这出戏在罗伯特·齐尔敦爵士那坐落于伦敦时髦的格罗夫诺广场（Grosvenor Square）的宅邸晚宴上拉开序幕。马克贝夫人带来了一位不速之客——聪明且野心勃勃的薛芙丽太太。薛芙丽太太原来曾和罗伯特爵士的妻子，也就是齐尔敦太太有着同窗之谊，而她从维也纳回来的目的是为了要挟罗伯特爵士这位前途大好的外交官员。罗伯特爵士的财产，以及他的事业，其实都建立在他当初将内阁秘密出卖给苏伊士运河公司而赚得的物质报酬之上。在这部剧里，由始至终， 罗伯特爵士都在大费周章地对妻子隐瞒这个有如人格污点的秘密。毕竟齐尔敦太太崇拜她的“理想丈夫”可谓到了一个把他架上神坛的地步，而罗伯特爵士也很担心因此失去妻子的爱慕。薛芙丽太太一心想要从罗伯特爵士的尴尬处境中得到好处，一度把他耍得团团转，可到了故事的最后一幕却聪明反被聪明误。在王尔德笔下，没有一个角色是完美无缺的；即使是表面上看来毫无破绽的齐尔敦太太也犯了个愚蠢的错误——她在发现丈夫的不法行为之后，居然给高凌子爵写了一封妥协信。

With all the charm, romance, comedy and tinsel town glamour of one of the world's best-loved films, Jonathan Church's brand new production features a glorious score including the classics Good Morning, Make 'em Laugh, Moses Supposes and the legendary Singin' in the Rain.

With stylish, soaring choreography from Andrew Wright and Simon Higlett's sumptuous set design, Singin' in the Rain showers you with everything you could ever want in a hit West End musical!

In An Ideal Husband, an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern, is on an assured smooth ascent to the top. Until Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning proof of his previous financial chicanery, that is.