THE Riverside Players will be performing Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at Rendcomb College on from August 19-22.

Performances are outdoors, with an indoor alternative if wet.

Two young gents have taken to bending the truth in order to put some excitement into their lives.

Worthing has invented a brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his dull life behind to visit Gwendolyn.

Moncrieff decides to take the name Ernest when visiting Worthing’s young and beautiful ward, Cecily. Things start to go awry when they end up together in the country and their deceptions are discovered.

Amateur theatre company The Riverside Players was formed in 1951 by former students of the Central School of Speech and Drama in order to take a play touring in the summer holidays. The tour has now become a fortnight’s stay in one place and will this year be staying at Rendcomb College near Cirencester.

  • Performance dates are Wednesday, August 19 until Saturday, August 22 at 7.45pm at Rendcomb College, Gloucestershire GL7 7HA. Tickets are £12 (concessions £10 and £6 for children under 16). Further information is available from riversideplayers.org.uk or call 07907 310820.