Oscar Wilde News

The USC Department of Theatre and Dance will present the classic social satire The Importance of Being Earnest Nov. 7-16 at Longstreet Theatre. Learn more about the production here!

Tickets are now on sale for the second show of Theatre Wesleyan's 2025-2026 season: Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

Joburg Ballet will make their UK debut at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre on Thursday 30 October, followed by a further three performances through to Sunday 2 November.

Discover the Stratford Festival's 2026 cast lineup, featuring GUYS AND DOLLS and more! Get details on how to attend this exciting season.

There probably isn’t a theatergoer who hasn’t already seen Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Ernest.

Joburg Ballet has announced that the company will make its UK debut at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre in London this month. Learn more about the upcoming performances here!

An industry reading of SALOMÉ, a bold new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play by Trev Turnbow, will be held October 23, 2025, at The Tank in Manhattan. Directed by Julian X.

John Lithgow leads an exciting cast, including Aya Cash, in GIANT on Broadway, starting March 11, 2026. Get your tickets now!

What did our critic think of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Austin Playhouse?

We had the opportunity to interview Brian about his career, all that is going on at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and the upcoming show, 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.'

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan is a four-act comedy of manners, first performed in 1892 at London’s St James’s Theatre. As Wilde’s West End debut, it was an instant success, cementing his reputation as a master of wit and social satire.

Theatre Company South Australia’s 2026 season – the first from new Artistic Director Petra Kalive – is a supercharged assortment of vivid theatre experiences. See the full lineup here!

Westport Country Playhouse will present Oscar Wilde’s beloved comedy The Importance of Being Earnest from October 28 through November 15, 2025. Directed by Melissa Rain Anderson.

The National Arts Club to present a month of free public events this November, honoring playwrights David Henry Hwang and Moisés Kaufman and featuring programs in theatre, music, literature, film, fashion, and archaeology, plus two major exhibitions at its historic Gramercy Park home.

No one could accuse Max Webster's flamboyant production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest of being subtle. A new cast takes the reins from the National Theatre's hugely successful production last year and moves onto the intimate Noël Coward stage, bringing with them the biting wit, vibrant costumes and sexual fluidity that made this show such a hit.

A dangerously erotic production, Maxim Didenko’s Salomé dazzles with a decadent set by Galya Solodovnikova, uncanny music by Louis Lebée, and excellent performances by the lead cast.

Open Space Arts will present the Chicago premiere of DORIAN, a modern remix of The Picture of Dorian Gray fused with Oscar Wilde’s prosecution for homosexuality. Running November 28–December 14, the intimate production will be directed by Aaron Holland and staged in the company’s Uptown theater.

LA NUOVA STAGIONE DEL TEATROSOPHIA UNA PROGRAMMAZIONE INTERESSANTE E PIENA DI SORPRESE

RuPaul's Drag Race Star, Jan Sport, will be extending her run in OSCAR AT THE CROWN at The Crown on Tottenham Court Road by two weeks due to popular demand.

Adapting works by Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde, TALES OF THE DAMNED is an immersive horror opera running at the Campbell House Museum from October 15 through November 2.