Take your seats is back! This year, stream the ★★★★★ hit production of The Importance of Being Earnest, featuring the brilliant Ncuti Gatwa, available to audiences worldwide for one week only. Premiere at 7pm GMT March 12, and free to watch until March 18.

Brought to you by National Theatre at Home and made possible by Bloomberg Philanthropies. 

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Max Webster directs a joyful and flamboyant reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner in this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance. 

While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.

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