The Importance of Being Earnest set to wow Kilkenny audiences

Are you ready to laugh out loud at the witty and hilarious antics of Jack, Algernon, Gwendolen, and Cecily? 

Do you want to witness the ultimate battle of the sexes between Lady Bracknell and Miss Prism? Do you enjoy cucumber sandwiches, muffins, and tea?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you don’t want to miss Barnstorm’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, considered by many to be  the most brilliant comedy ever written.

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This play is part of the Curriculum Play Live series, which brings to life the texts that Junior Cert students are studying for their exams. It is a great opportunity for students to see the characters, themes, and language of the play in action, and to have fun while learning.

The play will run from Wednesday,  February 28 to Saturday  March 2,  2024 with nightly performances on the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. There will also be matinees on Thursday,   February 29 and  Friday,  March 1 at 10.30am for schools and groups. Tickets are €17 and €15 concession. School group tickets are only €12 per person (teachers go free).

This  great play is  performed by a talented cast of local actors, including John Whitely, John Prendergast, Sean Hackett, Mags Whitely, Sarah Walsh, Delia Lowery, Becky Jenkins, Jim Carroll and Eoin Nangle Ryan. The play is  directed by Philip Hardy, and produced by Barnstorm Theatre Company.

Remember, the truth is rarely pure and never simple, and in matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.

The Curriculum Play Live series is a project by Barnstorm Theatre Company. The series started in 2016 with Translations by Brian Friel, and has continued with other classics such as The Plough and the Stars, All My Sons, and Philadelphia, Here I Come! The Importance of Being Earnest is the latest play in the series, and it is a brilliant comedy by Oscar Wilde. 

The Importance of Being Earnest is his most well-known and best-loved play and some would say the pinnacle of his writing. First performed in 1895, the play tells the story of two men, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who both assume the identity of a fictional man named Ernest, leading them both to fall in love and find an assortment of problems along the way.

Oscar Wilde’s madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers’ entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The rapid- fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the secondary school curriculum for decades.

For more information and to book tickets to what promises to be a highly entertaining piece of theatre performed by local actors see www.watergatetheatre.com or call the Watergate  on 056 7761674.