National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest

mild sex references
Director(s)Max Webster
Production year2025
Release date20/02/2025
Genre(s)Comedy, Performance
Approx. running minutes170m
CastNcuti Gatwa

National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest

mild sex references
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is an exuberant filmed performance of Oscar Wilde's classic comed ...
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is an exuberant filmed performance of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of identity, class and chaotic romantic misunderstandings.
language
sex
alcohol and smoking
suicide and self-harm
violence
threat and horror
discrimination
rude humour
mild sex references
Classified Date:
10/02/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
National Theatre
language
There is infrequent very mild bad language ('God').
sex
There are mild, comic references to making love, flirting and celibacy, and a woman makes a cheeky remark to a man about intending 'to develop in many directions'. In the course of kneeling to make a marriage proposal, a man's head is unintentionally placed in a suggestive position in front of the woman.
alcohol and smoking
Actors on stage mime smoking, which reflects the historical era in which the play is set.
suicide and self-harm
A man makes a figurative remark about shooting himself if he agreed with something he's been told.
Classified Date:
07/01/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
National Theatre
Classified date10/00/2025
LanguageEnglish
language
sex
alcohol and smoking
suicide and self-harm
violence
threat and horror
discrimination
rude humour
Director(s)Max Webster
Production year2025
Release date20/02/2025
Genre(s)Comedy, Performance
Approx. running minutes170m
CastNcuti Gatwa
mild sex references
Classified Date:
10/02/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
National Theatre
language
There is infrequent very mild bad language ('God').
sex
There are mild, comic references to making love, flirting and celibacy, and a woman makes a cheeky remark to a man about intending 'to develop in many directions'. In the course of kneeling to make a marriage proposal, a man's head is unintentionally placed in a suggestive position in front of the woman.
alcohol and smoking
Actors on stage mime smoking, which reflects the historical era in which the play is set.
suicide and self-harm
A man makes a figurative remark about shooting himself if he agreed with something he's been told.
Classified Date:
07/01/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
National Theatre
Classified date10/00/2025
LanguageEnglish