Peter Fernandes, Gabriella Sundar Singh and Julia Course in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ (Shaw Festival, 2022), Photo by David Cooper

“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.” 

With this mantra at its core, The Importance of Being Earnest is very silly. If it accomplishes nothing else, Oscar Wilde’s send-up of Victorian high society proves that style can, in fact, be substance. And the Shaw Festival’s production has an abundance of it. Continue Reading