Wilde’s most celebrated comedy returns
In Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (A Trivial Comedy for Serious People)—Jack and Algy fabricate delicious double lives to escape the straitjacket of social norms and to find the lovers they desire.
This is Wilde’s most celebrated comedy, but in the hands of these two comedic daredevils—David Woods and Jon Haynes—the hilarity hits break-neck speed as they gleefully act out every role, tumbling chaotically through impossible character changes. Yet between the absurd and masterful theatrics, the beating heart of Wilde’s humanity exposes itself.
In 2006, when Woods and Haynes first brought this production to Melbourne, Malthouse Theatre audiences fell out of their seats in laughter. Now, the Ridiculusmus team triumphantly returns to double down on the hilarious dishonesty.
PRODUCTION PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS
Malthouse Theatre presents the Ridiculusmus production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
Key image: Zan Wimberley
Images: Pia Johnson
BY /
Oscar Wilde
ADAPTED BY /
Jon Haynes, Jude Kelly & David Woods
CAST /
Jon Haynes and David Woods
SET & COSTUME DESIGN /
Zöe Atkinson
ORIGINAL DIRECTION BY /
Jude Kelly
PRODUCER /
Erin Milne, Bureau of Works