The Importance of Being Earnest a Trivial Comedy for Serious People

1st to 9th November, 2024
The Arcadians' Miner's Lamp Theatre

Arcadians Theatre Group are excited to present

Oscar Wilde’s celebrated comedy

The Importance of Being Earnest

 

Jack Worthing is a fashionable young man who lives in the country with his ward, Cecily Cardew. He has invented a rakish brother named Ernest whose supposed exploits give Jack an excuse to travel to London periodically to rescue him. Jack is in love with Gwendolen Fairfax, the cousin of his friend Algernon Moncrieff. Gwendolen, who thinks Jack’s name is Ernest, returns his love, but her mother, Lady Bracknell, objects to their marriage because Jack is an orphan. Jack discovers that Algernon has been impersonating Ernest in order to woo Cecily, who has always been in love with the imaginary rogue Ernest. Will the Ernests be revealed and will love save the day?

Tickets go on sale Friday, September 27th.

Friday November 1st 7:30pm
Saturday November 2nd 1:30pm and 7:30pm
Sunday November 3rd 1:30pm

Friday November 8th 7:30pm
Saturday November 9th 1:30pm & 7:30pm

Tickets go on sale Friday, September 27th.

Production Team:

Director – Malcolm White
Deportment – Natalie Bazun-Coates
Stage Manager – Cilla Aslanidis
Lighting and Sound – David Greer
Costumes – Nyla Collis
Properties – Marie Mitchell-Stanley
Board Liaison – TBD

 

Cast:

John Worthing, JP – Jack Arnold
Algernon Moncrieff – Thomas Peterson
Lady Bracknell – Veronica Dzelde
Hon Gwendolen Fairfax – Isobel Foye
Cecily Cardew – Hayley Bannerman
Rev Canon Chasuble, DD – Darryl Bryant
Miss Prism – Helen McLean
Merriman – Christopher Dyson
Lane – Andy Relf
Footman – Sam Dyson

Adults: $40
Members: $30
Concession: $30
Group (10+): $30
Youth (17 & Under): $25