The cast for the digital revival of The Importance of Being Earnest has been announced. The show will be available from 19 April until Tuesday, May 4. The show has been adapted for digital by writer, radio broadcaster and performer Yasmeen Khan. The show is co-produced by Dukes Lancaster and the Lawrence Batley Theatre. It will star Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge, Wuthering Heights) as Earnest/Jamil, Tom Dixon (Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet) as Algy, Mina Anwar (Everybody's Talking About Jamie, The Thin Blue Line) as Ms Begum, Nikki Patel (Trojan Horse, Coronation Street) as Gul, Zoe Iqbal (Finding Fatimah, Ackley Bridge) as Safina and Melanie Marshall (Jane Eyre) as Miss Prism, with appearances from finalist of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Divina De Campo, star of stage and screen Paul Chahidi, award-winning actor, comedian and writer Hugh Dennis, actress Harriet Thorpe (Absolutely Fabulous) and comedian Sindhu Vee.
