Ncuti Gatwa cast in National Theatre production of The Importance of Being Earnest

Doctor Who star will play Algernon in the ‘hilariously subversive’ comedy, said artistic director Rufus Norris

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa is to make his debut at the National Theatre in London in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.

Gatwa will play hedonistic bachelor Algernon Moncrieff in Wilde’s “trivial comedy for serious people” this winter. It marks his first major role in a theatre production since coming to fame on Netflix’s Sex Education and being cast as the 15th Doctor in the BBC’s science-fiction series.