A radical revival of Oscar Wilde’s comedy The Importance of Being Earnest visits the LiverpoolPlayhouse from Tuesday 11th to Saturday 15th October. Created by English Touring Theatre, Director Denzel Westley-Sanderson busts the myth that Black history started with migrants coming down the Windrush’s gangplank, and instead employs wealthy Black Victorians to reinvent this eternally witty study of manners and the corrosive nature of rigid societal conventions.

Winner of the 2021 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award, Denzel breaths fresh energy into this tale of dysfunctional families, class, gender, and sexuality.