Age Guidance 14+
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10 May - 16 August 2025
Run time: TBC
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“I am my mother’s daughter. I am like you. But my work is not your work, and my way is not your way.” Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Estranged from her wealthy mother, she delights in a glass of whisky, a good detective story, and is determined to carve herself a sparkling legal career in an age ruled by men.
Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune and paid for her daughter’s expensive education – but at what cost?
Four-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bridgerton’s Bessie Carter for the very first time, reuniting with the extraordinary director Dominic Cooke (Hello, Dolly!, Good) to bring George Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic crashing into the 21st Century.
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Captioned performance - 5 July 2025 2:30pm. BSL Interpreted performance - 12 July 2025 2:30pm. Audio Described performance -19 July 2025 2:30pm.Latest Mrs Warren's Profession News
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Once Banned, Now Back: Mrs Warren’s Profession on Stage Again
Mrs Warren’s Profession was the play they tried to hide! Once outlawed for its scandalous subject matter, George Bernard Shaw’s provocative play returns to the West End — and reminds us how far the stage has come.
In 1893, George Bernard Shaw wrote a play so controversial that it was banned from the stage for over three decades. Mrs Warren’s Profession, now making its triumphant return to the West End starring Imelda Staunton, explores the economic realities faced by women in Victorian Britain — specifically through the lens of a woman who supports her daughter through sex work. At the time, this subject matter was deemed unthinkable for public performance.
15 May, 2025 | By Hay Brunsdon