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Show Detail for The Importance of Being Earnest

Last Updated: March 28, 2026 at 12:35 AM


Total Tickets Sold: 1115 out of 1216 (91.7%)

Total Projected Revenue (minus fees): $23,030.96

This show has now closed. Other shows of the type 'Comedy' sold an average of 677 tickets and made $12,872.14. 'The Importance of Being Earnest' ended at 1.6 times average tickets sold and 1.8 times average revenue.

'The Importance of Being Earnest' is at 96.3% of the tickets sales and 98.7% of the revenue of the top-rated show in this category, 'Noises Off'.

The last show of type 'Comedy', 'Noises Off', had sold 1158 tickets and made $24647.65 by this time before opening (-57 days). 'On Golden Pond' is at 1.0 times tickets sold and 0.9 times revenue right now.

Show Rankings


Show Name Tickets Sold
Noises Off 1158
The Importance of Being Earnest 1115
The Game's Afoot 1018
Blithe Spirit 954
Arsenic and Old Lace 835
STEPPING OUT 749
PROSCENOPHOBIA 719
Sexy Laundry 625
Much Ado About Nothing 575
Don't Dress For Dinner 573
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Abridged) [Revised] 572
A Nice Family Gathering 571
Lost in Yonkers 559
Glorious! 530
The Kitchen Witches 524
Old Love 508
Maggie's Getting Married 359
Show Name Revenue - Fees
Noises Off $23,333.31
The Importance of Being Earnest $23,030.96
The Game's Afoot $19,221.77
Blithe Spirit $19,049.01
Arsenic and Old Lace $17,248.80
STEPPING OUT $13,481.28
Sexy Laundry $12,980.87
PROSCENOPHOBIA $12,681.22
Don't Dress For Dinner $11,351.10
A Nice Family Gathering $10,726.86
Much Ado About Nothing $10,664.62
Glorious! $10,452.89
The Kitchen Witches $10,376.10
Old Love $9,746.06
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Abridged) [Revised] $9,101.37
Lost in Yonkers $8,747.69
Maggie's Getting Married $6,791.21

Ticket Sales over Time




In the last seven days, Theatre Aurora has sold an average of 0.0 tickets per day to The Importance of Being Earnest. In order to get to 90% sold, Theatre Aurora would need to sell an average of 0.0 tickets per day.

The Importance of Being Earnest

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Where do our patrons come from?


The Importance of Being Earnest

City/Town Tickets Sold % of Total
Aurora 572 43.5
Newmarket 232 17.6
Richmond Hill 131 10.0
Woodbridge 37 2.8
Thornhill 35 2.7
Stouffville 29 2.2
Toronto 29 2.2
Schomberg 28 2.1
Markham 21 1.6
Bradford 19 1.4
Whitchurch-Stouffville 14 1.1
King city 14 1.1
Maple 14 1.1
Holland Landing 12 0.9
Mount Albert 12 0.9
Keswick 12 0.9
Other 105 8.0

This Season

City/Town Tickets Sold % of Total
Aurora 2306 41.9
Newmarket 834 15.1
Richmond Hill 564 10.2
Toronto 179 3.2
Thornhill 166 3.0
Markham 150 2.7
King City 124 2.3
Keswick 103 1.9
Stouffville 95 1.7
Schomberg 92 1.7
Bradford 69 1.3
Woodbridge 63 1.1
Maple 57 1.0
Mount Albert 49 0.9
Uxbridge 48 0.9
Whitchurch-Stouffville 48 0.9
Richmond HIl 33 0.6
Sharon 31 0.6
Holland Landing 30 0.5
Scarborough 30 0.5
Waterloo 28 0.5
Vaughan 26 0.5
Alliston 26 0.5
East Gwillimbury 21 0.4
Other 337 6.1

Last Season

City/Town Tickets Sold % of Total
Aurora 4154 38.1
Newmarket 1689 15.5
Richmond Hill 1210 11.1
Toronto 412 3.8
Thornhill 411 3.8
Markham 299 2.7
King City 179 1.6
Stouffville 172 1.6
Keswick 153 1.4
Schomberg 146 1.3
Maple 135 1.2
Uxbridge 127 1.2
Bradford 126 1.2
Woodbridge 120 1.1
Belleville 92 0.8
Brampton 88 0.8
Holland Landing 76 0.7
Mount Albert 65 0.6
Whitchurch-Stouffville 62 0.6
Richmond HIl 61 0.6
Vaughan 47 0.4
Alliston 45 0.4
Sharon 44 0.4
Mississauga 41 0.4
Oak Ridges 38 0.3
North York 37 0.3
Waterloo 36 0.3
East Gwillimbury 34 0.3
Scarborough 33 0.3
Oshawa 31 0.3
Ajax 30 0.3
Whitby 27 0.2
Barrie 27 0.2
Nobleton 21 0.2
Pickering 20 0.2
Bolton 20 0.2
Other 588 5.4