29.50.
*All
ticket prices include a £1 restoration levy.
To
book contact the Box Office on 01325 486 555 or visit www.darlingtoncivic.co.uk
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