'Funny and entertaining.'
The Daily Telegraph
Sydney Theatre Company presents
MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION
By George Bernard Shaw
Vivie Warren is an optimistic young bluestocking working
her way towards social independence and a successful
career when she makes a discovery that rocks her world:
her comfortable upbringing and expensive education were
bankrolled by her mother Kitty's unorthodox profession.
With his verbal mastery and devilish wit, the legendary
playwright George Bernard Shaw dissects the precarious and
perplexing bond between mother and daughter, as well as the thorny
issues of class and privilege and the finer points of
moral relativism.
Although written in 1893, Mrs Warren's Profession was
not given a public performance in London until 1925, having been
banned for its frank discussion of a taboo topic - but also, one
suspects, for its forthright challenge of the Victorian status quo
regarding the right of women to pursue social and
financial independence.
Sarah Giles (Mariage Blanc) directs the much-loved
Helen Thomson (The Splinter, Under Milk Wood, In the Next
Room, or the Vibrator Play) and newcomer Lizzie Schebesta
in a play that sparkles with a vitality and wit belying its
120 years.
Duration: 2hrs 15mins (including
interval)
Times: Mon 6.30pm, Tues - Sat 8pm, Wed 1pm,
Sat 2pm; Mon 18 Feb 8pm
Previews 14 - 18 February
Season 19 February - 6 April
Mon 6.30pm, Tues - Sat 8pm, Wed 1pm, Sat 2pm; Mon 18 Feb
8pm
Season extension 4 - 20 July
Single ticket prices
Saturday evening $95
Adult $90
Seniors cardholder $85
Concession $75
Preview $75
Under 30 $55
Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket prices
Saturday evening $85
Adult $83
Seniors cardholder $73
Concession $63
Preview $70
Under 30 $50
Pre-season Briefing
Monday 11 February 6.15pm
At The Wharf
Audi Night with the Actors
Monday 11 March 6.30pm
Matinee Club
Wednesday 27 February 1pm
Director Sarah Giles
Designer Renée Mulder
Composer and Sound Designer Max Lyandvert
Lighting Designer Nigel Levings
Assistant Director Harriet Gillies
With
Simon Burke (14 Feb - 6 Apr), Eamon Farren, Drew
Forsythe, Martin Jacobs, Lizzie Schebesta, Helen
Thomson, David Whitney (4 - 20 Jul).
Photo Michele Aboud