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Age Guidance 14+
Performance dates
10 May - 16 August 2025
Run time: 1hr 45mins
No interval
Four-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton reunites with acclaimed director Dominic Cooke (Hello, Dolly!) to bring George Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic crashing into the 21st Century. Joined by real-life daughter, Bessie Carter (Bridgerton), Mrs Warren’s Profession is the ultimate family drama. Book your official tickets now.
Vivie Warren, a fiercely independent woman ahead of her time, is determined to succeed in a male-dominated world. Estranged from her mother, Mrs. Warren, Vivie is unaware of the cost of her mother’s wealth, which has been built on a scandalous secret: Mrs. Warren’s fortune comes from running a chain of brothels. As Vivie strives to build her legal career, the truth about her mother's past is slowly revealed, sparking an emotional and moral conflict that questions the price of success.
Shaw's sharp commentary on society, women’s rights, and moral ambiguity has made Mrs Warren's Profession a cornerstone of the theatrical canon. The previously banned play’s timely themes have led to numerous revivals, including this latest production on the West End.
Mother knows best? This Victorian drama with a razor-sharp modern edge asks uncomfortable questions and serves up unmissable performances.
George Bernard Shaw might have written Mrs Warren’s Profession in 1893, but let’s be honest — he’d be all over OnlyFans if he were alive today. Not on it, necessarily, but furiously scribbling essays about the hypocrisy of how society treats the women who profit from it. Dominic Cooke’s sharp new West End production, starring the unstoppable Imelda Staunton and her real-life daughter Bessie Carter, makes that link feel so vivid it practically crackles with relevance.
23 May, 2025 | By Hay Brunsdon
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