Classic Spring is delighted to announce that Fiona Button, Pippa Nixon and Stella Gonet will join the cast of Michael Fentiman's The Importance of Being Earnest.
Fiona Button plays Cecily Cardew. Fiona recently starred as Rose Defoe in the hit BBC drama The Split, and her other credits for the BBC include Outcasts and Lip Service. She starred as Annabella in
Michael Longhurst's acclaimed production of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore at the
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, and as Wendy in the RSC's smash hit Wendy and Peter Pan.
Pippa Nixon plays Gwendolyn Fairfax. Pippa was one of the leading lights of the RSC from 2011 to 2014, eliciting rave reviews for her performances as Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Bastard in King John and Rosalind in As You Like It. She has subsequently starred as Ariel in The Tempest at the
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, and in Sunset at the Villa Thalia at the National Theatre.
Stella Gonet plays Miss Prism. Stella made her name as Beatrice Eliott in the BBC's much-loved 1920s costume drama, The House of Eliott. She recently starred as Margaret Thatcher in
Moira Buffini's sell-out hit Handbagged at
The Hampstead Theatre and in the West End, and her other stage credits include Ophelia opposite
Daniel Day Lewis' Hamlet at the National Theatre.
These three extraordinary actresses join
Sophie Thompson as Lady Bracknell and
Jeremy Swift as Revered Chasuble, as previously announced.
Sinead Matthews has unfortunately had to step down from the company due to an unavoidable scheduling clash.
The Importance of Being Earnest is the last in a year-long series of productions at the Vaudeville Theatre celebrating the brilliant and radical wit of
Oscar Wilde. The season opened with
Dominic Dromgoole's production of A Woman of No Importance, starring
Eve Best and
Anne Reid. Lady Windermere's Fan, starring
Kevin Bishop,
Samantha Spiro and
Jennifer Saunders and directed by
Kathy Burke, was followed by An Ideal Husband, starring Freddie and
Edward Fox (running until 14 July).
Other events have included a lecture from the inimitable
Stephen Fry, a critically-acclaimed performance of De Profundis by
Simon Callow (adapted by
Frank McGuinness), which is set to return later this year, a new musical version of The Selfish Giant by
Guy Chambers, and the family show Wilde Creatures from theatre company Tall Stories.
Since the season began, the productions have been seen by over 120,000 people at the Vaudeville, including huge family audiences for The Selfish Giant and Wilde Creatures, and 110,000 more on cinema screens nationally and internationally.
Over 20,000 tickets under £20 have been made available across the season, encouraging younger and more diverse audiences to experience Wilde in the West End, many for the very first time.
Book tickets here!
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