Olly Alexander lands West End role in The Importance of Being Earnest

Olly Alexander to Star in London West End Transfer of National Theatre’s Oscar Wilde Revival ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

Olly Alexander stars in Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' transferring to the London West End's Noël Coward Theatre.

Olly Alexander to take over Ncuti Gatwa role after leaving record label

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Olly Alexander lands West End role in The Importance of Being Earnest

The star says he is focusing on acting after parting ways with his record company.

The Importance of Being Earnest

*****Double lives and mixed messages. An apt description for Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, as well as director Jimmy Fay’s fandango production at the Lyric Theatre. In which pre-show images of Victorian styled advertisements scroll across the curtain. Iconic posters for strange and peculiar products. Visually, it’s all of a period, leaving you with an unexplained hankering for ice-cream. Except the jazz score sup…

Olly Alexander heads to the West End for 'The Importance of Being Earnest'

Pop star Olly Alexander is returning to the theatre for a West End remounting of The Importance of Being Earnest. The National Theatre’s opulent production of the classic Oscar Wilde play was a huge success when it played from late 2024 until early 2025. Sex Education and Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa got rave reviews for his performance as Algernon Moncreiff. Now the show is heading to London’s West End where it will be performed at the Noël Cowa…

Olly Alexander Will Star in West End Transfer of The Importance of Being Earnest

The Max Webster-directed staging of the Oscar Wilde classic played London's National this past winter.