"You must not laugh at me, darling, but it had always been a girlish dream of mine to love someone whose name was Ernest..." Everybody loves Ernest. The only trouble is, he doesn't exist. Or does he? Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece gets The Pantaloons treatment in this anarchic take on the classic comedy of manners.

Local theatre company, The Pantaloons, will be performing their new production of The Importance Of Being Earnest in the main marquee on Friday evening.

Doors open 7pm for 7:45pm

Tickets £10 (£6 under 18s), available from the Saffron Walden Tourist Information Centre (01799 524002), or the on-line booking office www.saffrontickets.com