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The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

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2022

UK Tour

Nominated for Best Director at The Stage Debut Awards and Black British Theatre Awards and 4 nominations including Best Production 2023

About this show

2021 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award-winner, Denzel Westley-Sanderson breathes fresh new life into Wilde’s sharpest and wittiest comedy: The Importance of Being Earnest.

This is a classic satire, vibrantly retold about dysfunctional families, class, gender and sexuality.

Accompanying the tour is The Black Chronicles Exhibition in a Box, a pop-up photography display, showcasing studio portraits depicting sitters of African, Caribbean and South Asian descent during the Victorian era in Britain. The display is part of Black Chronicles – The Missing Chapter, an ongoing curatorial research programme led by Autograph, focused on unearthing nineteenth century photographs of black presences in Britain’s archives.

2021 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award-winner, Denzel Westley-Sanderson breathes fresh new life into Wilde’s sharpest and wittiest comedy: The Importance of Being Earnest.

This is a classic satire, vibrantly retold about dysfunctional families, class, gender and sexuality.

Accompanying the tour is The Black Chronicles Exhibition in a Box, a pop-up photography display, showcasing studio portraits depicting sitters of African, Caribbean and South Asian descent during the Victorian era in Britain. The display is part of Black Chronicles – The Missing Chapter, an ongoing curatorial research programme led by Autograph, focused on unearthing nineteenth century photographs of black presences in Britain’s archives.

CREATIVE TEAM

Director - Denzel Westley-Sanderson

Designer - Lily Arnold

Lighting Designer- Zoe Spurr

Sound Designer and additional composition - Beth Duke

Production Manager - Luke Child

Assistant Director - Becca Chadder

Casting Director - Bryony Jarvis-Taylor

Dramaturg - Phillippe Cato

Movement Director - Tinovimbanashe Sibanda

Associate Movement Director - Tonye Scott-Obene

Voice coach - Esi Acquaah-Harrison

Director - Denzel Westley-Sanderson

Designer - Lily Arnold

Lighting Designer- Zoe Spurr

Sound Designer and additional composition - Beth Duke

Production Manager - Luke Child

Assistant Director - Becca Chadder

Casting Director - Bryony Jarvis-Taylor

Dramaturg - Phillippe Cato

Movement Director - Tinovimbanashe Sibanda

Associate Movement Director - Tonye Scott-Obene

Voice coach - Esi Acquaah-Harrison

Director - Denzel Westley-Sanderson

Designer - Lily Arnold

Lighting Designer- Zoe Spurr

Sound Designer and additional composition - Beth Duke

Production Manager - Luke Child

Assistant Director - Becca Chadder

Casting Director - Bryony Jarvis-Taylor

Dramaturg - Phillippe Cato

Movement Director - Tinovimbanashe Sibanda

Associate Movement Director - Tonye Scott-Obene

Voice coach - Esi Acquaah-Harrison

cast

Justice Ritchie

Abiola Owokoniran

Anita Reynolds

Valentine Hanson

Adele James

Phoebe Campbell

Joanne Henry

Daniel Jacob / Vinegar Strokes

Production team

Production Manager Luke Child

Production Management Associate Simon Godfrey

CSM Samantha Craven

DSM Cassandra Adey

ASM Madeleine Raven

Relighter James Stokes

Programmer Phillip Burke

Trucking Paul Mathew

Costume Supervisor Sarah Holland

Wigs, Hair and Make-up Laura Watson

‘Denzel Westley-Sanderson’s Laugh-out loud production delights from the off’

‘Denzel Westley-Sanderson’s Laugh-out loud production delights from the off’