Details

Classic turn-of-the-century comedy of social manners. A very complicated plot that includes the famous "A Handbag!" line .. Jack Worthing is in love with Gwendolen Fairfax, daughter of the redoubtable Lady Bracknell, and cousin of his friend Algernon. They cannot wed until the mystery of his parentage (he was found in a handbag on Victoria Station) is resolved. Algy discovers that Jack has a pretty young ward, Cecily, living at the Manor and visits her pretending to be Jack's fictitious (and wicked) brother Ernest.

Cast/Performers

Eliza Tyson (Lady Bracknell), Sharan Phull (Cecily Cardew), Fela Lufadeju (Jack Worthing), Edward Franklin (Algernon Moncrief), Angela Clerkin (Miss Prism), Dominic Gately (Dr Chasuble), Darren Bennett (Land / Merriman)

Creatives/Company

Author: Oscar Wilde
Producer(s): Curve, Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Director: Nikolai Foster
Design: Isla Shaw
Lighting: Ben Cracknell