• Director(s)

    Max Webster

  • Production Year

    2025

  • Release date

    20/02/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Performance

  • Approx. running minutes

    170m

  • Cast

    Ncuti Gatwa

Film

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 comedy of identity, class and chaotic romantic misunderstandings.…

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.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

language

sex

alcohol and smoking

suicide and self-harm

violence

threat and horror

discrimination

rude humour

  • Director(s)

    Max Webster

  • Production Year

    2025

  • Release date

    20/02/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Performance

  • Approx. running minutes

    170m

  • Cast

    Ncuti 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 date

    10/02/2025

  • Language

    English