The Importance of Being Earnest
A handbag?!
"You must not laugh at me, darling, but it had always been a girlish dream of mine to love someone whose name was Ernest..." Everybody loves Ernest. The only trouble is, he doesn't exist. Or does he? Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece gets The Pantaloons treatment in this anarchic take on the classic comedy of manners. Handbags at dawn!
TOP TIP: Keep an eye out for the butlers... They'll be wandering around before the show and are happy to help with, well, anything you might need a butler for!
To book tickets for a performance simply call the box office number listed below or click on the 'book online' link. Performances are in the open-air and will continue in all weather bar a full-blown tempest.
Tour dates
DATE AND TIME | VENUE | BOX OFFICE | SHOW | |
 | Friday 8 June | Saffron Walden Arts Festival | 01799 524002 | Earnest |
 | Wednesday 13 June | The Scoop at More London | 020 7403 4866 | Earnest |
| Thursday 14 June | The Scoop at More London | 020 7403 4866 | Earnest |
| Friday 15 June | The Scoop at More London | 020 7403 4866 | Earnest |
 | Saturday 16 June | Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal | 0844 249 1895 | Earnest |
 | Wednesday 20 June | Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery | 0115 989 5555 | Earnest |
 | Thursday 21 June | Cowdray Ruins | 01730 810781 | Earnest |
 | Sunday 24 June | Smallhythe Place | 0844 249 1895 | Earnest |
 | Wedesday 27 June | Christchurch Park Mansion Lawn | 01473 433100 | Earnest |
 | Thursday 28 June | Danson House | 01322 621238 | Earnest |
 | Friday 29 June | Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden | 01603 270449 | Earnest |
 | Saturday 30 June | Sheringham Park | 01263 820550 | Earnest |
 | Tuesday 3 July | Stansted Park | 02392 41 2265 | Earnest |
 | Friday 6 July | Hookshouse Pottery Gardens | 01666 880297 | Earnest |
 | Thursday 12 July | Botanical Gardens | 01799 528406 | Earnest |
 | Wednesday 18 July | Highcliffe Castle | 01425 278807 | Earnest |
 | Saturday 21 July | Waddesdon Manor | 01296 653226 | Earnest |
 | Sunday 22 July | Avington Park | 01799 528406 | Earnest |
| Sunday 22 July | Avington Park | 01799 528406 | Earnest |
 | Thursday 26 July | Washington Old Hall | 0191 416 6879 | Earnest |
 | Friday 27 July | Belton House | 01476 566116 | Earnest |
 | Saturday 28 July | RHS Garden Hyde Hall | 0845 612 1253 | Earnest |
 | Sunday 29 July | Nymans | 0844 249 1895 | Earnest |
 | Wednesday 1 August | The Tuckwell Ampitheatre | 01242 258 002 | Earnest |
 | Friday 3 August | RSPB The Lodge | 01767 680 541 | Earnest |
| Saturday 4 August | RSPB The Lodge | 01767 680 541 | Earnest |
 | Thursday 9 August | The Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park | 01784 435544 | Earnest |
| Friday 10 August | The Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park | 01784 435544 | Earnest |
 | Saturday 11 August | RHS Garden Rosemoor | 01805 626800 | Earnest |
 | Sunday 12 August | Royal Marines Museum | 023 9281 9385 | Earnest |
 | Wednesday 15 August | Speke Hall | 0151 427 7231 | Earnest |
 | Saturday 18 August | Woburn Abbey | 01525 290333 | Earnest |
 | Tuesday 21 August | Killerton | 0844 249 1895 | Earnest |
 | Saturday 25 August | The Bishop's Palace | 01749 988 111 | Earnest |
 | Monday 27 August | Mount Ephraim Gardens | 01227 751 496 | Earnest |
 | Thursday 30 August | Arley Hall and Gardens | 01565 777 353 | Earnest |
 | Saturday 1 September | Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill | 0844 249 1895 | Earnest |
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