The Importance of Being Earnest

The Rowntree Players bring Oscar Wilde’s beloved farcical comedy to the stage at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre for a must-see local production.

This quick-witted masterpiece follows the chaotic double lives of John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who both adopt the false identity of "Ernest" to avoid their tedious social obligations. Their elaborate deceptions soon spiral into a web of romantic entanglements and hilarious misunderstandings, proving that the truth is rarely pure and never simple.