by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Anna Dimdore.
Wednesday 2 to Saturday 12 September
At the Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington
Why have a wicked past if you’re going to keep it a secret?
Gerald Arbuthnot, a young man of modest means, is invited to join an aristocratic house party at Lady Hunstanton’s lavish country estate. Dazzled by the witty and glamorous guests, he is thrilled to be offered the post of personal secretary to the rich and powerful Lord Illingworth. But why is Gerald’s mother so against this opportunity of a lifetime? The dynamics of the house party foreshadow an explosion of hidden secrets and societal double standards in a world “made for men and not for women”.
First performed at the Haymarket Theatre in 1893, A Woman of No Importance is a layered exploration of morality, gender, and Victorian hypocrisy, wrapped in Oscar Wilde’s trademark wit.
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Wednesday 2 September at 7.30pm
Thursday 3 September at 7.30pm
Friday 4 September at 7.30pm
Saturday 5 September at 3pm
Saturday 5 September at 7.30pm
Tuesday 8 September at 7.30pm
Wednesday 9 September at 7.30pm
Thursday 10 September at 7.30pm
Friday 11 September at 7.30pm
Saturday 12 September at 3pm
Saturday 12 September at 7.30pm
Age Guidance: 12+. Content Advice
Cast
Rachel Arbuthnot : Dixi Taylor
Mrs Allonby : Maeve Curry
Hester Worsley : Bethany Collins
Lady Jane Hunstanton : Alison Liney
Lady Caroline Pontefract : Vyvian Shaw
Lady Stutfield : Roslyn Cuffe Kelly
Lord Illingworth : Jonathan Buckingham
Gerald Arbuthnot : Luke Yianni
Mr Kelvil : Matthew Ibbotson
Dr Daubeny : Bob Hough
Sir John Pontefract : to be cast
Production Team
Director : Anna Dimdore
Set Design : Phillip Ley
Costume Design : Christine Bowmaker
Lighting Design : Alan Wilkinson
Sound Design : Cade Featherstone
Satge Manager : Azul Alysum
Assistant Directors : Laura Fleming and Cade Featherstone
Lighting Operator : Jonathan Ringshall
Sound Operator : Chris Shiel
 For the Tower, Anna Dimdore previously directed Foxfinder and was Assistant Director on Telstar. For other groups she has directed Enlightenment, Dinner and Twelfth Night, and co-directed The Memory of Water. Anna also acts and was last seen on the Tower stage speaking Italian and waving a bath loofah about in Enchanted April. |