The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Sebastian, Four Mothers, Restless, and The Most Precious of Cargoes
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Leeds Playhouse
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that The Importance of Being Earnest possesses some of the most famous aphorisms in the English language.
It’s therefore to director Denzel Westley-Sanderson’s credit that his production for English Touring Theatre manages to bring fresh life to Oscar Wilde’s “trivial comedy for serious people.”
Supported by a pop-up exhibition showing studio portraits of black Victorians — by London gallery Autograph — he uses the social satire to challenge stereotypes of the period.
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