The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde directed by Max Webster

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.

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.

Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

Tuesday 8 October | 8pm | £8

For this special event, we welcome Stephen Rea, Daniel O Hara and members of Kneecap to discuss the making of their respective films and what links them.

The event will feature a screening of the brilliant short Irish Language film ‘Fluent Dysphasia’. – The film stars Stephen Rea as Murph, who has little to say to his teenage daughter. He wakes one morning after a drunken night out, to find that he can only speak fluent Irish, something he could never do before, and that he has completely forgotten how to speak English. This hilarious short film is a clever spin on the difficulties Irish speakers can face in their own country, ‘Fluent Dysphasia’ is a linguistically-dextrous satire.

The first ever Irish language film to premiere at Sundance, the raucous, infectious ‘Kneecap’ is the story of a rising Belfast rap group and how they became the unlikely figureheads of a movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue. ‘Kneecap’ scooped the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award. We’ll be showing some clips from the film and talking to members of the band about how they made the film.

A Zeppo production in association with Aonach Macha, Gael Linn, Curzon and Wildcard Distribution. Supported by BFI Audiences Fund.

This event contains strong language. Age 18+